By MInTheGap on May 29, 2008 in Culture, Family, Homosexuality, News and The Supremes | 0 Comments
The past few weeks has seen a flurry of activity in the area of same-sex marriage. Specifically, the Supreme Court of California ruled that same-sex couples should have equal protection rights under the California Constitution to marry, and have instructed the state to do so starting in the middle of June.
If you’re new here, you [...]
By MInTheGap on May 5, 2008 in Bible | 10 Comments
Quite a while back I made a comment talking about the Expelled movie where I talked about the “Burden of Proof” and where it lies. From there, I entered into a fascinating discussion on an atheist blog digging deeper into the topic. I learned a few things from this discussion, and I thought I’d [...]
By MInTheGap on Apr 22, 2008 in Bible, Church and Fundamentalism | 1 Comment
For some weird reason I’m in a reflective type mood as of late. I think a lot of it has to do with the workbook I’m working through called Experiencing God. (You can find the link to it in my sidebar.) At its core is the premise that God is still [...]
By MInTheGap on Apr 21, 2008 in Culture and Noteworthy | 21 Comments
There’s this weird convergence on this topic on this blog such that it makes sense to clarify what I’m trying to say here because it’s foundational to what I’m saying elsewhere.
So, what do I mean when I say that Atheism has no basis for a moral code?
Let’s start with what I’m not saying and go [...]
By MInTheGap on Apr 21, 2008 in Bible, Culture and Noteworthy | 4 Comments
The more I’ve talked online about Creation vs. Evolution or Atheism vs. Christianity the more it confirms to me that these two worldviews are very difficult to reconcile because of their nature. Both believe that they reflect truth, and that the other reflects nonsense. Both strongly hold their opinions, and the longer that [...]
By MInTheGap on Apr 15, 2008 in Bible, Creation, Culture and Noteworthy | 66 Comments
Have you heard about this movie yet?
I started seeing ads for this movie show up at my site, but I had no idea what it was about. It turns out that Ben Stein has created a movie that documents how professors that choose not to believe in Evolution are systematically denied access to [...]
By MInTheGap on Apr 14, 2008 in Bible, Christianity, Fundamentalism and Noteworthy | 2 Comments
For everything we do, we have a reason. Sometimes we do not think through the reason, but there is a reason none the same. So, when it comes to the discussion of morals and why we do what we do, it is important to recognize this fact if we are going to have [...]