Bioethics
Finding the Center: Ecumenism and the Manhattan Declaration
It is at her centre, where her truest children dwell, that each communion is really closest to every other in spirit, if not in doctrine. And this suggests that at the centre of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of... »
The Manhattan Declaration
Not just any pro-life, pro-family, pro-ethics statement, the Manhattan Declaration is a call to civil disobedience if (when) the government legislates that people of conscience support abortion, eugenics, and same-sex marriages in their professions and with their tax dollars. The last paragraph of the declaration states: “Because we honor justice and the common good, we will... »
The Progressive End: If It Can Be Done
The door to a eugenics regarding homosexuality is now left wide open. The principle seems to be the one that drives the modern world. "If it can be done, it should be done. If the choice can exist, then the choice should exist." »
The Moral of the Story: Jon and Kate Plus 8, Part 2
The part I find starkly missing is the appeal to God and church to find a solution to their current marriage woes. Jon and Kate are not superhuman; neither are they doorknobs. In fact, everything in the show tells me that the Gosselins are the most normal people on the face of... »
Heroines or Hypocrites?
Out with evangelical media spokespeople Falwell and Dobson, in with Palin and Prejean. Am I the only one who doesn’t see this as an improvement? It’s a shame the evangelical everyman (or woman) can’t get fair representation. Finally the press moves the spotlight off the dying (if not dead) old guard religious right white... »
Humanist Ethics & Arrogance
In her post, Is Humanism Arrogant?, Terri Murray offers an undergraduate level textbook recitation of divine command theory, attributing the position to Christian “theocrats”, theologians and otherwise, who engage in a worldview analysis that draws the conclusion that humanist ethical theory represents arrogance because it ultimately lacks any epistemic foundation. Oh yeah, she never... »
The Human Commodity Circle
The same feminism, or at least a part of it, that set women sexually free is now enslaving them to sell their own future, even their own children. »
The Moral of the Story: Jon and Kate Plus 8, Part 1
Introduction I have never watched the reality show J&K+8 nor given the show a moment’s thought in the last five years. Yet, now I think something’s changed at the moment of their critical mass. Coincidence? Hardly. At just the right juncture, I’m interested and perhaps providentially so. At least, that is how it seems to... »
Sex-Selective Abortion Okay in Sweden
UPDATE 5/26/09: Life Training Institute’s latest podcast deals with this very issue. Well worth the listen. (Originally posted at Talitha, Koum! on May 24, 2009) From The Washington Times, the Hot Button article last week is about Sweden’s public approval of gender abortion. In Sweden, women may legally use abortion as a method of sex selection.... »
