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“Stay out of Syria” has become a profile picture. It’s always noteworthy when my liberal friends agree with Sarah Palin. The President wanted a discussion, I guess he’s got one.

• Jim Wallis on Sojo
• When Grayson and Palin agree
• Jonathan Merritt on Three Christian Perspectives
• CT: Evangelical Leaders
• Nice piece from James Fallows that steps through the issues

• View from the farmstand

• The New Exodus by Dr. Chuck De Groat

• “FYI if you’re a teenage girl” 
• Think Christian weighs in
• Jezebel weighs in

CT

Relevant Mag,

Experimental Theology

Jesus Creed

Jesus Creed RJS from Gerald Rau Mapping the Origins Debate

Personal identity is a big issue, but here Rau sees the dividing line falling primarily between the theistic and nontheistic positions. Naturalistic atheism leads to nihilism or existentialism as the only logical conclusions “either we say that life is meaningless and do whatever we please, or we create a meaning for ourselves and no one can tell us whether our chosen purpose is good or bad, a relativistic perspective.“

The logical outcome of naturalistic Darwinism, although many proponents refuse to accepts it, is social Darwinism. When there is a struggle for resources, it would be in our best interests to allow the infirm to be eliminated from the population. (p. 151)

The Naked Pastor: The expectations of others were the bars I used for my own cage.