Imagine a debate between Richard Dawkins and Richard Rorty. What would it be like?
Richard Rorty, American Pragmatist
Unfortunately, we will never know for sure, since our friend Rorty went on to receive his eternal reward in the spring of 2008 — he did not believe in that eternal reward, but we should hope that he attained it anyway.
Rorty’s pragmatism, in brief, is a sort of thoroughgoing practical relativism. The core tenet of pragmatism is often described as “Whatever works.” More…
No joke. The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) has already raised $400,000 from its third annual “Abortion Bowl-aThon” to help fund what it calls “reproductive justice” (ironic that they would call it that). They hope to raise another $40,000 for abortions in Washington, DC, from their “Abortion miniature golf-a-thon.”
In stark contrast, the fourth annual “Biking for Babies” hopes to raise $40,000 for 8 pro-life organizations in the midwest: More…
I’ve gotten in the habit of featuring articles published from from other sources, lately. Let me know if you think this is a good idea, and I will keep including them. Of course, the team of highly skilled Biltrix authors will continue to contribute our own trademarked Biltrix-Matter as well.
This one from LifeSiteNews is a really good one!
Like partial-birth abortion bans, fetal pain laws advance public recognition of the unborn child’s humanity and should be supported.
See on www.lifesitenews.com
Can anyone claim God doen’t exist?
Are agnostics just atheists who don’t want to declare their atheism? Are atheists just agnostics who don’t want to admit the possibility of a God. To be fair, we should let them speak for themselves. Here is what one renowned scientist has to say about his agnosticism:
A good article from the National Catholic Register on the late great Chuck Colson. I think it compliments my earlier post on ecumenism this morning very nicely.
Recalling the man who helped forge Evangelicals and Catholics Together and the ‘Manhattan Declaration’
See on www.ncregister.com
We Are A Christian Nation
Note: I’m a little under the weather these days, so, as you can see I’m doing a lot of reposting — articles of interest. I hope you find them useful.
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Fr. C. J. McCloskey suggests that, although Steve Jobs was no saint, we have a lot to learn from the example of his bold and productive life. More…
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Timothy Cardinal Dolan is ready to take his fight with President Obama on birth control all the way to the Supreme Court.
See on www.nypost.com
You might also be interested in reading: Cardinal Dolan beats Lady Gaga and Pres. Obama in votes for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
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Many of the questions guiding scientific investigation on the origin of life seem to disregard alternate questions that ought to be obvious. Why are they overlooked?
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What is the latest in bioethics?
Fr Joseph Tham
One of the buzzwords of bioethics in the next few decades will likely be “neuro”. When I was in medical school, we were told that little is known about how the brain works. However, neuroscience has gained a lot of knowledge in these last 30 years because of the advances of imaging techniques coupled with powerful computer technology.
The tremendous progress on understanding how the human brain works can revolutionize our comprehension of ourselves and our society. Hence, there are important ethical implications on how to apply this new knowledge. More…
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