This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Detached From RealityOver the course of the Ergun Caner scandal, there have been some who are so blind to truth (i.e. that which corresponds to reality) that they delude themselves into actually believing that Dr. Caner didn’t lie. How they come to this conclusion is really remarkable and a very good lesson in how not to apply logic and reason so as to achieve your goal of believing what you want. A few of their tactics: - Words? Bleh. We’ll make’em mean what we want’em to mean. Never-mind them fancy contraptions like dictionari...

Image via Wikipedia Liberty University released the following statement: After a thorough and exhaustive review of Dr. Ergun Caner’s public statements, a committee consisting of four members of Liberty University’s Board of Trustees has concluded that Dr. Caner has made factual statements that are self-contradictory.  However, the committee found no evidence to suggest that Dr. Caner was not a Muslim who converted to Christianity as a teenager, but, instead, found discrepancies related to matters such as dates, names and places of residence.  Dr. Caner has cooperated with the board com...

(HT Eye on Apologetics) Four Christian apologists were falsely arrested in Dearborn, Michigan this last week. Dearborn, MI has a large Arab population and hosts an Arabic Festival each year. These Christians made many efforts to only talk to people who approached them and not to incite poor behavior from the Muslims in attendance. In spite of their cordial efforts the Dearborn police department handcuffed the four Christians in the above video and took them to prison without so much as watching the video tape they had of their activity. The pictures below are on the Answering Muslims Blo...

An Economic Collapse in 2011? Arthur Laffer of the Wall Street Journal has written an incredibly interesting article entitled “Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse”. I’m not an economist and I’m not one for “doomsday prophecies” but I thought that this was a compelling argument and from a reputable source. An excerpt of what caught my attention most: On or about Jan. 1, 2011, federal, state and local tax rates are scheduled to rise quite sharply. President George W. Bush’s tax cuts expire on that date, meaning that the highest federal personal inco...

This one comes from none other than our own Vice President, Joe Biden. I guess I shouldn’t expect much else these days. What is amazing about liberals is that they are brazenly admitting, almost flaunting, the fact that their goal is to redistribute the wealth in this country. What is even more disheartening is that there are voters out there who support this idea and will continue to vote these people into power. So here is the quote for the day from Joe Biden. Keep in mind, as you read, that the top 1% of taxpayers earn 22% of the income in the United States but pay 40% of the taxes. &...