Some in Israel are questioning the national restrictions to fight the Corona virus. Are they really based on science or alarm which goes too far? For example, who is it dangerous for someone to take a walk outside for more …
Corona Questions
For some time, I have been questioning the response to the Coronavirus and the economic devastation it is causing. This response is shutting down businesses and can cause great economic pain and even death (some will commit suicide in my …
Israeli Politics and the Coronavirus
It is most amazing to note that Israel is in the midst of its third political stalemate after inconclusive elections. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, Likud, is already talking about another election! At the same time, Israel has embraced the …
Weighing Evidence
I have taught Apologetics for 48 years. One issue of faith and evidence is that people weigh things differently. No one really believes without evidence, but people are made up in such ways that different evidences strike them differently. …
The Bizarre Israel Political Situation
On the night of the Israel elections, the exit polls and early counting gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and the other parties that would join his coalition 60 Knesset (Parliament) members. It looked like he would be able to …
THE THIRD ELECTION
This Monday, March 2st, we will go to the polls to vote for the Parliament (the Knesset) for the third time. Twice we had inconclusive elections, and no coalition could be formed. Amazingly, after all this, and with his trial …
Religiophobia
I recently wrote a post entitled Morality-phobia. However, upon reflection, I think the better term is “relgiophobia.” In that post, I noted that the accusation against those who profess and seek to foster traditional morality in society is that they …
Two Populist Leaders: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
There is a possibility that two populists will be running against each other for President, one in his later 70s and one in his early seventies, Senator Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Aside from the issues of abortion, religious freedom …
There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy: Four Categories of People in Romans 2
I got into trouble with some of the leaders in Israel because of a paper I did some 12 years ago refuting the wider hope view of one of my Messianic Jewish leadership friends. My paper was called the Narrow …
A Great Read
Recently I finished a book by Dr. David Berlinski, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Entitled The Devil’s Delusion, Berlinski shows how atheist scientists constantly go beyond science to claim things that science does not show and indeed sometimes shows …