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Quote: The morality of conscience

Conscience is what enables man to rise above being a prisoner of his inclinations … Conscience enables us to go beyond what feels good and to do what is right

Dinesh D’Souza, What’s So Great About Christianity, Regnery Publishing 2007… Continue reading Quote: The morality of conscience

Cartoon: Moral standards and hypocrisy

I saw this cartoon up on CrossExamined Blog and had to share it here.

How high are your moral standards?

There is a whole series of posts/articles in this one cartoon alone, don’t you agree?

It also illustrates the standpoint that I believe most critics of Christians/Christianity take - they look at the sins Christians commit and then label them hypocrites for doing them as it violates God’s moral standards. Yet, any good Christian already knows he is hypocritical to the core by that definition … what else do you think the story of the Gospel about?!…

Heath Ledger. 28. Dead.

There is something about celebrity deaths that can leave us feeling awkward, empty and despairing - as though somehow we have been a part of their lives or more to the point it is we who have made them part of our own.  We place a celebrity on a pedestal in the corner of our minds and forget that they’re there most of the time - until deaths like Heath Continue reading Heath Ledger. 28. Dead.