Society & Culture

“Bulverism is a toxic hybrid of two better-known fallacies: petitio principii (begging the question) and ad hominem (impugning one’s opponent’s character without addressing his argument).” - Intellectual Takeout

The Sexual Revolution and the Church - The ethics and mystique of Catholicism were overpowered by a cultural shift toward licentiousness.

“Funny how hundreds of thousands of people, year after year, can stand together in the worst weather, and few in the fourth estate can be bothered to notice.” - Washington Examiner

“The administration’s proposal ‘may sound controversial, but it is not,’ Andrew Walker of Southern Baptists’ Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission wrote in an Oct. 23 commentary.” - BPNews

(Related: Nancy Pearcey - Science Wins: Trump Administration Proposes Transgender Policy Based on Biology)

Falling IQ scores may explain why politics has turned so nasty

Passion Church to perform “Thriller”

“Erwin, his brother Andy and their production partner Kevin Downes have formed a new filmmaking company, Kingdom, which will bring multiple filmmakers together to create a ‘pipeline of event movies’ that proclaim a biblical message and “serve the church,’ Erwin told Baptist Press.” - BPNews

“[S]urely genuine academic studies and inquiries about major issues facing today’s society must be welcome, right? An open letter by over 50 British academics hailing from fields ranging from philosophy to neuroscience suggests that’s not the case.” - Intellectual Takeout

The settlement ends “a case he brought after the city fired him for writing — and distributing to a select few city employees — a self-published book that articulated an entirely orthodox Christian view of sex and marriage.” - National Review