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“Atheism can’t be right, because I happen to know an atheist who abandoned his wife and children.” If that reverse syllogism doesn’t make a compelling argument, you owe a great debt to Aristotle (the first formal logician), and the fact that you benefited from education rooted in the Western tradition.
See if you agree or disagree with this statement: “Even elected officials who are deeply religious sometimes have to make compromises and set their convictions aside to get results while in government.”
When so many churches have urged people to see Mel Gibson’s The Passion of Christ, “why did so few (if any?) promote Terry George’s film?” (George directed Hotel Rwanda). This is the question that Brian McLaren – a nationally recognized author and pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville, Maryland – asks in the…
A friend of mine recently picked up my cell phone and said, “Stop and think about it: Your phone is only as valuable as the network to which it’s connected.” That’s true – we have a phone to call other people or to make it easier for others to connect with us. Result: The wider…
A friend of mine recently picked up my cell phone and said, “Stop and think about it: Your phone is only as valuable as the network to which it’s connected.” That’s true – we have a phone to call other people or to make it easier for others to connect with us. Result: The wider…
If you read the papers, you know the front pages have been singularly focused on reporting the catastrophic Asian tsunami and its aftermath. Experts are now saying we’ll be looking at over a quarter-million deaths when the rubble is cleared — maybe more. As natural disasters go, this easily surpasses the 1883 volcanic explosion of…
Piss Christ, Andres Serrano’s photograph of a crucifix immersed in his own urine, thrust Serranos into the culture wars of the 1990s. During that period, Serranos touched on social and religious themes, using bodily fluids such as milk, menstrual blood and semen. Many art critics praised his works as expressing “concern about the Church’s position…
Do you remember the flap in 1989 when Andres Serrano unveiled his highly offensive Piss Christ? The problem was that those in the arts community weren’t offended! “Art is expression.” “He has a right to paint what he wants to.” Christians were rightly offended; but pretty much mute as to why Serrano’s art could not…
Do you remember the flap in 1989 when Andres Serrano unveiled his highly offensive Piss Christ? The problem was that those in the arts community weren’t offended! “Art is expression.” “He has a right to paint what he wants to.” Christians were rightly offended; but pretty much mute as to why Serrano’s art could not…
Shamrocks, Snakes, Green Beer, & Clear Heads
Michael Metzger
March 17, 2005
“Atheism can’t be right, because I happen to know an atheist who abandoned his wife and children.” If that reverse syllogism doesn’t make a compelling argument, you owe a great debt to Aristotle (the first formal logician), and the fact that you benefited from education rooted in the Western tradition.