People often argue that countries are poor because they have too many people and not enough resources. If there are too many people, then each newborn is a threat to every other human being and population control policies are needed. But this logic just doesn't hold for Africa.
Recently I read an article about the effects of abortion, which included "post abortion syndrome." Could you please explain what that is?
Recently we meditated upon the most famous wedding of all time...one in which we did not even know the names of the bride and groom. It was the one that took place in Cana in Galilee, and it's the most famous wedding because Jesus Christ was there and what happened at that wedding has been remembered by Christians ever since.
As the Catholic Church in the United States turned into the twenty-first century, it was rocked by revelations of sex abuse on the part of a not insignificant number of clergy, religious, and other Church personnel perpetuated on young children and, very much more so, on teenage youth.
Public discourse in much of the Arab world is in need of a thorough de-lousing after the capture of Saddam Hussein — if only to maintain the hygiene of Islamic theology.
The defenders of judicial activism, properly understood as the judicial usurpation of politics, count on wearing down their critics over time. Robert H. Bork is not easily worn down.
Self-delusion is rampant in the euthanasia movement. Most proponents recognize that it is inherently dangerous to legalize killing. But they desperately want to believe that they can control the grim reaper. Thus, they continue to peddle the nonsense that "guidelines will protect against abuse" despite overwhelming empirical evidence to the contrary.
For almost three decades Calvin College professor Pete Tigchelaar has had a three-month-old fetus, encased in plastic, that he uses in his human biology classes. He's always thought of the tiny fetus as a good educational tool.
Because it was both professional and efficient, the Spanish Inquisition kept very good records.
