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
Don?t believe everything you read
2007-10-31 01:52:00 The idea that the Religious Right is all but disbanded has even made it into conservative media lately. Personally, I don’t feel any different than I did a couple of years ago, and I don’t know of anyone who would have been associated with the RR before who has decided that from now on they ... More About: Read
Patriotism does not mean contempt for traditions
2007-10-25 11:00:00 Barrack Obama is no patriot. Liberals apparently love coming up with new definitions of words. The picture above was taken during the national anthem. This is not presidential behavior. For Democrats to even be considering this man as a potential candidate for the presidency is a disgrace. Obama: No Hand on Heart for National Anthem During rendition of ... More About: Traditions , Patriotism , Contempt , Temp
Apocalypse Now?
2007-10-24 09:06:00 I’m not a big fan of Pat Buchanan. Sometimes his opinions are way out there. He’s got his thinking cap on, though, in his latest column about global warming. I especially liked the following statement: Like the panics of bygone eras, this one has the aspect of yet another re-enactment of the Big Con. The huckster ... More About: Apocalypse , Environmentalism
How I got started blogging
2007-10-20 10:22:00 Well, the main thing that got me started blogging was that I needed some way to keep people updated on my latest essays and what was going on with my website. I got tired of having to play with html each time, so I decided to do the updates in blog form. I also liked ... More About: Blogging
Should evangelicals support Mitt Romney?
2007-10-19 01:50:00 I’ve seen several evangelical opinion columnists endorsing Mitt Romney lately. Personally, I don’t care that he’s Mormon. However, the timing of his “conversion” to the conservative cause is just too suspect. If he had made his conversion and run for president several years later after developing a strong social conservative record I’d have no qualms ... More About: Support , Evangelicals
Experiencing problems with gravatars
2007-10-15 10:05:00 I was having some problems with gravatars today, so I deleted the cache and tried to refresh it. Now only 3 people’s gravatars are working, including my own. I wonder if the server over at gravatar.com isn’t just overloaded today. More About: Blogging , Problems , Grava , Erie
Apologizing for something for which you are not responsible?
2007-10-14 04:29:00 Last night the associate pastor (let’s call him Y) at church mentioned that when he was in mission school in Australia (he wanted to become a missionary) there was a Korean and a Filipino attending at the same time. When it came time for him to return to Japan (he’s Japanese) he was asked to ... More About: Polo , Some , Logi
Just like being a kid again
2007-10-12 05:03:00 I’ve been tagged by Robert of Mulled Vine. This is a first for me, but according to his instructions, I am to reveal seven things about myself that my readers do not already know and then “tag” three others to do the same. 1) I was born in the second poorest county in the entire United ...
Are Democrats really that dumb?
2007-10-11 06:07:00 John Edwards at the MTV/MySpace Presidential Dialogue: “We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating ? pretty soon we?re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They?re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.” Does that ... More About: Democrats , Dumb , Ally , Rats
Can you name the Ten Commandments?
2007-10-09 13:01:00 Don’t look. See if you can do it. I was able to name nine of them without looking. Apparently Americans find it easier to name the seven ingredients of a Big Mac hamburger than to name the Ten Commandments . More About: Theology , The Ten
Legislating politeness
2007-10-09 10:33:00 In the UK, it’s okay to express your views, as long as you do it politely. If you are considered rude, then it’s off to jail for a sentence longer than that handed down to convicted rapists. We live in scary times. New legislation makes it a crime to criticize the homosexual lifestyle. Homosexual activists ... More About: Theology
When did God create the angels?
2007-10-08 12:48:00 I’ve already forgotten what got me thinking about this, but for some reason I began wondering where angels fit into the creation. At first consideration, I thought they would have been created in Genesis 1. However, 1) they definitely would have been mentioned there if that was when they were created, and 2) since they ... More About: Angels , Create
Scientists: Appendix Protects Good Germs
2007-10-07 02:38:00 Some surgeons and immunologists at Duke University Medical School say that the appendix actually does have a function: It produced and protects good germs for your digestive system. Creation ists have argued for quite some time that the appendix does, in fact, have a purpose. Now that evolutionary scientists are saying the same thing and it’s getting ... More About: Scientists , Good , Germ , Germs
Jon Stewart vs. Chris Matthews
2007-10-06 14:52:00 This video is so funny. I couldn’t stop laughing. Chris says to Jon, “You’re a hard sell!” No, Chris, you’re just an idiot. Hat tip to Kansas Bob again. More About: Politics , Jon Stewart , Stewart , Matthews
Who?s your candidate?
2007-10-05 02:44:00 According to this questionnaire, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson are closest to my views. Hat tip to Scott and Kansas Bob for the find. More About: Politics , Candidate
Requirements for salvation
2007-10-04 04:58:00 1) Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord 2) Believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead 3) Pray the “Sinner’s Prayer” 4) Be baptized 5) Become a member of a church 6) Have an unflawed understanding of every doctrine in the Bible 7) Have no unconfessed sins at the moment of death In case you’re wondering, the ... More About: Salvation
Thoughts on hell
2007-10-03 16:47:00 A post by Robert over at Mulled Vine got me thinking about the subject of hell. I believe that the Bible should be interpreted literally whenever possible, but this is one of those places where I do not think a literal interpretation makes sense. Many people do teach that hell is a place of ... More About: Thoughts , Hell
The Prodigal Comes Home
2007-09-30 03:56:00 Michael English, my favorite singer, is coming out with a new album entitled The Prodigal Comes Home . It should be released any day now. For the time being, Sanctuary, the first single from the album, can be heard on his myspace page, along with In Christ Alone, my favorite song of all time, and the ... More About: Theology
The most useful Wordpress plugin ever?
2007-09-28 11:05:00 HeadSpace2 is one powerful plugin. I upgraded recently to Wordpress 2.3 and instantaneously lost the tag functionality I had been used to. The very next day I found HeadSpace2, which plugs your tags into the meta keywords and allows you to set meta descriptions both sitewide and on a per-post basis. It also comes with ... More About: Plugin
Thoughts on homosexuality
2007-09-28 09:16:00 On one of the forums I regularly visit, the subject of homosexuality has come up with increasing frequency. Is it a sin? Is it curable? I am not certain whether homosexuality is genetic or learned. I have my doubts as to whether it is hereditary or not. I tend to believe in the validity of the ... More About: Theology , Thoughts , Homosexuality , Ality
Bloggers Against Abuse
2007-09-27 07:05:00 I’m joining 1,000s of bloggers around the world today in BlogCatalog’s Blogging for a Great Cause Challenge. The topic for this challenge is abuse. Some of the most disturbing abuse that could possibly be imagined is carried out against Christians all over the world. There are 200 million Christians suffering for their faith every day, from ... More About: Christianity , Theology , Abuse , Ethiopia , Bloggers
Gravatar.com
2007-09-26 10:42:00 If you haven’t already, I encourage you to register your avatar at gravatar.com. It’s a 3-step process. 1) Fill in your name and they send you a confirmation link, 2) Upload your avatar and 3) Select the avatar you uploaded as your gravatar. (Don’t forget step 3) What is a gravatar you ask? A gravatar, or globally ... More About: Gravatar , Grava
Kiefer Sutherland Arrested on DUI
2007-09-26 03:19:00 Kiefer Sutherland was arrested for driving under the influence. What is it with all these Hollywood actors drinking and driving? I’m sure Kiefer is probably a great guy, but one thing that absolutely disgusts me is people driving drunk. I think people who are found driving drunk should be charged with attempted murder and punished ... More About: Arrested , Kiefer Sutherland , Kiefer
Profile in Incompetence
2007-09-25 03:40:00 Investor’s Business Daily has a 10-part series on Jimmy Carter and why the editors believe he was the worst president in American history. More About: Profile , Incompetence , Profil
Who created God?
2007-09-22 16:22:00 If you ask an evolutionist what was there before the Big Bang, they’ll likely ask you who created God. Everyone knows that every effect must be preceded by a cause. This only applies, however, when time is a factor. The Bible teaches that God created the universe. The universe is comprised of space, matter and ... More About: Theology , Creation
Mathetes Award
2007-09-22 09:26:00 It’s time again to share the link love. I’ve been presented with the Mathetes Award by Robert Morschel of Mulled Vine fame. The award was started by Dan King of Management by God. He explains on his blog that “Mathetes is the Greek word for disciple, and the role of the disciple (per the Great ... More About: Theology
The death knell for Fred?s candidacy?
2007-09-21 03:05:00 President of Focus on the Family James Dobson has come out against Fred Thompson’s candidacy. I share some of Dr. Dobson’s concerns, so I wonder if this might be the death knell for Fred’s candidacy. I don’t care about him not being open about his faith. As someone once said about Mitt Romney, he’s not ... More About: Politics , Theology , Death , The D
Who was Cain?s wife?
2007-09-19 16:09:00 This is a question that has oddly perplexed Christians over the ages even though the answer is as plain as day in the book of Genesis. I saw the question just the other day posted at BlogCatalog. It seems to come up all the time, so I guess it won’t hurt to answer it one ... More About: Theology , Wife , Cain , Creation
My apologies for the problem with comments
2007-09-16 14:20:00 I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress the other day, and apparently the anti-spam plugin I had installed was not compatible. It was preventing people from posting comments, but I didn’t notice it (my blog’s not that popular, so a few days without comments is not abnormal… ). Many thanks to micpro at ... More About: Comments , Problem , Polo , Logi
500 scientists refute global warming dangers
More articles from this author:2007-09-13 03:24:00 The global warming alarmists claim that no real scientists doubt global warming. They’re disingenuous when they say this, because what people do doubt is the idea that global warming is man-made and the idea that it is irrefutably a bad thing. In fact, more than 500 scientists have published evidence refuting the current man-made global ... More About: Politics , Global Warming , Global , Scientists , Environmentalism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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