n a recent issue of
Heterodoxy, an evangelical writer named David Ayers reported on the "politically correct" front at
supposedly evangelical colleges. He ought to know, having been given the boot at Dallas Baptist University for having annoyed the
"evangelical" feminists there.
It is a cause of some surprise to us that those advocating the inclusion of women in combat roles in the military have not
buttressed their case by citing how aggressive some women can be when it comes to the nastiness of on-campus inquisitions.
In Spokane, Washington, the government schools have now abolished honor rolls, and have changed the grading system that they
use. Grades no longer depend upon high and persistent accuracy in class work. To draw distinctions of any kind between students hurts
their self-esteem.
We can let this kind of thing go by (indeed we
must) because it is clear to all that government education is teaching-impaired
and pedagogically challenged. So let us be kind.
The Berean Call has given us two items upon which we may mutter. The first has to do with their recent answer to a query of one of
their readers, who asked, ". . . some ministries and Christian leaders have said it wasn't the American people but God who put Clinton and
Gore in power and that God is in control of everything. Is that really true?" Their answer was that God
allows things, but that He no more
specifically chose Clinton and Gore than He did Hitler.
Here, let us summarize this view. You see, God kind of controls things, but only from a distance, because otherwise He would
control sin, and that would be not very nice, but then He also has to control things, by allowing them in a kind of sort of way, including sin,
because He is God after all, and we do pray to Him and everything. Any questions?
There was also a blurb for Dave Hunt's latest book. The blurb gives out the title as
How Close Are We? Compelling Evidence for the
Soon Return of Christ.
We would give out the information on how to order it but are afraid there is not enough time left.
We received some information recently that revealed why the costs of government education may be so high. A recent catalog called
Teacher's Discovery contains some educational fortune cookies. These are cookies
which contain famous quotations and the etymology of words. A box of 24 of these pedagogically-sound cookies costs $8.00.
They do work, we suppose. People who pay eight bucks for this kind of thing
are receiving an education. Of sorts.
We hear that President Clinton's favorite book of the Bible is Galatians. When he was sworn in, the Bible was open to that book, and then he proceeded to quote from it. According to an AP story on this (it being a slow
day down at the newsroom), a "United Church theologian, the Rev. Gabriel Fackre of Andover Newton Theological School in Massachusetts, says Clinton's citing of Galatians suggests `he is aware of the moral ambiguity' of
all human achievements. `This is to realize that no matter how good our intentions, all programs and policies have only mixed, partial effectiveness,' Fackre said. `It means being self-critical, aware of our limitations.'
Especially our exegetical limitations.
Action, a publication of the Washington Education Association, had this to say about the threat posed by some parents on the religious right. "The current effort to discredit the biology program in Mt. Baker is fueled by a
small group of parents who want a narrow religious version of human development, which matches their particular religious beliefs, taught to their children."
Doesn't that just beat all? Wanting
their religious beliefs taught to their
children? What next? Don't they know that this is America? In
America we tax group A to pay group B to have illegitimate children who go
to school C, paid for by group A, to be taught the religious beliefs of group D. What do parents have to do with it? We ask you!
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According to National
Review, Bob Dole was reported as saying that "the White House is being run by a bunch of MTV kids having an excellent adventure."
You know, this explains
a lot.
And finally, we have a really interesting item in the "science and sin" department. A study released by the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (Wake Forest University) seems to indicate that low levels of the brain
chemical serotonin are linked with aggressive behavior. Monkeys with low serotonin are more likely to "bite, growl, slap and chase others."
Obviously, this means that murderers, rapists, wife-beaters, et. al. may be, in fact, the
real victims in our society. Why didn't we think of this before? Atonement through chemistry!
