I live in Tennessee, a state with a significant population that traditionally identifies heavily with the culture of the southern United States. For instance, along a stretch of Interstate 65 in Nashville there is a terrifying statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early lea...
Today, we shall examine the topic of slavery in the Old (and New!) Testaments of the Bible. This is a topic I've seen some apologists (Notably Matt Slick of carm.org) defend the practice as put forth by the Bible as being more humane and therefore somehow more morally acceptable than how others prac...
Note: this is, from a philosophical standpoint, utter crap. Ill probably write more about it later. I still believe in a strong theory of human rights, but my thought process here needs updating. This no longer reflects my current philosophical reasoning.
December 16th, 2009, is a very sad day in...