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Pedophilia Lite

Richard Dawkins is a loud atheist who gets a lot of press play for trashing religion, particularly Christianity. He is also a lecturer at Oxford University who thinks that some sexual touching by teachers of their minor students isn't really abuse. Consider the source the next time you hear him or read about his exploits on behalf of atheism. 

www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/09/10/Author-and-Oxford-Lecturer-Richard-Dawkins-Defends-Mild-Pedophilia

Losers

These are a couple of Colorado state senators who were recalled in separate special elections yesterday.  Both of them are Democrats who went far left on gun control in districts outside Denver and Boulder despite having sizable numbers of Republicans and independents. Who live in a western state. Cowboys. Six-shooters. Cattle. Corrals. See ya!

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In Memoriam

The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! Wait...What?

In 2007 the BBC dutifully reported the solemn pronouncement from the Global Warmist community that by 2013 the Arctic would be ice-free. This was a 90%+ certainty. Break out the sun tan lotion and jet skis and watch the poor polar bears! Funny, new data is in showing the ice pack increased by 60% in the last year - that's almost 1 million square miles of new ice! The satellite shot of this is most illuminating. 

Perhaps weather and climate is a more complex subject than Global Warmists want to admit - which most won't because it doesn't fit their political narrative. I hope that there are a few sheepish scientists, though, who will admit that maybe they got carried away by this Grand Crusade and are now willing to return to science rather than a pilgrimage.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2415191/Global-cooling-Arctic-ice-caps-grows-60-global-warming-predictions.html

Take It for a Test Spin?

Breakpoint had a good piece today. Living together - try before you buy - has become widely accepted in American culture. A poll 12 years ago showed that half of the respondents wouldn't get married unless they first tried it out. Too bad the data shows that is exactly the wrong choice if you are really interested in a solid marriage down the line.

Eric Metaxas, Breakpoint's author du jour, cites psychologist Meg Jay of the University of Virginia who describes what is known as the “cohabitation effect":

 “Couples who cohabit before marriage . . . tend to be less satisfied with their marriages—and more likely to divorce—than couples who do not.”

The researcher explains that people sort of "fall" into the relationship and do not expressly talk through why they want to live together and what that means. Because it is not really an intentional relationship, when a crisis comes along, all too often the relationship founders because it is the proverbial house built on sand rather than solid rock. 

As a father of 3 daughters, I was also particularly interested to read that while women tend to view cohabitation as a step toward marriage, men tend to view it as a test drive or a way to avoid commitment.  Going back to the idea of expressly working through expectations, this is a fairly major dissonance that is ignored at one's peril - particularly on the woman's part. 

Drawing the larger lesson, this is what becomes of a society that ignores intentionality and has elevated feelings over all. We drift about the ocean of life carried on the uncertain currents of feelings and are surprised when we wash up on some foreign shore. There is a lot to be said for being intentional in making important life choices.

www.breakpoint.org/bpcommentaries/entry/13/23081