Randall Niles's Blog – September 2008 Archive (2)

Origin… Destiny… Meaning… Suffering… Purpose… Evolution… Design… Chance… Fate… Grace… Freedom… Justice… Judgment… Humanity… Hope… Eternity… God.



Powerful words, underlying profound questions, argued passionately for centuries.



Although the science is more progressive, the tools more technological, and the media more dramatic, the debate is still the same. Logic, reason, and rhetoric -- evidence, experience, and emotion – the great thinkers in science, philosophy, and… Continue

In Hamlet, William Shakespeare declares:



"There is nothing either good nor bad but thinking makes it so."



This also seems to be the mantra of the day:



There is no universal right and there is no universal wrong –

Morality is relative to the person and place in which it is applied.



You might have heard someone say, “there’s no right and there’s no wrong,” but you have to ask yourself, is their statement right or wrong? And I’m sure you’ve heard… Continue