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The Effect of Diet upon Depression, Anxiety, Mood Disorders

Over time I noticed that the closer I went towards a vegetarian diet and the longer I was going in that direction, the worse I felt. In late 2021, I had enough desperation to try a sixty-day “carnivore diet” challenge. I especially wanted to experiment upon myself with a diet that totally eliminated several controversial… Continue reading The Effect of Diet upon Depression, Anxiety, Mood Disorders

A Response to Rabbi Mecklenburger on Reducing God to Answer the Problem of Natural Evil

This is a response to “Did God punish us with the coronavirus pandemic? Was the vaccine a divine miracle?,” an editorial by Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, published on December 29th, 2020, in the Fort Worth Star Telegram. This editorial was based on Mecklenburger’s book Why Call It God: Theology for the Age of Science (Wipf&Stock, 2020).… Continue reading A Response to Rabbi Mecklenburger on Reducing God to Answer the Problem of Natural Evil

What the hell, Bart?

A Cursory Response to Bart Ehrman’s Audacious Claims about Heaven and Hell The short version of what Bart is saying is simply this: Neither Jesus, nor the Hebrew Bible he interpreted, endorsed the view that departed souls go to paradise or everlasting pain. https://time.com/5822598/jesus-really-said-heaven-hell Even though Bart Ehrman is capable of some impressive scholarship, let’s… Continue reading What the hell, Bart?

On Polygamy

During a conversation about traditional Mormon sects, someone requested clarification on my assertion that the Bible does not anywhere state that polygamy–a man having two or more wives–is unlawful, a transgression, technically a sin, is not a breaking of the original marriage covenant (but rather a second and additional but no less valid marriage covenant),… Continue reading On Polygamy

Adult Stem Cell Therapies are Way Better than Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies

Someone who cares about embryos (unborn humans) like I do wanted to compare notes with me on an amazing peer-reviewed journal entry: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313664. Also see https://evolutionnews.org/2019/03/past-years-of-hype-notwithstanding-adult-stem-cells-are-now-the-gold-standard/. Here are some of the bullet points I distilled it to: ASCT (adult stem cell therapies): Have proven to work very well Dramatic improvement for stroke victims Multiple sclerosis… Continue reading Adult Stem Cell Therapies are Way Better than Embryonic Stem Cell Therapies

Was Thomas Aquinas the Premier Christian Defender to the Muslim Threat in His Day?

“Was Thomas Aquinas the premier Christian Apologist who answered the challenge of the Muslim Apologists in the Middle Ages?” No one had ever asked me that question until two days ago. Here is the slightly-expanded answer I gave. Yes. Yes, he was. While Aquinas was not a great expert on Islam, he wasn’t ignorant about… Continue reading Was Thomas Aquinas the Premier Christian Defender to the Muslim Threat in His Day?

A Short Statement on Emerging Technologies from the Lausanne Evangelical Movement

      Here is the section titled “Truth, science and emerging technologies” from The Cape Town Commitment, which was produced by the Lausanne Movement in 2011:     Truth, science and emerging technologies   This century is widely known as ‘the Bio-tech Century’, with advances in all the emerging technologies (bio, info/digital, nano, virtual reality, artificial… Continue reading A Short Statement on Emerging Technologies from the Lausanne Evangelical Movement

Movie Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Symbol and Civilization in Star Wars: The Last Jedi The island of Ahch-To, where Luke Skywalker voluntarily marooned himself, surprised me. It evoked some surprisingly strong feelings in me and somehow turned my thoughts to the future of Western Civilization. Of course, in our galaxy, the island the Achc-To scenes were filmed on is known… Continue reading Movie Review: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)