So this is why I’m a sexual libertine!

"…our present moral state of affairs, morbid as it is is the result of having accepted the whole materialist package, of which Darwinism was an essential part.  The larger materialist package supports all kinds of things which are morally repugnant to Christians , not only…Social Darwinism and eugenics, but also sexual libertinism, abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, …

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“Intelligent Design”

Intelligent design …”seeks to wedge religious and moral concepts of a teleological and foundationalist nature into the social sciences and humanities.  The goal is to undermine the materialist-humanist notion that it is human beings (in their interaction with the natural environment) that are the sole designers of the human-historical  world.”  Clark, Foster and York in …

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Brazil and biofuels

" Brazil is set to produce most of its biodiesel from soya beans, which have virtually no advantage over conventional fuels in terms of overall greenhouse gas emissions, let alone the millions of hectares of tropical forest that have been cleared for large-scale soya plantations.  Automatically classifying biofuels as renewable energy regardless of how they …

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The Christian Right is not always Wrong

From Fox News: "Evangelical leader Pat Robertson told FOX News Radio Thursday morning that he and other evangelicals would not support McCain, citing his temper. Robertson referenced a Wall Street Journal article describing him as a ‘capped live volcano,’ adding: ‘You never know when he’s going to explode … If you’ve got a guy who’s …

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