Something Much Better than Tolerance
This article is the second in a two-part series that began with “Is Tolerance All It is Thought to Be? Is There Something Better?” If you believe in a God
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Is Tolerance All It Is Thought To Be? Is There Something Better?
(This article is in two parts and each will support the other). Current culture is telling us that the world needs to be tolerant of all beliefs and all opinions.
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Our Culture and How To Confront It as Individuals and Parents
All of us — especially parents — are concerned about our culture because we face the imposition of the unreal values of this cultural revolution.
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The Marriage of Facts and Truth
Do you believe the sun won’t rise tomorrow or that the north pole will be 110 degrees on Christmas Eve? Why not? Because of what we call facts that are
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We Find Truth with Straight Thinking
We control our emotions by controlling our thinking, so let’s make sure the foundation for our thinking is truly straight and will help us control our emotions in the way
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Evaluating Our Mental Hemisphere
As some of you know, I come from the southern hemisphere. Can you make a quick journey through your imagination and think how upside-down it all can seem to be
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Crooked Thinking Is In Air That Is Thick with Hate
You may remember the song “What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love.” It’s never been in greater need. Crooked thinking leads to crooked speaking, and hate in the
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Finding Truth Without an Abundance of Evidence
Straight Thinking About Facts — Part 2 There’s even more to straight thinking about facts than the issues to which I referred in my last article. We must consider how
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Thinking About Facts Must Be “Straight” Thinking
Straight thinking is also all about the facts. What facts? All that can be known. And how do we define a fact? Facts are truths that can be verified in
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Straight Thinking Demands Honesty and Truthfulness
Straight thinking is all about another “moral” necessity: honesty and truthfulness. Honesty not only includes telling the whole truth accurately, but honesty must be the motivation when seeking to tell
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“Straight” Thinking Tells the Whole Truth
Meeting the requirement to tell the whole truth to ensure straight thinking is a tough task for us all. Facts are where we tend to make our most common crooked
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Straight versus Crooked Thinking
Suppose we want a belief system built on evidence and sound, rational thinking. In that case, we will need straight (analytical, logical) thinking to comprise a convincing faith of our
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