“Most of my research has involved children either in school or church contexts. I am particularly interested in family nurture of children’s spiritual experiences and development.” – from the bio page of Donald Ratcliff, Ph.D., Price-Lebar Professor Of Christian Education at Wheaton College, charged with two counts of aggravated child pornography. Is there a Pervert 101 [...]

This is one of those stories that pains me and has me scratching my head in disbelief. There is no f’ing way a convicted child molester should be leading anyone in “spiritual guidance.” The people enamored with Darrell Gilyard’s preaching decided that his performance in the pulpit at a Jacksonville, Florida church was more important than [...]

There is a logical fallacy called Argument By Generalization, where a broad conclusion from a small number of perhaps unrepresentative cases occurs. And, there is a related logical fallacyArgument By Selective Observation, which is also called Cherry Picking. It’s the enumeration of circumstances that support ones point of view, or as the philosopher Francis Bacon [...]

It’s an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore, and link-share in the comment thread… So, this is what my cartoon sockpuppet Bookworm Bob have been looking at since our last This & That post. • This is from a bit more than a week ago, but we post on it. From the Baltimore [...]