Casey's Critical Thinking Casey's Critical Thinking A blog and collection of essays on such topics as the existence of God, abortion, creation/evolution, Christian living and current events. Articles
Romney?s healthcare plan provides abortion coverage
2008-01-06 13:44:00 From Friends of Fred Thompson: This is Romney ’s health care plan of which he claims authorship and credit. The plan guarantees Plan ned Parenthood a seat at the decision-making table. The plan provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a copay of $50. The plan penalizes ... More About: Healthcare , Abortion , Election 2008
Giuliani just doesn?t get it?
2008-01-06 07:03:00 If you get to stay (in other words, cut line in front of people who are trying to get into the country legally), it’s amnesty. Giuliani just can’t seem to wrap his mind around the concept. If you come here illegally, you shouldn’t be allowed to stay. It’s really that simple. More About: Foreign Policy
Romney is the Republican version of John Kerry
2008-01-05 15:01:00 It was mentioned in the humorous video I posted earlier, but the Republican s spent all of 2004 criticizing John Kerry for flip flopping, and now one of our front runners is Mitt Romney , a flip flopper of at least the same caliber as Kerry. Joseph Farah lists a few of the Romney flip flops at Worldnetdaily.com: * ...
More fun with gravatars
2008-01-05 03:55:00 I just found a cool addon for Thunderbird called Message Faces that allows you to add gravatar functionality to your e-mail. It will take images from gravatar.com and display them as shown above. One more reason to get your own gravatar for free! Once you install the addon, you will need to go to the settings and ...
ADL sinks further into irrelevancy
2008-01-03 10:56:00 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was supposedly established “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike,” but under the leadership of Abraham Foxman, they have become a group of irrelevant political hacks. They attack Christians, America’s Christian heritage, and anyone or anything else that is not ... More About: Sinks
Blog readability
2008-01-02 13:35:00 Happy New Year! The following website claims to be able to evaluate the level of education required to read your blog. It says mine requires a high school education. I’m not sure if I should be proud or embarrassed. Do I simply have a reader-friendly style, or am I incapable of writing at a university level ... More About: Blog
Vote Fred Thompson ? Unless you hate children and puppies
2007-12-28 17:21:00 I’ll be out of town for a few days, but I wanted to share this video before I go. More About: Children , Fred Thompson , Hate , Vote , Fred
Violent polytheists
2007-12-28 03:10:00 How many times have you heard that monotheism is the source of the world’s problems? Monotheists like Christians, Jews and Muslims are supposedly the root of all evil. If only everyone could be as open-minded as the polytheists there wouldn’t be religious violence, they say. One only needs to look to India to see that ... More About: Violent
Merry Christmas
2007-12-24 06:04:00 I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas (that’s what the message says in Japanese, too). May God bless the American soldiers who are far away from their families at this time. More About: Merry Christmas
Global warming has stopped?
2007-12-21 08:32:00 The following is an excerpt from an article published on the New Statesman website pointing out that global temperatures have been statistically the same for every year after 2001. They’ve levelled off! The entire article is here. Global warming stopped? Surely not. What heresy is this? Haven?t we been told that the science of global warming ... More About: Global Warming , Armin
Defensio
2007-12-15 02:00:00 Well, I’ve been really frustrated with Akismet for the inability to whitelist friends with hotmail addresses. I’ve got one blog buddy who is consistently marked as spam, and no matter how many times I unmark the spam he still ends up right back in the spam folder with his next comment. I kept looking for ...
No show of hands
2007-12-13 02:25:00 This is awesome: Fred leads the way and won’t let the obviously biased moderator get away with it. More About: Show , Hands , Environmentalism
Words of wisdom from el Rushbo
2007-12-13 02:01:00 Should we vote our convictions, or should we vote for electibility? A caller asked Rush this question, and here’s how he responded: CALLER: Okay, I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you again. My question is, since I have to send in my absentee ballot early, I don’t want to throw away or waste ... More About: Words , Wisdom , Words of Wisdom
I?ve changed my mind on Huckabee
2007-12-12 09:29:00 People say that Huckabee is not a fiscal conservative. I’m not so sure he is a social conservative, either: Mr. Huckabee’s record of being soft on convicted criminals is harder to avoid. His role as an ordained Southern Baptist minister appears to have guided his actions when it came to forgiving criminals. “I would not deny that ... More About: Theology , Mind
I?m a fightin? fundy
2007-12-12 05:27:00 According to this survey, I’m a fightin’ fundy. Although I’d disagree with the negative connotation that is inferred, I’d probably have to agree with the assessment, as I do believe in “the infallibility of the Bible not only in matters of faith and morals but also as a literal historical record, holding as essential to ...
The Pergatory special
2007-12-07 06:48:00 Are you worried you might have to spend a little extra time in Pergatory washing off those hard to rinse sins? Well, fret no more, because if you travel to Lourdes within the next year the Pope is going to personally see to it that you spend less time in Pergatory. Certain restrictions apply. Not ... More About: Special , Gato
Yet another reason to vote for Fred Thompson
2007-12-07 05:58:00 From the AP: Republican Fred Thompson , son of a used-car salesman, remembers his years before law offices, Hollywood and the Senate. “Well, let’s see,” he said. “I’ve worked in a factory, I was a bouncer at my uncle’s drag strip, I worked at the post office, I sold children’s shoes, I sold ladies’, I sold men’s ... More About: Vote , Reason
More words of praise for Thompson from Rush Limbaugh
2007-12-06 05:05:00 Rush Limbaugh had some more words of praise for Thompson on his show yesterday. More About: Words , Praise , Rush , Rush Limbaugh
Thompson-Huckabee ticket in the works?
2007-12-06 02:07:00 Fred Thompson was asked about the possibility of a Thompson-Huckabee ticket. At least he didn’t rule it out! More About: Works , Ticket , Tick
Republican YouTube debate
2007-12-02 04:12:00 Not being in the US, I’m unable to watch most of the televised debates, but I was able to watch the YouTube debate. The biggest thing that struck me was how unpresidential Rudy seems. He seems like a small, small man. I don’t know what people see in him. He should not be the frontrunner. ... More About: Youtube , Republican , Debate
Shakespeare translated Psalm 46
2007-11-29 07:52:00 Did you know that Shakespeare was involved in the translation of the King James Version of the Bible? It’s true! He even made sure that proper attribution would be made by inserting his name in code in the 46th Psalm . The 46th word from the beginning is shake and the 46th word from the end ... More About: Translated , Tran
The 1,800-year Israeli drought
2007-11-22 03:47:00 Joseph Farah has a very interesting piece today on the hand of God in Israel. I found the story fascinating: Have you ever wondered why the Holy Land was a wasteland during the 1,800-year dispersion of the Jews that lasted until they returned in significant numbers beginning in the early 20th century?Have you ever wondered why ... More About: Theology , Year , Israeli , Drought
Scientists exaggerate? Tell me it ain?t so!
2007-11-21 05:34:00 It turns out that “The United Nations’ top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long overestimated [read “lied about”] both the size and the course of the [AIDS] epidemic, which they now believe has been slowing for nearly a decade…” They also said they cannot rule out futher downward revisions. Leave ... More About: Current Events , Scientists , Environmentalism , Gera
Stem cell breakthrough
2007-11-21 02:26:00 Speaking of stem cell research, a friend has alerted me to the following story. Prolifers have been arguing for years that research on embryonic stem cells is both immoral and unnecessary (See my essay on the topic written in May 2002). Of course, advocates of embryonic stem cell research remain unconvinced. As I stated in ... More About: Theology , Japan , Cell , Current Events , Stem Cell
The folly of pacifism
2007-11-16 05:43:00 Micah Tillman has an interesting discussion going on over at his blog. He notes that pacifism taken to its logical end must result in anarchism. Personally, I prefer black and white. If pacifism could stand up to scrutiny, I’d be all for it. I don’t like having to wade through shades of gray. Unfortunately, life ... More About: Politics , Theology , Pacifism , Current Events , Foreign Policy
Meme time again
2007-11-14 14:34:00 I’ve got two memes to pass along today. The first is the Prudent Power Award from Prudent Musings for blogs that “share the truth.” The second is the You Lift Me Up Award which I received from In the Life of a Child. This one is for what it says: “lifting people up” and encouraging ... More About: Meme , Time
Dolphins rock
2007-11-10 14:53:00 This is totally off-topic for my blog, but it is very cool. I’ll never look at dolphins the same way again. Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark?s bait More About: Rock
Another ?interesting? conversation
2007-11-10 08:38:00 Last time I mentioned a conversation, it was with someone who did not believe this world is real. That was an interesting conversation, I must say, but the other day I received an e-mail from some guy who was obviously not interested in any kind of intelligent discussion. He took issue with my essay on ... More About: Interesting , Conversation , Eres
Still not comfortable with Romney
2007-11-09 16:06:00 I absolutely will not vote for Giuliani, even if his opponent is Hillary Clinton. Some conservatives have come to the conclusion that Mitt Romney really has changed, but I still have strong reservations, most of which are summed up in Romney Secrets The Media Are Hiding From You by Gregg Jackson at Townhall.com. The fact ... More About: Theology , Comfort
Another scandal in the works
More articles from this author:2007-11-07 03:39:00 Considering the lengths to which prosperity teachers go to twist the words of the Bible, it would not surprise me one bit if they were improperly reporting income. How long before these people’s followers realize that they are being had? Acting on tips about preachers who ride in Rolls Royces and have purportedly paid $30,000 for ... More About: Theology , Current Events , Scandal , Works , The Works 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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