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Strawman and other logical fallacies
Here’s a fun way to get our kids to really understand how logical fallacies can be used – deliberately or not – to misdirect and confuse discussions. Watch below, and click the title above for a list of fallacies (including the strawman) you can work with.
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Horribly neglected patient “chooses” euthanasia
A quadriplegic Quebec man, stuck on an emergency room stretcher for four days, developed a bed sore so bad it left bone exposed. After being denied even the bed he needed, Normand Meunier then “chose” to be euthanized. Having doctors murder patients is portrayed as compassion. What it really is, is cheap and easy.
“Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel” (Prov. 12:10b).
Are you financially literate? 5 questions to find out
Christians are called to be good stewards of what God gives us but it isn’t harder for some than others. Here’s 5 questions to help you figure out where you are at.
Why is teen anxiety on the rise?
The author of Why is my Teenager Feeling Like This? shares 4 thoughts…
Caring for the adopted child
Our kids’ frustrating misbehaviors will often be a matter of déjà vu for parents who recognize they acted similarly when they were kids. But adoptive parents can face the additional challenge of dealing with behaviors they haven’t seen before, perhaps because of their children’s very different history, or physiological repercussions that might have come from having an alcohol- or drug-addicted birth mom. So how can adoptive parents be sensitive to their child’s different needs, without succumbing to the temptation of just excusing bad behavior? Two biblical counselors offer some helpful biblical advice.
Global warming isn’t making weather more extreme
If you listen to David Suzuki, Al Gore, or Greta Thunburg, you’d have every reason to believe that global warming was causing an increasing number of, and severity of, droughts, floods, hurricanes, and forest fires. But a new study by the Fraser Institute says, it simply isn’t so.
Click on the title above for their report, or watch the video below for Dr. Judith Curry’s take. And for why we might consider them both more credible than their more mainstream critics, see my “Catastrophic Global Warming? A brief biblical case for skepticism.”
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