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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2009
Check out this, then this insightful April 6 The New York Times op/ed piece from David Brooks. Nice to know that others are finding less and less rationality–or philosophy–in our culture, too. Today, many psychologists, cognitive scientists and even philosophers embrace a different view of morality. In this view, moral thinking is more like aesthetics. Thanks [...]
Posted in Totally off the wall on Apr 8th, 2009
Anybody remember the 2003 movie The Core? The government has to build a special machine to drill down to the earth’s core in order to fix a “military industrial complex/science experiment” gone awry. Now it seems Obama administration science advisors are suggesting that we “geoengineer” the planet in order to reduce global warming. Sound cool? [...]
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
