Sensenbrenner proposes ‘666′ law May 16, 2006
Posted by danjeffers in Culture and Subversion, Philosophy and Religion.add a comment
James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has proposed a '666' law. This is a law so intrusive, so stunningly close to the Revelations 'Number of the Beast' that it may as well require that all internet users register themselves with the Universal Dark Lord of Data with a '666' prefix. All in the name of the obviously overblown threat of child pornography. When child pornography was sent around by mail, did we consider registering every letter sent or received by every person? Of course not. Back then, conservatives were some of the strongest protectors of individual liberties. Now people like Sensenbrenner just want everyone to be an extension of the giant government database which is so obviously out of Revelations its a wonder Fox hasn't picked up on it.
Intelligent Design or Half-Baked Process? November 11, 2005
Posted by danjeffers in Philosophy and Religion.add a comment
I'm all for intelligent design if it merely means that evolution, not to mention the birth of the universe, was authored by God. (or whatever other name you might possibly have for an intelligent creator). But that adds little to the discussion of either religion or science. The division between natural and supernatural that Thomas Aquinas laid down would still hold. Science is the study of the creation itself, and postulates a self-enclosed, self-regulating system.
However, if Intelligent Design is the hypothesis that God authored creation but did so poorly, forgetting to make evolution robust enough to climb over certain levels in complexity, then there are problems. That would imply that God is an imperfect creator, that he does a half-assed job, then patches things together with Divine Duct Tape. Religion is affected by this conception of God. And science, as we know it, become impossible. There is no theoretical limit to the where the laws end and the Holy Duct Tape begins.
