I knew I was going to like Rob Bell’s Love Wins from the moment I saw the back cover (at right, but I’m typing out the text in case the picture isn’t legible): “God loves us.God offers us everlasting life by grace, freely, through no merit on our part.” Unless you do not respond the [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
More on Luke’s endorsement of William Lane Craig
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 25, 2011
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I’ve said that I don’t think William Lane Craig deserves the praise that Luke Muehlhauser has heaped on him. But in my previous post on the subject, I said have less than I could have about why I’m not impressed with Craig. In particular, I didn’t respond to the many specific points Luke has made [...]
Impeach Obama, part II
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 18, 2011
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Two weeks ago, on orders from President Obama, the U.S. military tried to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen has has been accused of, but never tried for, being involved in planning terrorist attacks. The firs thing to notice about this is that what Obama is doing is obviously illegal. I recommend that anyone who [...]
Impeach Obama
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 7, 2011
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We just came this close to the first time in history a U.S. president had a U.S. citizen killed, without trial, by robot drone. If you aren’t frightened by the prospect of reaching that particular historical milestone, when will you be frightened? We need to do something to stop this shit now. (More on this [...]
Batman could totally take Jesus
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 3, 2011
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Via PZ, a Facebook argument on whether Batman or Jesus would win in a fight. On the pro-Batman side, “Roland” argues that “You’re all neglecting the fact that Jesus has no inherent power of his own. It’s all from his father.” This, however, overlooks the fact that in The Book of John, Jesus states that [...]