CrossExamined Blog
Tackling today’s toughest questions, these posts explore topics on God, morality, science, and culture.
Whether you’re a skeptic or believer, each article challenges your worldview and sharpens your thinking. Engaging, thought-provoking, and unapologetic, this is a place to dig deeper and follow the truth wherever it leads.
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon WHOSE SIDE? “The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral […]
Cameras of the Watchman: The Reality of the Relationship between Science and Theology (part 3/3)
Philosophy of ScienceScott Symington 3.3.4 Complex / Contextual A couple that really loves each other, may still have a history of ups and downs, especially relationships susceptible to psychological and other influences. Marriage counselors will often hear, “It’s complex”, in reference to how the relationship is going. Historians of science and religion have come to […]
Cameras of the Watchman: The Reality of the Relationship between Science and Theology (part 2/3)
CrossExamined, Philosophy of ScienceScott Symington 3.3 Third Intersection: 4 Types of Interaction Any two valid forms of knowledge (as defined previously), for example, physics and mathematics, science and philosophy, history and archeology, theology and science, theology and history, either can or do not interact. If two valid sources do interact, then there is a continuum of agreement upon […]
Cameras of the Watchman: The Reality of the Relationship between Science and Theology
CrossExamined, Philosophy of SciencePart 1/3 Scott Symington Medical Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Allegiance Health Initial draft September 1999, current version April 2015 Abstract You are fast approaching an “orange” light, within just moments you naturally use viewpoints including physics, history, observation and ethics to arrive at a conclusion to either stop, or pass through. Similarly, most choices […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon DONT GET LOST “In 2013, the company rolled out a new version of Google Maps. […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon FULL DISCLOSURE “Winston Churchill, caught by a flustered Roosevelt as he emerged from a White […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon GOOGLE PARENTS “Like meddlesome parents who never let their kids do anything on their own, Google, […]
Turek-Shermer Debate: Is Morality Better Explained by God or Science?
Debates, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Philosophy of Science, Theology and Christian ApologeticsLast week our friends at NewYorkApologetics.com hosted a debate on morality between me and Dr. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic Magazine. You can see the raw streaming video from the debate here (a three camera professional video is forthcoming, but I’m not sure when). You’ll notice that while both Michael and I agree that there […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon QUALITY OR QUANTITY “Fully 85 percent of your happiness in life will come from happy […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon BOOKER T. INSIGHT ON SLAVERY “Yet while a race remembers and relives its sufferings and […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon ABE “A close friend of Abe Lincoln, Joshua Speed, published Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, which […]
Sex is the New Religion
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsSex is the new religion in America, and it’s a religion of the sword. That’s the real reason this controversy has risen in Indiana. A determined and vocal minority from the religion of sex is bullying and cutting down traditionalists who need a law that would allow them to be left alone. This clash of […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 541. POWER OF THE AIRWAVES “Hitler prepared for battle by infiltrating France’s airwaves. Germany hired […]
The 14th Amendment Can’t Possibly Require Same-Sex Marriage
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsThe Supreme Court is about to decide if the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution requires the states to redefine marriage to include same sex relationships. There are several reasons why the answer is no. The most decisive of these reasons is the fact that when the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868, homosexual […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 531. SMART PHONES AND DEMENTIA? “One of the earliest and most debilitating symptoms of dementia, including […]
Could solar eclipses be evidence for God? — Premier Christianity
2. Does God Exist?This morning I published a guest article at the Premier Christianity blog (associated with the UK’s Premier Christian Radio). In it, I elaborate on solar eclipses as part of a cumulative body of data suggestive that our Universe is designed for intelligent life. Today, the Arctic and Northern Europe, including the UK, will witness a total […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 521. INTERSTATES “One of President Eisenhower’s most enduring contributions is the interstate highway system—something few […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 511. LAWS “It will be of little avail to the people that laws are made […]
John and Abigail Adams: America’s Original Sweethearts
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsJohn and Abigail Adams’ relationship served as one of the most influential over the formation of our nation’s government during the late 18th-early 19th centuries. When one briefly glances at them, they paint a picture of strength, endurance, and wisdom, which proved to be an iconic ideal during these harsh years for all the couples during these […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 501. NEW NATION “It was not because it was proposed to establish a new nation, […]
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Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 491. NON-PROFIT MYTH “According to Giving USA, based on data collected each year from The […]