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Archive for October, 2008

Culture

October 16, 2008

Business ethics and greed

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Another article by the Witherspoon Institute. This one is especially interesting if read with the backdrop of how much government involvement is beneficial, desired, and biblical. I will have to do some more reading on the role that the Bible attributes to government. Hope it makes you think, too.

As a side note, the Public Discourse website by the Witherspoon Institute seems to be pretty new, but I am looking forward to reading more from them. Hope they add RSS feeds soon.

Philosophy,Theology

October 15, 2008

Can we know Truth?

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Yes, we can. For more info, here’s the paper entitled “Can we know Truth?” that I presented at the Roundtable of Ideology this year. Its intended audience is Christians, so I presuppose a certain degree of agreement with some of the points I make. Keep that in mind if you’re not a Christian and would like to read it.

Culture

October 14, 2008

Can a Christian vote for Obama?

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The answer, as with so much, is, of course, yes. Would it be a biblical vote? Not at all. Obama’s pro-abortion stance is so obnoxiously obvious, it is beyond me why anyone just slightly concerned by over one million dead babies every year would even consider it.

I found a very good and well written article by Robert P. George of Princeton University. It came my way via the Triablogue crowd. It’s somewhat long, which may turn people off who are used to reading blogs instead of books, but it’s well worth the read.

Culture

October 9, 2008

On Biden

Ann Coulter on Biden per The Constructive Curmudgeon by Doug Groothuis. I don’t endorse everything Ann Coulter says, but that’s pretty good stuff right there. You sure you want that man as VP? And why doesn’t the mainstream media report on those errors? Oh yeah, the mainstream media are mostly liberal and biased.

EDIT: And another one on Biden, again per Doug Groothuis.