Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 5
October 11, 2018
Trump Official Criticized for What He Did When He Was 8 Years Old
A Trump official is being raked over the coals for what he did in the third grade when he was 8 years old. Remember our discussion Are Adults Still Responsible for What They Did as Minors? That was occasioned by Brett Kavanaugh being accused for things he did as a high school student. I […]
Hurricane Michael
Just a few days ago, Michael was just a tropical storm out in the gulf. With great speed, it turned into a monster and headed right to the mainland. Lord, have mercy! (Storms always remind me of the wrath of God.) I hope those of you in its path have evacuated in time and that […]
October 10, 2018
Netflix to Film Chronicles of Narnia
Netflix has announced an exclusive deal with the C. S. Lewis estate to film the Chronicles of Narnia. The plans include both series and feature films. From the Netflix announcement: Netflix will develop new series and film projects based on C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia series. Under the terms of a multi-year deal between Netflix […]
October 9, 2018
The Article That Exposes “Grievance Studies”
You may have read about the researchers who sent fake papers on topics such as “the rape culture at dog parks” to academic journals, which published many of them. The purpose was to test the credulity and the scholarly rigor of the “critical constructivism” that prevails on universities today. That is, the postmodernist conviction that there […]
October 8, 2018
Does the Left Really “Believe All Women”?
Democrats surely realized that they would be held to the same standards they applied to Brett Kavanaugh. But the question arises, were the politicians who opposed Kavanaugh’s confirmation really interested in the cause of the #MeToo movement or were they just using sexual assault accusations for their political purposes? Democrats have a rather large non-GOP […]
October 5, 2018
Lutheran Church of Australia Votes Down Women’s Ordination
The Lutheran Church of Australia at its triennial convention voted “no” on women’s ordination. This was the fourth time the issue was brought up (also in 2000, 2006 and 2015). Last time, the measure failed by only 13 votes. This time the margin was much larger. An earlier pastors’ conference voted it down, but the general […]
Post-Kavanaugh
The Brett Kavanaugh hearings exemplify post-modern politics at its worst. Two opposing sides were presented, both with a sense of emotional authenticity. But which one spoke the truth, and how can we tell? Christine Ford presented no evidence for her accusation, and even the eye-witnesses she cited denied her story. And yet, progressives believe her […]
October 4, 2018
Why America Is Polarized
How did America get to be so polarized? Why are Americans so disunified and our politics so vicious? Why are we so angry with each other? One word: ABORTION. So says Michael Barone, with input from Ross Douthat. “If Roe v. Wade had never been decided,” Barone writes, “if the Supreme Court had just declined […]
October 3, 2018
Making “Humanized Mice” with Aborted Fetal Tissue–Cancelled!
Researchers have been combining human DNA with that of mice. The goal of generating these “chimeras” was to give the mice a human immune system. Doing this required the use of fetal tissue that comes from aborted children. This project was funded by tax dollars. Not as a grant to some mad scientist but as […]
October 2, 2018
Born Again & Born from Above
In the course of our excellent Bible study of Job–I never realized how evangelical, how focused on justification, that book is–we went down a side road on Bible translation. Pastor Moerbe had us look at John 3:3, in which Jesus tells Nicodemus that no one can see the kingdom of God without being “born again.” […]
