http://blahblahbook.com/blog The World of Worldviews. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:28:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week at the White House's state dinner, President Obama toated India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with a well-chosen Indian proverb:   The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us. There is profound truth here. God put his beauty and majesty in the ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=240 As reported by the Washington Post, the above is the title of a PowerPoint presentation given in June 0f 2007 to medical personnel at Walter Reed Hospital by the Army psychiatrist, Major Nidal M. Hasan, who last week murdered thirteen of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. When news of ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=239 Re: Nev Pierce's article "Science, emotion clash in 'Creation'" in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times (Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009).* The new film 'Creation' -- a drama about the intensely human story of Charles and Emma Darwin torn apart by the death of a daughter and the theory of ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=238 Let me preface this post by saying that, by in large, I have enjoyed Woody Allen's body of work. Like the rest of you, I've laughed and laughed at his take on the human condition. However, his most recent film, "Whatever Works," is full of bigotry. There's Smart vs. "Dumb" bigotry, ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=236 Sally Stuart's Christian Writer's Marketplace blogspot reports today (Monday, June 22, 2009) that evangelical, catholic and charismatic Anglicans are uniting as a new denomination, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Some history: The Anglican Church (the Church of England) started with King Henry VIII. The king needed an heir, his ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=235 Science or God? Evolution or creation? Is it an either-or proposition? Very often it has been either-or as played out in the culture wars. However, in this 150th anniversary year of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species, National Public Radio has done some interesting work. Under "Darwin Finds Some Followers In The Pulpits" ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=233 Abortion is bad. But the rhetoric of calling abortionists "murderers" leads to hatred, lawlessness, terrorism and murder -- as shown by the recent assassination of Dr. George R. Tiller (in a church worship service) by a "pro-life" anti-abortionist. It also plays into the worldview of those who believe that religion (particularly one-Godism) ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=232 Everyone who is concerned for the biblical worldview should read Jon Meacham's "The End of Christian America" (Newsweek, April 13, 2009 issue) and "Faith Isn't Under Fire: The difference between Christianity and 'Christian America'" (April 8, 2009). While you're at it,  you should read Tim Graham of the Media Research Center's ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=231 Recently Ashley Judd has taken on Sarah Palin for encouraging the shooting of wolves in Alaska -- from airplanes! She even offered a $150 bounty for the animals' left foreleg, although a judge struck that decree down. For background information, see Mark Benjamin's article "Her deadly wolf program" at Salon.com and ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=230 On February 25, 2009, in Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum, by unanimous ruling the United States Supreme Court decided that the placement of a monument to the Ten Commandments did not require the Pleasant Grove City to erect monuments to other religions. The case arose because followers of the Summum ... http://blahblahbook.com/blog/?p=228