Joel McDurmon is once again talking with Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance about their DVD lecture series titled “Resisting the Green Dragon. In this segment, they give a brief overview of the topics covered in the the DVD. This product makes an excellent homeschool, Sunday school, or small group study resource. Audio Version: Part [...]
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In this special edition of Vantage Point, Joel McDurmon interviews Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance on the topic of environmentalism and Christianity. The Cornwall Alliance has produced “Resisting the Green Dragon”—a series of lectures by nine leading evangelical scholars, exposing the anti-christian worldview, theology and ethics; the poor science and economics; and the often [...]
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One of the “Fallacies of Cause” I address in my book Biblical Logic is one that confuses simultaneity for causation. In other words, just because two things occur at or near the same time, someone may fallaciously assume that one caused the other. We call this Cum Hoc Propter Hoc, which is Latin for “With this, because of this.” The same exposure of folly as the After This Fallacy applies here to the With This Fallacy: a myriad of possible causes exist – many we may not even see or know of – for every given occurrence. This creates a high probability for false causes, even for events that seem to concur in time. Correlation in time cannot guarantee a causal link.
Full Story » Christian prophetic prognosticators aren’t the only ones who have an addiction to predicting the future and getting it wrong. Scienists have a similar addiction. This is why it is hazardous to trust the latest scare tactics over global warming, especially since laws will be implemented to make our lives miserable. Consider the predictions that were [...]
Full Story » The other day a Facebook friend posted a link to this video criticizing carbon cap-and-tax. I watched. Not long into the video I realized that while the criticism of the current cap-and-tax bill was good, the proposal to replace the current bill was no better. I soon realized I was dealing with the liberals’ liberals—the [...]
Full Story » June 29 saw the exposure of an apparent EPA cover-up, where an official purposefully suppressed a study submitted by one of the organization’s own scientists, Alan Carlin. The report debunked global warming as a myth, saying that if anything temperatures have cooled since the middle of last century. Inter-office emails show a deliberate burial of the [...]
Full Story » When people are pushed to live consistently with their worldview assumptions, all kinds of revelations come to light. Toni Vernelli was sterilized at age 27 to "reduce her carbon footprint" and "protect the planet." If pressed, I wonder if Vernelli would decry antibiotics and peace talks to avert war. While I am saddened that she will never experience the joys of having a child, I am thankful that her "genetic footprint" stops with her. In fact, it might not be a bad thing to encourage more environmental extremists to go under the knife.
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