Only the educated are free — Epictetus

Disillusion with Fundamentalism

I had the opportunity at the end of this month (May 2016) to update an interview I did four years ago at TheBestSchools.org: www.thebestschools.org/features/william-dembski-interview/ In the updated interview, I elaborated on my concerns over fundamentalism. Below are the relevant two…

The Limitations of Our Time

I usually like to start the workday with reading the lectionary, which includes readings from the Psalter, the Old Testament or Apocrypha, the New Testament (non-Gospels), and the Gospels. Additionally, on some days, there is a brief account of a…

Remembering Leo Kadanoff

On October 26th, 2015, I received an email from a colleague of my former dissertation supervisor, Leo Kadanoff, informing me that Leo had died that morning. It’s now several weeks since his passing, but I still would like to pay…

Political Correctness Inventory

THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS INVENTORY (PCI) How politically correct (PC) are you? The Political Correctness Inventory (PCI) will help you to answer that question. On it, you will find pairs of statements representing the politically correct and politically incorrect position on…

Fundamentalist Belief Inventory

Introduction Fundamentalism denotes a belief system that draws sharp boundaries between who’s right, who’s wrong, who’s in, and who’s out. The term “fundamentalism” arose in the early 20th century in an attempt to identify the core doctrines of the Christian…