Author Archives: jackpelham

How Can You Tell When God Says “No”?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by jackpelham

You pray for a million bucks and two seconds later the doorbell rings.  You answer the door to find an angel with a big sack of money–$1Million, to be exact.  You consider this a “yes”—an “answered prayer”. You pray for … Continue reading →

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Commentary: The Coup De Grace by Ambrose Bierce

Posted on September 5, 2012 by jackpelham

This post is in response to a question sent in by a reader earlier today: I’m currently taking a Biomedical Ethics course at the college. Your writings cover a wide range of topics and interests so I thought you would … Continue reading →

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Who Will Straighten Out the Mess?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by jackpelham

This post is going to be really unfair, now that I think about it, because I’m preparing to introduce an incisive and thought-provoking question into a field where such things are generally thought to be inappropriate:  politics.  I know, I … Continue reading →

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10 Quick Tips for Choosing a Political Party

Posted on September 4, 2012 by jackpelham

Far be it from me to tell anybody to which political party he or she should belong, but for those of you who may be giving the issue some thought, I’ve written a few tips below for your own private … Continue reading →

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Rombama 2012!

Posted on September 3, 2012 by jackpelham

Tell me that politics isn’t one big compromised mess.  You folks who are euphorically waving your Romney flags as if Jesus himself were running for the GOP—and who swooned like a Georgia Belle when Paul Ryan came aboard (just as … Continue reading →

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Bill Nye the Science Guy Waxes Unscientific on the Theories of Evolution and Creation

Posted on September 2, 2012 by jackpelham

NOTE: The author of this article believes not only that irrational creationists and irrational evolutionists alike are in the wrong, but that there are practically as many of one as there are of the other.  The goal of this criticism … Continue reading →

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The Naked Brain by Richard Restak, M.D.

Posted on September 2, 2012 by jackpelham

These are my brief notes about: The Naked Brain: How the emerging neurosociety is changing how we live, work, and love by Richard Restak, M.D.

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The False Left-Brain/Right-Brain Dilemma

Posted on August 31, 2012 by jackpelham

It’s too bad that people tend to look at such diagrams with the false left-brain/right-brain dilemma in mind. They totally ignore the function of the corpus callosum, the spaghetti-like mass that links both sides of the brain together so that … Continue reading →

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Well, Hush My Fingers!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by jackpelham

OK, it’s embarrassing, but here’s how it went down.

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Thought Experiment: What Determines the Facts of the Christian Religion?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by jackpelham

Interestingly, there is no passage in the Bible where one can find a deliberately-written definition of the Christian religion.  Neither are there clear definitions of the terms “Christian” or “Christianity”.   No doubt, this can lead to some “fuzzy math” for … Continue reading →

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