Science, Religion, the Bible, Evolution and Common Sense.

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133578382011-06-08T02:09:50.358-04:00Science, Religion, the Bible, Evolution and Common Sense.Fundamentalism, in its many varieties of religious enthusiasm, is in the process of destroying our ability to get along with each other, possibly even our civilization. We are using religious faith to divide the world into “us” and “them.” We are willing to stereotype those who disagree with us as dangerous and even as “anti-faith,” anti-American,” and “anti-patriotic.” Are there healthy and unhealthy forms of belief, faith and religion?Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-37006010517532710512008-02-23T22:47:00.003-05:002008-02-24T04:43:50.903-05:00Pope Benedict on Jesus and Spong critique

Thoughts for the thinking theologian and thinking laitywith a comment by Paschal Baute at the end.Pope Benedict XVI and Captain Robert Fitzroy of The BeagleBy Bishop John SpongI want to return this week to the book Jesus of Nazareth by Joseph Ratzinger, better known as Pope Benedict XVI. I do this because I was so shocked atthe indefensible conclusions revealed in this book that I began to wonder

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-60293856777503559952007-11-19T17:22:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:28:17.275-05:00Mind of a Rock, Jim Holt, (thoughts on human consciousness)

November 18, 2007 The Way We Live NowNew York TimesPaschal: Interesting thoughts on human consciousness, the mystery that no one yet can solve. Mind of a Rock By JIM HOLT Most of us have no doubt that our fellow humans are conscious. We are also pretty sure that many animals have consciousness. Some, like the great ape species, even seem to possess self-consciousness, like us.

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-17821729104990272242007-11-14T15:54:00.000-05:002007-11-14T16:03:07.137-05:00Fundamentalism move mountains, opinion

Fundamentalism Moves Mountains by Robert Shetterly Sometimes it’s useful to think like a fundamentalist. Not only does such thought free the mind of rational encumbrance and moral complexity, but it just may open the door to possibilities made unconscionable by the niggling precepts of justice and equality and environmental concern. The sweet little girl, who dons a Halloween mask

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-27757776932544404622007-04-01T22:31:00.000-04:002007-04-01T22:32:14.540-04:00Gospel according to Judas, by Elain Pagels.

Gospel according to Judas The recently unearthed Gospel of Judas "contradicts everything we know about Christianity," says religious historian Elaine Pagels. By Steve Paulson Apr. 02, 2007 | As almost every child knows, Judas was the disciple who betrayed Jesus, selling his life for 30 pieces of silver. If there's an arch villain in the story of Jesus, it's Judas Iscariot. Or is it? The

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-65193403104886394462007-03-18T10:56:00.001-04:002007-03-18T11:06:51.786-04:00Heresy of the Rapture.by Fleming,

A Short History on the Heresy of The RaptureBy Eileen Fleming"Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing."-Luke 23:34In 1891, Christian fundamentalist and lay-preacher, William Blackstone appealed to President Benjamin Harrison to help establish a Jewish state in Palestine. Blackstone was a disciple of Dwight L. Moody and they both were influenced by the father of premillenial

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1165513861980676302006-12-07T12:35:00.000-05:002006-12-07T12:51:02.220-05:00HOW TO TELL AN EXTREMIST? 1. In religion.

How to tell an extremist on any issue?1. Religious faith.Let's start with religious faith. Ask the believer to tell you three failures, Three large or terrible errors, worthy of moral condemnation, that their own side has made in history. This applies to biblical fundamentalists, charismatic evangelicals. or Catholic fundamentalists, and other points of view in between. Actually it applies to

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1164912060074344692006-11-30T13:35:00.000-05:002006-11-30T13:41:00.083-05:00What Pope Benedict is up to, opinion

Benedict is not the charismatic world figure of John Paul II or the gentle harbinger of hope and ecumenical unity as was John XXIII. Benedict first and foremost is a theologian, a man of the mind who thinks upon and expounds about religion. In a nutshell, Benedict’s argument against fanaticism is such: Violence is the enemy of reason. Violence has no place in religion because to act against

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1164122015734789862006-11-21T10:12:00.000-05:002006-11-21T10:13:35.763-05:00Science and Religion, an update.

A Free-for-All on Science and ReligionBy GEORGE JOHNSONMaybe the pivotal moment came when Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics, warned that “the world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief,” or when a Nobelist in chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto, called for the John Templeton Foundation to give its next $1.5 million prize for “progress in spiritual discoveries” to an

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1163633698910567032006-11-15T18:18:00.000-05:002006-11-15T18:36:09.566-05:00Is God no longer Pro-Republican, on their side?

For several years now we have heard from our Republican friends and the mainstream media that the Republican party is the part of family values, that they are the protector of all that is good in our society, and further that liberals and Democrats are destroying our society. Radio talk show hosts are severe in stereotyping and blaming liberals and Democrats for all thst is wroing in our society

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1163522097017222212006-11-14T11:28:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:34:57.080-05:00Gay Rights, War and Religion.

Published on Monday, November 13, 2006 by the Boston GlobeWar, Religion, and Gay Rightsby James Carroll In Jerusalem, Muslims and Jews have found common cause: attacking gay people.A gay pride parade was scheduled for Friday. In Palestinian areas, Muslim leaders vigorously condemned homosexuality as criminal, and in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, Jewish demonstrators staged raucous protests. As a

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1163444434772021192006-11-13T13:55:00.000-05:002006-11-13T14:00:34.786-05:00What do you believe? Here is one statement worth considering

Credoby Helen Caldicott(You shoud know this person. Read and then review her identity at the bottom) I believe that women have the fate of the Earth in the palm of their hands. Some 53 per cent of us are women and we really are pretty wimpish. We don't step up to the plate - and it's time we took over. I think men have had their turn and we're in a profound mess.I believe that money is the root

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1163210864666470552006-11-10T21:06:00.000-05:002006-11-10T21:07:44.686-05:00How to Oppose Religious Extremism in the World, by McGinnis.

FRAMEWORK FOR OPPOSING RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN THE WORLD. by Rev. Bill McGinnishttp://www.opednews.comReligious extremism -- based on a very few false beliefs -- is a major contributing factor behind the most dangerous problems in the world today. This article briefly describes the situation and provides a starting point for correction and improvement.THE MOST DANGEROUS FALSE BELIEFSMuslim

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1163184005462150692006-11-10T13:37:00.000-05:002006-11-10T13:40:05.476-05:00Republicans = Scientologists

One of the tenets of Scientology is that anyone who criticizes the religion is fair game for any and all kinds of retribution. You can file lawsuits against them, you can harass them, you can spread lies about them, and it's OK because the critic is fundamentally evil.This is the same reason Republicans have no problem running push polls, or handing out leaflets with false accusations, or calling

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1162948830847634262006-11-07T20:17:00.000-05:002006-11-07T20:20:30.900-05:00Haggard and Fundamentalist Christian Soul - Murder

November 7, 2006TED HAGGARD AND FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN SOUL-MURDERBy Carolyn BakerDuring the past week, the secular and Christian worlds have been rocked by the unfolding of a made-for-Hollywood drama in fundamentalist Christian circles as a male prostitute from Denver exposed his three-year sexual relationship with Colorado Springs rabidly anti-gay pastor, Ted Haggard. While the gay and

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1162346363937320162006-10-31T20:58:00.000-05:002006-10-31T20:59:23.950-05:00JFK and religious prejudice, commentary.

The Prescience of JFK By William Fisher t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 31 October 2006 Religious and ethnic bigotry have long been at the root of the most heinous abuses of America's freedoms. For years, Jews were the targets: They controlled the banking system, the press, and all the other levers of power. Absurdly, they were also Bolsheviks and Communists. Bolsheviks and

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1162247177585214262006-10-30T17:25:00.000-05:002006-10-30T17:26:17.613-05:00Grace, Perception, Image. Fox vs Limbaugh

October 30, 2006Fox vs. Rush: Why The Little Guy WonKatie CouricAfter a Fox-free weekend, following a Fox-filled week, I was looking forward to a relatively quiet Monday. Imagine my surprise when I came in and found our C&C mailbox flooded with still more comments about the Michael J. Fox story.People have seized on this story and just won’t let it go.I can appreciate that. It gnaws at you. When

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1162080230203813312006-10-28T19:57:00.000-04:002006-10-28T20:03:50.220-04:00THE CONSERVATIVE SOUL

THE CONSERVATIVE SOULHow We Lost It, How to Get It BackBy Andrew SullivanHarperCollins. 304p $25.95The Conservative Soul is a dense, passionate argument for a simple thesis: In the United States, true conservatism has been hijacked by the forces of fundamentalism, rendering the Republican Party increasingly unacceptable to principled conservatives. In Andrew Sullivan’s narrative, fundamentalism

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1161714917289308352006-10-24T14:32:00.000-04:002006-10-24T14:35:17.326-04:00Evangelicals do not contribute to Community Building and Healing.

Published on Monday, October 23, 2006 by the Winnipeg Free Press (Canada)The Super-Powered Gospel:Evangelical Sabre-Rattling Doesn't Advance Global Understandingby Will Braun AS awkward as it feels to talk about God in the daily paper, the Almighty is an unavoidable player in world events. Presidents, politicized clerics and suicide bombers claim the stamp of divine endorsement. They're all

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1159787233501978962006-10-02T07:04:00.000-04:002006-10-02T07:07:13.510-04:00Graham no longer belives the Bible is inerrant.

From Frank Lockwood, Bible Belt Blogger, Herald - Leader, Lexington, Kyre Newsweek cover article on Billy Graham: "By the way, if you haven't seen Meacham's entire article, it's quite a read. It shows a mellower, less conservative evangelist than in years past. Unlike millions of other Baptists, Graham apparently no longer believes the Scriptures are inerrant. "I'm not a literalist [about the

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1153176843535859052006-07-17T18:51:00.000-04:002006-07-17T18:54:03.586-04:00The Fundamentalism of Bush and Co.

The Force Is Not With Them By Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch.com Sunday 16 July 2006 The Middle East aflame and the Bush administration adrift. So, as the world spins on a dime, where exactly are we? As a man who is no fan of fundamentalists of any sort, let me offer a proposition that might make some modest sense of our reeling planet. Consider the possibility that the most

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1151454527436063762006-06-27T20:27:00.000-04:002006-06-27T20:29:36.683-04:00Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene, new book review, Christian Science Monitor.

The lives of the very early ChristiansAn informed but breezy look at the myths surrounding Jesus' most influential followers.By Jane LampmanThe title of Bart Ehrman's latest book - Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene - may prompt a smile, even from those who aren't fans of the 1960s folk trio.But that's typical of Dr. Ehrman. The religion scholar knows how to grab the attention of an audience. So

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1151024297703717232006-06-22T20:56:00.000-04:002006-06-22T20:58:17.720-04:00World's Scientists against Creationism.

Published on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by the Independent / UKWorld Scientists Unite to Attack Creationismby Sarah Cassidy The world's scientific community united yesterday to launch one of the strongest attacks yet on creationism, warning that the origins of life were being "concealed, denied or confused".The national science academies of 67 countries warned parents and teachers to ensure that

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1149728321913498502006-06-07T20:53:00.000-04:002006-06-07T20:58:41.926-04:00Using the supposed supremacy of one faith view to drive wedges among American Voters.: Gay Marriage by Bush and G.O.P.

Dobbs: Gay marriage amendment sheer nonsenseBy Lou DobbsCNNEditor's note: Lou Dobbs' commentary appears every Wednesday on CNN.com.NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Bush this week urged Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, at a time when the United States faces some of the greatest challenges in our nation's history.So, logically, what could possibly better ensure the

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1149121655707287652006-05-31T20:24:00.000-04:002006-05-31T20:27:35.723-04:00The Great Fundamentalist Hoax, by Philip Slater,

Thoughtful Americans have long wondered how it is that fundamentalist Christians--followers of someone who preached pacifism and tolerance--became the poster boy for hate speech, touting "moral values" indistinguishable from those of the Taliban. They wonder why, for example, fundamentalist Christians so seldom quote from the New Testament--which is supposedly what Christianity is all about--but

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1143671898458104932006-03-29T17:35:00.000-05:002006-03-29T17:38:18.486-05:00Dealing with Fundamentalis, FYI quote

From the new web site integating Faith and Politics, Street Prophets,March 29, 2006.. . . Because what is problemmatic is not that conservative evangelicals often come at things from a very different perspective than the majority - we all have ways of reconstituting reality - but that their beliefs are so closely tied to the needs and desires of their community. To put it another way: you can

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1141590517460213962006-03-05T15:26:00.000-05:002006-03-05T15:28:37.473-05:00Is the Bible the Inerrant Word of God?

How wrong is the view that every word is the "breath of God" for us now, without any further understanding of the human, literary and historical element of the Bible? We could take at least seven topics to demonstrate that believing in the Bible text led to teaching maintained for many hundreds of years that we now consider wrong.We will take one example of the teaching of Scripture and how our

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1141509334081451642006-03-04T16:53:00.000-05:002006-03-04T16:55:34.100-05:00Praise the Lord and Pass the petition, CBOSS

Praise the Lord and Pass the Petition By Ira Chernus TomDispatch.com Tuesday 28 February 2006 If you are waiting for a religious left to emerge to offset the power of the religious right, it may already be in your own neighborhood at a local church or synagogue. I stumbled across a branch of the religious left quite by accident recently, in Texas of all places, though the folks I met

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1141250504076584172006-03-01T16:58:00.000-05:002006-03-01T17:01:44.096-05:00NEW WORLD DANGER: ISLAMISM, Theocracy vs Democracy, BBC

Writers issue cartoon row warningSalman Rushdie is among a dozen writers to have put their names to a statement in a French weekly paper warning against Islamic "totalitarianism".The writers say the violence sparked by the publication of cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad shows the need to fight for secular values and freedom.The statement is published in Charlie Hebdo, one of several

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1140442634546230762006-02-20T08:35:00.000-05:002006-02-20T08:37:14.563-05:00Politics of Faith: The Left Hand of God, by Michael Lerner, review LA Times.

The politics of faith The Left Hand of God Taking Back Our Country From the Religious Right Michael Lerner HarperSanFrancisco: 408 pp., $24.95 By Ed Bacon The Rev. Ed Bacon is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena. February 19, 2006 RABBI Michael Lerner's The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country From the Religious Right is his latest contribution to a long list of inspiring

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1140225122182065022006-02-17T20:02:00.000-05:002006-02-17T20:12:02.200-05:00Clash of Fundamentalisms, Cartoon Controversy, a Muslim view.

This is the real outrageAmid the cartoon furore, Danish imams ignore thetragedies suffered by Muslims across the worldTariq Ali Monday February 13, 2006 The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1708259,00.htmlThe latest round of culture wars does neither sideany good. The western civilisational fundamentalists insist on seeing Muslims as the other - different, alien and morally evil

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1140011070674354752006-02-15T08:43:00.000-05:002006-02-15T08:44:30.700-05:00THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY: Misunderstanding Muslims

THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY | JAMES CARROLL Misunderstanding Muslims By James Carroll | February 13, 2006 WHEN THE KORAN was said to have been denigrated by American guards at Guantanamo last year, Muslims reacted with rage, but most observers in the West misunderstood why. It was easy for Christians and Jews -- the other "people of the Book" -- to think that such an insult to

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1139859525936833592006-02-13T14:37:00.001-05:002006-02-13T14:38:45.950-05:00Quote of the Day, Andrew Sullivan blog, Feb 13

"We believe that among God's good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator," - from the Clergy Letter Project, in which hundreds of mainline Protestant denominations took stand against the rise of Christian fundamentalism.The same applies, however, to Muslim fundamentalists. It seems to me that one

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1139859509523266222006-02-13T14:37:00.000-05:002006-02-13T14:38:29.533-05:00Quote of the Day, Andrew Sullivan blog, Feb 13

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1135213685728281752005-12-21T20:07:00.000-05:002005-12-21T20:08:05.756-05:00Creationists LIE, repeatedly

Investigate perjury in Dover ID caseJudge Jones issued a broad, sensible ruling - finding that some board members lied.Daily Record/Sunday News York Daily Record/Sunday News Dec 21, 2005 — They lied.William Buckingham and Alan Bonsell wanted to bring God into high school biology class, and in the process, they lied. They lied about their motives. They lied about their actions. They lied about

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1134302454930739352005-12-11T06:59:00.000-05:002005-12-11T07:00:54.943-05:00Jimmy Carter on Fundamentalism, Bush and friends.

Ex-president takes on fundamentalists, BushBy Paul PratherHERALD-LEADER CONTRIBUTING COLUMNISTDecember 11, 2005Among the more thought-provoking books I've happened across this year is Jimmy Carter's Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis.Whatever your political or religious leanings, you ought to read it.In meticulous detail, Carter takes on the combined wisdom of the "fundamentalist" (

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1132631963326788962005-11-22T01:57:00.000-05:002005-11-21T22:59:23.346-05:00The Fundamentalist Take Over of America, Now Underway.

America: The Fundamentalist Invasion By Philippe Boulet-Gercourt Le Nouvel Observateur Thursday 17 November 2005 edition These reactionaries who judge in God's name. They're in the White House, already control the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court. Today, the ultras of the extreme religious right also want to stuff their own men into the whole judicial

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1132102683231768792005-11-15T22:55:00.000-05:002005-11-15T19:58:03.256-05:00What do you believe? or How do you practice faith?

One way is to address these questions is to ask what is the difference today between Christianity and the other Wisdom Traditions. One aspect alone jumps out. Christians alone tend to define themselves by WHAT they believe about their founder. “What do you believe about Jesus?” is a typical question among many today whenever the topic of faith or religion comes up. . Right belief, or

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1127487033972150772005-09-23T13:47:00.000-04:002005-09-23T10:50:33.986-04:00CLASS MEMBERS 301 ETHICS CLASS TO CONSULT FOR YOUR JOURNAL ENTRY

NAMES OF MIDWAY 301 CLASS MEMBERS AS SOURCES FOR WRITING YOUR JOURNAL ENTRY ON THE ARMSTRONG TALK,BESIDES DR. BAUTE’S NOTES POSTED EARLIER HERE. Here are the names and addresses of our Midway 301 Ethics class who attended the Conference on “The Battle for God” by Karen Armstrong at Transylvania College.Class members numbers 1 thru 10 may consult either of these twoMelisssa Wineka Tel 859-553-2025

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1127360413167629492005-09-22T21:36:00.000-04:002005-09-22T06:23:55.653-04:00Karen Armstrong at Transy, Paschal's notes

The Battle for GodTalk by Karen Armstrong, at Transylvania University, September 19, 2005Notes by Paschal BauteI arrived before 7 p.m. with a friend and we found seats but the auditorium was already more than 2/3 filled. I was told by my Midway Phil 301 class that some 24 arrived at 7:05 (scheduled at 7:30) and were refused admission. The large auditorium was packed and standing / sitting room

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1124784323193786312005-08-23T08:03:00.000-04:002005-08-23T04:05:23.200-04:00Intelligent Design and Time

New York timesAugust 23, 2005Grasping the Depth of Time as a First Step in Understanding EvolutionBy VERLYN KLINKENBORGLast month a team of paleontologists announced that it had found several fossilized dinosaur embryos that were 190 million years old - some 90 million years older than any dinosaur embryos found so far. Those kinds of numbers are always a little daunting. Ever since I was a boy

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1124400994965814722005-08-18T20:34:00.000-04:002005-08-18T17:36:34.973-04:00Muslim Extremism, Whose Responsibility?

WORK WITH MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS TO DEFEAT EXTREMISMBy Parvez AhmedWhy are some Muslims willing to kill in the name of their faith, despite clear Islamic injunctions against committing such heinous acts? The debate usually boils down to "they hate us" versus "they hate our policies."Robert Pape in his new book, "Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism," suggests that that terrorism has

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1123934020858965292005-08-13T10:42:00.000-04:002005-08-13T07:53:40.866-04:00Christian Creeds, relevance for today?

Discussion about the relevance of Creeds for today’s world. "I would, however, lend more importance than you to the creeds of the faith. They give us the essence of what we can know of the mystery of God, the basic mysteries of the faith: the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Eucharist, etc. I know that you're not dismissing all of that out of hand, of course; I guess it's a matter of accentuation."

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1123149024327648922005-08-04T09:46:00.000-04:002005-08-04T16:01:38.596-04:00Revelation and Inspiration: a question

To a Scripture Scholar: Dr. Margaret Nutting Ralph, a question: Q. What is your view of revelation and inspiration and how has it changed, if any? As part of teaching people to be contextualists, and emphasizingthe three contexts you have heard me emphasize, I say that learning thisinformation caused me personally to narrow my preconceived notion ofrevelation and broaden my preconceived notion

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1123118711494198842005-08-04T00:23:00.000-04:002005-08-03T21:25:11.506-04:00Fundamentalism and terrorism, Islamic?

HOw Distinguish? Terrorism is not IslamicBy Abdul Cader Asmal The Boston GlobeTHURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2005BOSTON Whether we are American, Nigerian, Indonesian, or British, we look like them, we dress like them, we speak like them and we pray like them. We cannot identify them before they strike. They hate us because we reject their ideology. They would kill us as "infidels." We are Muslims. So are

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1122950116257481762005-08-02T01:28:00.000-04:002005-08-01T22:35:16.273-04:00The New Dark Age Begins (Catholics too)

Fundamentalism spreads: Catholic Christianity returns to the mindset of the Inquisition. Several years ago, in a column about the harassment, removal and silencing of Roman Catholic scholars like Hans Kung, Leonardo Boff, Charles Curran and Edward Schillebeeckx by that church, I referred to the leader of this "Inquisitional" mentality, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, as "the pit bull of the Vatican."

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1122729995705362352005-07-30T17:15:00.000-04:002005-07-30T13:51:43.180-04:00Fundamentalism: Curiosities

One of the curious aspects of fundamentalism is that its adherents are passionately committed to the written word as it is written, while refusing any evidence from the history of the bible, from the history of religion, the history of fundamentalism, and from the study of literature. It is as if, excuse the comparison, but the written Word has become their personal God and they cannot stand,

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1121992226163474892005-07-21T20:21:00.000-04:002005-07-21T20:30:26.173-04:00Is the Bible the Inerrant Word of God?

IS THE BIBLE THE INERRANT WORD OF GOD?How wrong is the view that every word is the “breath of God” for us now, without any further understanding of the human, literary and historical element of the Bible? We could take at least seven topics to demonstrate that believing in the Bible text led to teaching we now consider wrong which was maintained for many hundreds of years.We will take one

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1121858803836986512005-07-20T10:25:00.000-04:002005-07-23T06:00:45.746-04:00Bible itself refutes the Fundamentalist view.

The Bible itself refutes the fundamentalist (literalist, inerrant) view of it.That the Bible contains errors and inconsistences cannot be denied by anyone willing to look at its history or even the Bible itself. The historical approach is now standard in all seminaries and universities which have courses pertaining to the bible. It is also virtually universal in mainline Jewish and Christian

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1118485487402734522005-06-11T09:09:00.000-04:002005-06-11T06:24:47.406-04:00ZEALOTS AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY

June 11, 2005, NY TIMES, Zealots at the Air Force Academy In an overdue burst of candor, the superintendent of the Air Force Academy has acknowledged that his campus is so permeated with evangelical proselytizing that it will take years to rid the institution of religious intolerance. Lt. Gen. John Rosa Jr. said he finds the problem of cadets unfairly pressured to adopt Christian

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1117800796840566112005-06-03T11:11:00.000-04:002005-06-03T08:13:16.846-04:00Web Sources for "fundamentalism"

Web sources for “Fundamentalism”Good history of fundamentalism rise in the United States.http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/FundyReform.htmlThe Wikipedia is another good online source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalists#Brief_History_of_Fundamentalist_ChristianityHere you will see the Scolfield name connected with dispensationalists - popular in the rural

Paschal Bautehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101641572623529983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13357838.post-1117711845280447302005-06-02T10:54:00.000-04:002005-06-02T07:30:45.286-04:00Fundamentalism: prevalence, types, overview.

Fundamentalism, in its many varieties of religious enthusiasm, is in the process of destroying civility today--our ability to get along with each other in trust and cooperation, possibly even our civilization. We seem to have reached a turning flashpoint of using religious faith to divide the world into “us” and “them.” We are willing to stereotype those who disagree with us as dangerous and

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