Hi and welcome back! Every human who is ever born will die. Hopefully, that’ll happen after we’ve lived as long and as full a life as we desire. That means that aging is a natural part of life — something Read more
Hi and welcome back! Today being the 4th of July, I thought I’d offer some past posts about freedom — and then some links our community has been talking about today. Happy 4th! FREEDOM! Observations about freedom from the R2D Read more
Hi and welcome back! Last week, we heard about a minor scandal brewing in evangelicalism (and for once, it’s not a sex scandal). Ed Litton, the newly-elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), plagiarized a series of sermons from Read more
Today, let’s check out this fascinating rival for 1st-century affections — and check out what we can of his writings.
Today, let me show you what the evangelical crony network is saying (or rather, not saying) about the recent behavior of James MacDonald.
A lot of folks still don’t realize that animals can do quite a few of the things we used to think only humans can do. Empathy is one trait I’ve heard those folks reach for as a human-only trait. Today, let me show you how they’re wrong: rats can, indeed, display the quality of empathy toward other rats.
This is just a bare-bones post so we can start a new Disqus discussion page.
Hi and welcome back! I love ancient history and archaeology, so I keep up with news about it. And this news is something special indeed. See, we’ve found yet another ancient pre-human species. And this one might be our closest Read more
Could it be that what irks James MacDonald most about Julie Roys is that she identifies as a fervent evangelical culture-warrior but refuses to comply with his demands?
Today, let me show you how James MacDonald attacked one of his critics, Julie Roys, with the time-honored evangelical tactic of gatekeeping.