Source: catholicgentleman.netReprinted with permission How many times have you vowed to exercise more, eat better, or get more sleep? Or on a spiritual level, promised yourself that you were going to pray more consistently, practice certain virtues, or embrace asceticism more willingly? Yet, when it comes time to move idea […]
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Are feminists being hoist on their own petards?
Journalist Suzanne Moore says she was “betrayed and bullied for saying that women should not be silenced”, quitting her long-time job at The Guardian newspaperafter writing an article in March this year reiterating her view that “women are women”, that sex is a biological fact…
“Live Not by Lies”: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design
Source: Michael Egnor via evolutionnews.orgReprinted with permission. I got involved in the intelligent design movement before I became a Christian, although the insight that ID offered became important in my conversion. I had been an atheist, or at least an agnostic. I took a Randian (as in Ayn Rand) perspective […]
Amid Covid, the Deadly Cost of Rule by Experts
Source: David Klinghoffer via evolutionnews.orgReprinted with permission Here in Washington State, another draconian lockdown against Covid goes into effect at midnight tonight. It was announced yesterday morning by the governor, backed by an assortment of experts. As of last night the toilet paper had already been emptied from supermarket shelves. […]
It’s Unethical to Use Fetal Tissue in COVID-19 Research
Source: Christoper O. Tollefsen via thepublicdiscourse.comReprinted with permission. The use of fetal tissue from aborted human beings in medical research predicates the health of some on the deliberate destruction of the lives and health of others. That predication is incompatible with the fundamental commitments of medicine. In the face of […]
Clarifying Fetal Tissue Policy Contradictions
Source: Tadeusz Pacholczyk via thepublicdiscourse.comReprinted with permission. If the president and his administration are to be credibly accused of inconsistency with respect to their stance on using fetal cell lines from abortions, it would not be because the president personally received a dose of Regeneron’s drug, but rather because of […]
Deaths of Despair are Increasing During Coronavirus.
Source: Alex Schadenberg via Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionReprinted with permission. I was speaking to a friend, today, who told me that 4 people, who he knows, died by suicide in the past two weeks. An article by Shannon Roberts published by Mercatornet suggests that the COVID-19 crisis has led to an […]
The Personhood Alliance’s official position on vaccine ethics
Source: Personhood Alliance via personhood.orgReprinted with permission. The most current information on unethical and ethical COVID-19 vaccine candidates can be found here. The Personhood Alliance’s official position on vaccine ethics is a culmination of 2 months of committee work, which included affiliate representatives from eight states, both Catholic and evangelical, and […]
No, Truth Is Not Like a Lion
Ever since my book What the Saints Never Said was published, people have asked me, “What is your least favorite apocryphal saint quote?” Some people expect me to answer with the classic faux Franciscan quote “Preach the Gospel, use words if necessary,” which is irritating because it reduces evangelism to “random acts […]
The Netherlands to extend euthanasia to children.
Source: Euthanasia Prevention Coalition via alexschadenberg.blogspot.comReprinted with permission By Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week I wrote that the Netherlands government was debating expanding the euthanasia law to include children (1 – 12). The Dutchnews.nl reported that Dutch Health Minister, Hugo de Jonge announced that the Dutch government will amend […]
Top Doctors come out strongly against Assisted Suicide
Source: gript.ieReprinted with permission. Top Doctors come out strongly against Assisted Suicide – palliative care experts speak out The leading medical experts who provide care to people with terminal illnesses and those at the end of their lives have come out strongly against Assisted Suicide being legalised in Ireland. Senior […]
Confused Kiwis line up to vote on a euthanasia law
By Carolyn Moynihan via mercatornet.comReprinted with permission Among the roadside billboards canvassing votes for political parties and their candidates in New Zealand’s triennial election on October 17 is one announcing starkly: “LETHAL DOSE with NO assessment for coercion required.” Below that it asks: “Is the End of Life Choice Act […]