Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

Should psychiatric patients who are not in physical danger of death have the right to die in the Netherlands? 

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/can-an-atheist-really-get-dante The secret writing on the door is “Abandon skepticism, all ye who enter here.” To approach the Divine Comedy with an open heart is to be converted on some level, if only for the time being. The late American Dantean Charles … Continue reading →

Jesus Creed

Ars technica As Facebook itself knows from watching people type up statuses or comments and then delete them before posting, people feel pressure to say or do the right things when using services like Facebook. Part of that feeling stems from the … Continue reading →

Dreher Literature and the Problem of Evil  I can see so clearly now, from the vantage point of someone who is nearly 47, the enormous advantage my father gave me in impressing upon me a script, and not just a … Continue reading →

Your popularity at the expense of the other. He also found that aggression was a useful tactic. Violence was still seen as antisocial and undesirable, but “reputational aggression”—the teasing, rumour-mongering, gossiping, ostracism, and other non-physical means through which high-school kids … Continue reading →

Sun Times piece with quotes from Marsden Peter Enns’ piece Ken Schenck of Wesley Seminary: It was kind of sad The Daily Beast “I’m a Christian and Ken Ham doesn’t speak for me Biologos on the debate Daily Beast: It … Continue reading →

Christian Century  

Yahoo piece Manning asks Sherman about his ankle Peyton Manning’s Faith How he approaches faith and the game How do I justify football in the context of “love your enemy?” I say to kids, well, football is most definitely a … Continue reading →