Religious Freedom in Canada

This Wednesday, October 12, a very important case is coming before the Supreme Court of Canada. They will be exploring these two issues:

1) Can Christians preach and teach against what we believe to be a sinful behaviour--a behaviour that we believe ultimately harms the person involved--but still love the person?

 

2) Can Christians be critical--in public--of the activities of a person or community without this criticism being understood as hatred?

The EFC will be presenting arguments to defend our right to religious freedom. Please pray that truth and justice would prevail and that our Canadian right to religious freedom is maintained. See here for more information.

Euthyphro Dilemma in 1 minute

EUTHYPHRO DILEMMA

The Euthyphro Dilemma is often set out as an objection to the relevancy of God for ethics.  Here is The One Minute Apologist with philosopher William Lane Craig who provides an overview of the dilemma plus a critique -- all in 1 minute.  (Actually, 2 minutes and 12 seconds.)  Happy philosophical pondering!

- Dr. V

Critical Thinking Fail

Today as I wandered around on Facebook I stumbled across a picture of a sign that read:
"Religion is like a penis.
It's fine to have one.
It's fine to be proud of it
But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around,
And PLEASE don't try to shove it down my children's throats."

At first I was a little disgusted and annoyed, but then my training under VDB kicked in and some philosophical rubber hit the road, if you will.

What this sign is in essence saying, underneath the crass vulgarity, is that it is ok to have beliefs and even to be proud of those beliefs, but it is not ok to share them ever. "That's just your opinion man" kind of attitude. The ironic part is that the very thing that this sign complains about, i.e., forcing others to buy into one's opinion; is exactly what this sign is doing. It is trying to make everyone buy into this idea that it is not ok to ram opinions down people's throats by ramming an opinion down our throats.

This sign can safely be ignored.

"180" Movie

A bit polemical but it is interesting to see that when confronted with the fact that an unborn child is a human life, people get extremely uncomfortable.

Peter Hitchens Author Interview--The Rage Against God

The Rage Against God is an excellent book and is available in the Providence Bookstore.