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College Doing Nothing about Antisemitism

FrontPageMag.com, 5/23/24, “College Presidents Tell Congress They’ve Done Nothing About Antisemitism” [Excerpts]:The House held its latest batch of hearings on antisemitism to the frustration of the Democrats because the folks being dragged in front of the cameras, university presidents, shine a light on their party’s hate.

This time around, the focus was on the pro-Hamas encampments and university presidents dodged the issues (this time around they also avoided saying that they weren’t sure if calls to kill all the Jews were wrong) by refusing to discuss actions by faculty and students, and pledging only to have commissions on antisemitism.

The bottom line is that if the KKK had set up encampments on college campuses, they would have been booted not in days or weeks, but hours at the longest.

Instead, pro-Israel faculty members have been more likely to be barred from campuses than pro-Hamas ones.

Administrators claimed that they didn’t want to call the police because it would undermine “student safety,” while allowing harassment and attacks on Jewish students did not threaten anyone’s safety. Or anyone who mattered.

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Dinosaurs Are Almost Certainly Extinct

Creation.com, 5/23/24, “Dinosaurs are almost certainly extinct” [Excerpts]: Since biblical creationists are already held to a double standard, we should seek to find the best arguments. At the same time, we must be free to allow older, outdated arguments to wither on the vine, when we find them. Science changes, but the Bible does not. Thus, we deny that the Bible is a scientific textbook, since textbooks always contain mistakes and always become outdated! But when the Bible does touch on scientific aspects, it is always accurate, because the One who inspired it knows all the science that there is to know.

And the Bible has depictions of some fascinating creatures such as the behemoth in Job:40:15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
See All...–18, which seems to fit the description of a sauropod dinosaur, such as Dreadnoughtus. No living creature has a tail that could be compared to the cedar, the largest tree in the Middle-East.

The evidence is strong that they lived in the post-Flood era, and there is nothing that categorically tells us they must be extinct, so the idea that they might still be alive is tantalizing.

Due to the tension between the verbal reports and the absence of hard evidence, we hesitate to simply throw everything out. But our position is no longer “wait and see.” Instead, it is time to say that living dinosaurs no longer exist unless there is proven evidence to the contrary….

This does not mean we reject the idea that dinosaurs previously lived with man, only that they are extremely unlikely to be living today, and there are strong creationist scientific reasons for saying so.

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The Thing about Jordan Peterson Is ...

MidwestOutreach.org, 5/23/24, “The Thing About Jordan Peterson is...” [Excerpts]: Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson is a favorite among conservatives, Christian and non-Christian alike. He is no-nonsense in his refutation of Wokeism, politically correct, and Progressivism in general. He uses and “teaches” the Bible and, although being a moralist, is not, at least at this point, a Christian.

[Author Larry Taunton] suggested that “Peterson’s belief is of the Jeffersonian à la carte variety: I’ll take some Jesus as a teacher of ethics and exemplar of self-sacrifice, hold the creation story and resurrection.”

As would be expected, this shows up in Peterson’s heretical theology. Taunton points out: “Peterson’s theology, as well-known pastor and theologian Doug Wilson put it, sits on a ‘cracked and crooked foundation.’ Like me, Wilson appreciates much of what Peterson has to say. He also knows a thing or two about celebrities who flirt with Christian conversion and readily recognizes that the whole trajectory of Peterson’s God-talk hits wide of the mark because he rejects the central premise of Christianity: the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Peterson says he finds the possibility of a historic Jesus who was God in the flesh ‘too terrifying a reality to really believe.’ As a result, the theological errors begin early and often.”

Will Jordan Peterson come to the faith? That is anybody’s guess, and we should be praying for his salvation. In the meantime, if we listen with discernment, he has some interesting things to say.

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