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Pfft. Western separatism and discontent has been part of Canadian politics since the 1970s, when the elder Trudeau nationalized Alberta's energy industry. There hasn't been a serious effort to secede in 50 years. I doubt they're going to start now. And Alberta premier Danielle Smith is no more...

Well, a month or so ago, Junior Trudeau was out, his successor was an elitist who had never been elected to public office, and going into a national election, the Conservatives had a 20-point lead in the polls. Then Trump began blabbing about tariffs and annexing Canada, and suddenly the...

I recently read Tom Nichols's book The Death of Expertise. In one chapter, he argues that universities are prioritizing customer satisfaction over intellectual rigour. Offering degrees and focusing on the students' happiness is all part of the service. One of the overall effects is a rise in...

To be fair, in 2018, Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honour of Billy Graham, too. "Separation of church and state" means the two institutions don't interfere with one another's business, not that the state can't honour the passing of a respected religious leader (or conversely...

Cue the inevitable prognostications about St. Malachy and the "last pope." Roman Catholics have a massive "prophetic" and eschatological gig predicting the end of the papacy. And they're about as successful as the Dispy prophecy "experts" predicting the Rapture.

I was summarizing my views and how I was persuaded of them. Schaeffer himself, of course, was eminently scriptural, and grounded his opinions on ecology in the creation mandate.

Oh, well, if you say so. 🙄

I don't believe you.

Oh? At what time did Israel invade another country and commit mass murder of hundreds of civilians at a music festival?

Why are you defending Hamas for using civilian areas to stage military attacks against Israel? According to the Geneva Conventions, that makes those areas valid military targets, provided the civilians are given fair warning to flee, which Israel does. Collateral damage is a regrettable side...

Your objective is to get food. If you enjoy the hunting, that's fine. No one would say you can't get pleasure from working for your dinner. The objective of, say, bullfighting is to entertain a crowd by enraging and killing a bull. The meat that comes from the bull isn't the objective; it's a...

But protecting your own health, safety and property are also valid and lawful objectives. Vermin contaminate food, spread disease, and damage property. Killing vermin is an act of self-defence, not sport. I trap and kill the mice and ants that get into my house. I don't kill the ones that live...

Well, don't invade the country next door and go on a murder and rape spree, then. Actions have consequences. Consider it a teaching moment.

According to you, Hamas uses civilian buildings as a base of operations and uses children as human shields. So they're war criminals. That's Israel's fault somehow? In what other conflict is one side required to provide food and supplies to the other side? Plenty of humanitarian aid has...

I don't know for a fact that Israel does bomb them out of nowhere. "Palestine" attacks Israel because its elected government since about 2006 is Hamas, a radical Muslim faction whose charter calls for the eradication of Israel and Jews. The Israelis have every moral right to defend themselves...

I came into my particular opinions on environmentalism (for lack of a better term) after reading Francis Schaeffer's Pollution and the Death of Man. Biblically, we're permitted to eat animals and to protect our property. So I have no moral qualms about hunting/fishing for food, killing vermin...

And how does God feel about paragliding across the border and going on a murder spree?

Hibye

Which in itself isn't a bad thing. If you can't have a regenerate ruler, then at least pray for one that will stay out of the way, leave Christians alone, and let the church be the church (1 Tim. 1:1-2). Clinton also struck me as a "cultural Christian": someone who grew up in church and...

or God's own people (Psa. 105:15).