Thinking God's Thoughts: Marriage = Biology (Not Bigotry) Video

Want a secular argument for NOT legalizing same-sex marriages? Here are some good ones!




Thinking God's Thoughts: Marriage = Biology (Not Bigotry) Video

Who is Wolverine? - A WIP Just Like You

This is why I like the superhero genre: the characters. Take Wolverine for example. Wolverine is an amazing character that has been around for almost 40 years to become one of the most popular characters...ever. It has been said to best understand a person you should look at what people say about him. I found these panels on Tumblr today. We get several of Wolverine's colleagues and friends attempt to sum up who Wolverine is. It is real interesting.

One thing I notice is that what everyone says about Wolverine depend on their relationship with him. I think the writer of this not just nails Wolverine's personality but the personalities of all the other characters. Based on what I know about his interactions with each of them, I'd expect each of them to say what they said about Wolverine. learn not a lot about who Wolverine is to each of these characters but we also see who each of these speakers are. This demonstrates that when we judge anyone our thoughts are influenced by who we are. It reminds me to be careful and remember that not one of us can truly be fully described or known to each other. When it really comes down to it...we are all "...works in progress".

Who is Wolverine? - Super Heroes Behaving Badly

FacePlant of the Day - Debunking Christianity: Dinesh D'Souza Resigned Under Pressure From King's College Amidst Scandal

So what does sour grapes look like? Well when one loses a debate and uses his opponent's public trial years later to insult and belittle him - it is a great example of sour grapes.

While attending a conference last month, the president of the King’s College was spotted in the company of a woman other than his wife. At a typical institution of higher learning, a sighting like that might not have turned into a major controversy. But the King’s College is not a typical institution of higher learning. It is a tiny Christian college based in a downtown Manhattan office building, whose mission statement articulates a “commitment to the truths of Christianity and a biblical worldview. The King’s College announced Mr. D’Souza’s resignation on Thursday, two days after World Magazine, a Christian-oriented publication, reported that he had checked into a Comfort Suites in South Carolina in September with a woman he introduced as his fiancée, despite the fact that he was already married. Link.

Dinesh is in the process of getting divorced. He said, “I had no idea that it is considered wrong in Christian circles to be engaged prior to being divorced.” Really? ;-) Now he's saying I am not having an affair with his new girl. Really, no sex before re-marriage? What a prude, or a liar, or something.

If one bothers to actually read the links Loftus posted we can see that there is something going on with people who had issues with D'Souza and who wanted him out of his job. I think it may have more to do with his documentary about President Obama than his theology or philosophy. I didn't agree with the conclusions he had drawn about Obama, but I don't think he should be silenced or censored in some way because of them. I think that Loftus is still smarting from their debate and because he could not make good arguments against D'Souza's presentation, Loftus decided to attack D'Souza the only way he can. If D'Souza is telling the truth that he was not with another woman before his divorce was final, then I don't think he did anything wrong. Divorce is horrible but I don't know why he was separated  from his wife or the circumstances around the divorce so criticizing him for it is none of my business. 

Debunking Christianity: Dinesh D'Souza Resigned Under Pressure From King's College Amidst Scandal

Calvinistic Cartoons: Willful Refusal

Calvinistic Cartoons: Willful Refusal

FacePlant of the Day - Debunking Christianity: Why All Oppressed Minorities Should Reject Christianity

In my previous response to the Harry McCall's post I wondered how John Loftus could let such a splendid example of reading incomprehension and lies pass for a responsible blog post? Turns out that Loftus unfortunately agrees with McCall's arguments and  is just as deluded. Loftus posted the following in support of the thought that women should reject Christianity and extended the thought  to include to all oppressed minorities. My responses are in red.

Harry McCall's post, Why Women Should Especially Reject Christianity, now has the second highest hit count of any post at DC. I agree. They should.

I sure would like to know why either of them would come to that conclusion since the passages that McCall points to support his delusions don't say what he says they say and there are passages written by the same author contradicting his conclusions. Maybe Loftus is unable to read the Bible any better than McCall can.  Hopefully most people are reading the post to learn what not to do.

There are other minorities the same thing could be said of them.

 How can women be a minority if half of the human race is female?

African Americans should reject Christianity given their history as slaves in Christian America.

I am an African-American. I am a descendant of slaves. My people were not enslaved beuse people were following the Bible. People who called themselves "Christians" disobeyed God  and did not follow the Bible. I know the deluded and/or ignorant like to think that slave systems in Ancient Israel and the slavery during the time of the New Testament were there same as the slavery perpetuated by Europeans and White Americans before the American Civil War, but it's not. Not even close. I should reject Christianity because of slavery no more than I should blame all ____ for ____ (fill in your own blanks).


The same thing goes for Native Americans who were conquered by American Christians (ala Manifest Destiny),

Manifest Destiny has nothing to do with the Bible or Christianity.  Serious fail.

as well as Mexican and Hispanic Christians who are largely Catholics because of the Spanish Conquistadors who killed, raped and plundered their ancestors.

Africans were also killed, raped, and plundered by the same nations that colonized the rest of the world.  Their reasons for doing so was greed not because the Bible told them to. 

There are gay (or "gay friendly") Christian churches like The Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco.

And....? How does the above statement support Loftus' post? Is he saying that it is okay for homosexuals to be a Christians because there are now some churches claiming to be Christians that are "gay friendly"? If he is, he's undermining his point. Is he also equating homosexuality with having a particular gender or a race or an ethnicity? That would be another lapse in logic if that is what he thinks it is.

All oppressed minorities should reject Christianity, even the liberal or radical ones, given what "true" Christians have done to them. I know I would if I were them. It's almost absurd to me that they embrace the faith of their oppressors.

I 'd like to know how Loftus knows that those people who murdered, raped, pillaged, oppressed, subjugated,  and/or enslaved other human beings (who were also created in God's image) were "true" Christians? They weren't. They did not follow the Bible. They did not make Jesus Lord of their morality or actions. As one of the "oppressed minorities" that Loftus is so concerned with, I would wanna know why would I wanna burn in hell with my oppressors? I don't. These same oppressors attempted to use scripture and Christianity and establish and maintain their evil. An honest reading of the texts and History demonstrates that in order to do that, they had to twist and distort the Bible and History to rationalize those evils. When people like Harry McCall and John Loftus distort and twist scripture to rationalize their hatred of God so that they agree that the Bible says what those evil men told my ancestors it said, they are embracing the faith of my oppressors.

I come to Christ despite their best efforts due to the grace of God. My forefathers and foremothers found God through that same grace and personal relationship with the true and living God recognizing the lies of their slave masters for what they were. Why are McCall and Loftus still falling for those same lies?

Debunking Christianity: Why All Oppressed Minorities Should Reject Christianity

Answering Muslims: What Is the Shahada?

David Wood has posted a great article defining the Shahada and what it means for Islam and for non-Muslims. The Video gives you  the Shahada in Arabic and  the following link will take you to the article.


Answering Muslims: What Is the Shahada?

Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation

I've got to admit that this game would make getting a Playstation Vita worth it!

Developer's Diary

Story Trailer

Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation Developer Diary Video – G4tv.com

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FacePlant of the Day - Debunking Christianity: Why Women Especially Should Reject Christianity

I wonder why Harry McCall even bothers to make arguments using the Biblical text because he never bothers to get the text correct. Who edits the Debunking Christianity anyway? Why does he think that Paul's writing is misogynistic? Is that what the text really saying? Can he substantiate his conclusions? Nope.

The first mark for Paul against women is that THEY ARE NOT created in the image of God, but have been taken from Adam (who alone is created in the image of God). In 1 Corinthians 11: 7b – 9 Paul states this fact: “…he (the man) is in the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.”


That does not mean that women are less than men or that women are not created in the image of  God. Paul would have agreed with Genesis 1:26-28

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷ So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” - Genesis 1:26-28

God created men and women in God's image. Genesis 2 gives the details  of how God did it. Paul is not contradicting scripture. Paul is, instead, discussing the roles of men and women  not ontology.  McCall did not show how Paul's words elevates men over women.  Let's look at  what Paul wrote that shows how this works out even clearer (I wonder why McCall does not quote the whole passage?)..

² I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. ³ But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man,^[a] and the head of Christ is God. ⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. ⁵ But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. ⁶ For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.
⁷ A man ought not to cover his head,^[b] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; ⁹ neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰ It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own^[c] head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. ¹² For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
¹³ Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God. - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Think about what the order of roles that is being stated.Woman submits to man. Christ submits to God. Paul believed that Jesus is God therefore Jesus is not inferior to God. 

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. - Titus 2:11-14

Therefore, extending the parallel that Paul is using, women are not inferior to men. And what about verse 13? Paul was not explaining that women were inferior in any way.

Secondly for Paul, when in a worship service all women MUST keep their faces veiled so the glory of God will be revealed in the men in attendance of whom God created alone in his image: “But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.” (1 Corinthians 11: 5 - 6)

Verse 13 kills McCall's whole argument.

Simply put, all women must keep their ungodly faces covered with a veil if their hair has been cut short (shaved) or – if they don’t have a veil – then let them use their long hair to cover their faces. For if there are angles in the worship service, these angles would be shocked to see any woman worshipping with their face uncovered taking away the glory of God found only in men: “Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” (1 Corinthians 11: 10)

So why did Paul say "If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God." (1 Cor 11:16)? Simple: McCall is wrong.


For Paul, all men must keep their hair short as to display the glory of God: “For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.” (1 Corinthians 11: 7) and “Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.” (1 Corinthians 11: 14)

More importantly, in Paul’s view all women are the deceivers descended directly from Eve who alone listened to the serpent then mislead Adam: “And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression.” (1Timothy 2: 14)

The Bible does not lay the blame of sin on Eve, But Adam. Eve was deceived. She was innocent. Adam had the responsibility and the failure. 

¹² Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— - Romans 5:12

This being the case, Paul demands: “Let your women keep silent in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also says the law. And if they will learn anything let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.” (1 Corinthians 14: 34 - 35)

This cannot mean that women are not supposed to ever teach or preach in the Church. I've written more about at this link and you should also read here.

And

“Let a woman quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. 12. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. (I Tim. 2: 11 – 14)

Thus all women have two strikes against them over and above Original Sin, and these two curses have been pasted to ALL women just as Adam and Eve’s collective disobedience has been pasted down on all humanity:

Um what curses?  

A. Women ARE NOT created in the image of God, but have been taken out of Adam making them forever inferior to men thus requiring them to cover their faces while in the worship assembly.

Already shown that this is not true. 

B. Women are weak and gullible in that only the woman was tricked by the serpent, who in turn deceived the man. Thus for Paul, all women are simple minded and gullible and should NEVER be given the chance to mislead men again.

The woman were gullible while the man outright rebelled against God. He knew better,. I admit that many people look at this point the way that McCall presents it, but that is not what the Bible says.

In the so called Lord’s Prayer, Jesus made an emphatic statement: “γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημα σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς” (with γενηθήτω in the aorist imperative) that God’s will (θέλημα) must be done in Heaven as upon earth.

Yes. And just what is God's will that will be on Heaven as it is on earth?

²⁶ So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, ²⁷ for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. - Galatians 3:26-29

Now when we put this statement in with Paul’s theology of women, sadly women bear a huge curse above men that can NEVER be forgiven either here on earth or in Heaven!

Um no. Not even close. It's only through Christ that we - male and female - are free. This isn't the point women are less than man. Just the contrary and McCall has failed to demonstrate that the Bible says women are inferior to men.

Harry McCall 

Please Pray for Harry McCall



Debunking Christianity: Why Women Especially Should Reject Christianity

Eastwooding Richard Dawkins - YouTube

Continuing the running cultural gag of debating with an empty chair as if your opponent is sitting there and responding to how you think he may respond to you, William Lane Craig recently used the same tactic in a lecture responding to the argument of  Richard Dawkins.


Eastwooding Richard Dawkins - YouTube

I don't think that Eastwooding was really effective in this situation. I doubt it will make Dawkins come up debate Craig, but it is interesting to see how Craig understands Dawkins' argument. 

Apologist Interview: Douglas Wilson - Apologetics 315

In this week's interview Brian Auten interviewed Douglas Wilson. I love to Pastor Wilson preach, teach, and debate. It was very interesting! Follow the link to Apologetics 315 to hear the interview. 

Apologist Interview: Douglas Wilson - Apologetics 315

Felix Baumgartner's 23-Mile Jump

I am simply floored. Felix Baumgartner skydived from 23 miles above the ground - the stratosphere to the ground safely, breaking the sound barrier, in a one-way 10 minute trip.  He rode up in a capsule that was being pulled by a helium balloon and then jumped. I've only heard of such a thing in comics and movies but a man actually did it and survived it.


The Best Memes Inspired By Felix Baumgartner's 23-Mile Jump

The thing that blows me away the most is that it ends this way:


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Answering Muslims: Lara Logan: On the Lies about al-Qaeda and the Taliban

David Wood posted a clip from speech given by Lara Logan about how al-Qaeda and the Taliban are still killing American soldiers and our government is covering it up.


 I doubt any of this will change who ever becomes President of the US in November. I think Lara Logan is making good point and given her experiences and years of reporting in the Middle East, we should pay her some attention.

Answering Muslims: Lara Logan: On the Lies about al-Qaeda and the Taliban

Debate: Hugh Ross vs. Lewis Wolpert: Is there Evidence for a Cosmic Creator? - Apologetics 315

Brian Auten has posted a debate between Dr Hugh Ross and Lewis Wolpert. on  the topic: Is there evidence of cosmic creator? You can listen to the debate by going to the link at Apologetics 315:
 
Debate: Hugh Ross vs. Lewis Wolpert: Is there Evidence for a Cosmic Creator? - Apologetics 315

Hugh Ross does a great job in arguing for why there is enough evidence to believe that there is a cosmic creator. Lewis Wolpert 's argument appalled me. It broke down to: "I am not a physicist. I do not understand the evidence Hugh Ross is bringing.  There is no evidence for the existence of God." In other words, Wolpert said: I've made up my mind, so do not bother me with facts. Really close-minded. He really lost this debate.

One of the points of evidence Ross uses is about what we have learned about Dark Matter over the past 12 years. Here is a video that presents some information about Dark Matter and some of the conclusions that are being drawn. I don't agree with everything in the video about multiple universes but there is a lot of good science in it representing many view points today.

The New NA28 and the Preservation of Scripture

Dr James White posted the following video discussing the importance of critical textual publications of the New Testament. I agree with him that we should really want to know what original text of the Old Testament said. I also agree with him that we have enough lines of transmission over a large period of time over large geographical areas that we can know what the autographs contained.


The New NA28 and the Preservation of Scripture

Klingon Style Lyrics - Comediva

I posted this video a few days ago but I recently found out that lyrics in the video actually make this a lot more funny.


Read the lyrics at:

Klingon Style Lyrics - Comediva

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Kinect Inspires Wrist-Mounted Controller: The Future Of User Interface - G4tv.com

Now this is a controller I want to get a hold of.

Kinect Inspires Wrist-Mounted Controller: The Future Of User Interface - G4tv.com

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Answering Muslims: Eastwooding Muhammad

David Wood posted a video in which he interviews Muhammad about inconsistencies in Islam. It;s really interesting and take a cue from the new cultural meme known as  "Eastwooding" - started by Clint Eastwood's speech during the RNC last several weeks ago. 


"Eastwooding" has become a meme. You can learn more here:
Clint Eastwood's Empty Chair Speech / Eastwooding / Invisible Obama

Answering Muslims: Eastwooding Muhammad

50 Years of Bond [Infographic]

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Calvinistic Cartoons: In Search of a New Robin

That would be

Arthur Pink once wrote:

An ineffably holy God, who has the utmost abhorrence of sin, was never invented by any of Adam's descendents.

Looks like Batman has a point.

Calvinistic Cartoons: In Search of a New Robin

“You Shoulda Put a Ring on It”: Witnessing to Cohabiting Couples | CRI

I found a very interesting article written by Joe Dallas. He wrote about how to witness to couple who choose to live together and not marry one another.  He stared out retelling a conversation he had in 1987 with co-workers who chose to live with their significant others despite he and his fiance deciding to wait for marriage.

“Aren’t you engaged, Joe?” someone then asked, and all eyes turned to me, wondering how I was going to defend my jumping into an institution they’d just essentially trashed.
“Sure am,” I smiled, “and looking forward to being a husband.”
“That’s nice,” a waiter responded, regarding me the way one considers a quaint little relic. “But is it really necessary? Don’t you love each other with or without a ring?”
“Yeah,” I nodded, “but we’re both looking for commitment, too.”
“We’re just as committed as you!” another waitress retorted, as though I’d just criticized her arrangement with her live-in boyfriend. “A ceremony and a license don’t make a commitment.”
“No,” I conceded, “they don’t. But they put teeth into it. And I guess it’s the teeth we’re looking for.”

How would you respond?  Joe Dallas relates in the article how he responded. The article is really important because it points out a very important point: Denying the important of marriage has lead us to the mess we have today where people are confused about what marriage is. People think that they can make marriage mean whatever they want marriage to mean - that is if it is "only a ring".


“You Shoulda Put a Ring on It”: Witnessing to Cohabiting Couples | CRI

Answering Muslims: Eric Allen Bell: "Islamophobia or Islamo-Reality?"

I had heard of Eric Allen Bell before David Wood posted this talk from him but this is the first extended description of his experience I've heard in his own words. It's how his opinion towards Islam was changed from thinking that it was like any other religion to really learning about what it teaches people to believe and inspires them to do.

I especially liked the contrast he gave for how Christians react to being mocked and insulted to how Muslims react to criticism.
Answering Muslims: Eric Allen Bell: "Islamophobia or Islamo-Reality?"

Marvel Vs. DC Movie Infographic - Marvel Is Winning - News - GeekTyrant

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