Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 56
August 31, 2017
The Oldest Known Melody–from Assyria, 1400 B.C.
Scholars translating clay cuneiform tablets from ancient Assyria have discovered musical notations. Musician Michael Levy has performed the melody on a lyre. So we can hear a piece of music from over 3400 years ago, the oldest that has been recreated today. I’ve embedded the YouTube performance. But go to the link to read about the […]
August 30, 2017
White Nationalists’ Hostility to Christianity
White nationalists tend to be opposed to Christianity.
Artificial Intelligence and Religion
Technology experts such as Elon Musk and scientists of the caliber of Stephen Hawkings are worried about Artificial Intelligence. The fear is that computer and online technology will develop to the point that the machines will become more intelligent than the human beings who made them. When that happens, machines may attain consciousness. Those artificially-intelligent […]
August 29, 2017
“God is an artist!”
One highlight of our time on Kangaroo Island: My 8-year-old granddaughter was showing me the shells she collected on the beach. We were marveling at the swirls and the shapes, the harmonious colors and the intricate pattern of the markings. She exclaimed, “God is an artist!” That’s a fine theological observation for an eight-year-old or […]
August 28, 2017
“What hurricane?”
We were in our Kangaroo Island paradise. Four days without internet or cell-phones. I was talking with a local who asked me where I was from. “Oklahoma,” I said. “Where’s that?,” she asked. “On top of Texas.” “Is Oklahoma being hit by the hurricane?” “Hurricane,” I replied. “What hurricane?” She said that a friend […]
August 25, 2017
A Respite at Kangaroo Island
Here in Australia, my speaking gigs are over. So we’re all headed to Kangaroo Island, where we will spend a long weekend, extended on both ends. So remote and unspoiled is Kangaroo Island that we will be staying in a cabin that has no internet. I’ll try to put up a post or two ahead of […]
August 24, 2017
Eliminating Down Syndrome–by Abortion
The headlines read like this: “Iceland is Becoming Nearly the First Country with no Down Syndrome Births”. Wonderful, one might think. What medical breakthrough has Iceland discovered? Read the story and you find out that it has nothing to do with a medical breakthrough. Just genetic testing of embryos followed by, in the case of […]
Bannon believes the pen is mightier than the sword
After controversial Trump advisor Steve Bannon was fired from his position as presidential advisor, he made it clear that he would continue to champion his brand of economic nationalism. In fact, he reportedly feels liberated. Returning to his role as head of the conservative website Breitbart.com, Bannon says that he will no longer be constrained […]
August 23, 2017
Why the Alt-Right is Pro-Abortion
The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) is trying to associate the pro-life movement with the White Nationalists who protested at Charlottesville. This is a slander of staggering proportions. As Elliot Kaufman shows, the Alt-Right favors abortion! For the same reason that the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger did: eugenics, improving the gene pool […]
And now “rethinking” free speech
The zeal to support the LGBT cause has led to a “rethinking” of the freedom of religion, with calls to limit religious liberty when it manifests itself in public disapproval of homosexuality. Now the zeal to support the anti-racist cause and the revulsion against the white nationalists at Charlottesville has led to calls to […]
