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.
Love Didn’t Win– It Was Redefined
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics“Love wins” is the hashtag of choice for those in support of the newest Supreme Court decision that passed that legislative body by a 5-4 vote. If you’re not content with that, you’re just an evil bigot who needs to shut up and support this new legislation. Forget the fact that you have very rational […]
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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 START YOUR DAY “The great nineteenth-century British preacher Charles Spurgeon believed that only a fool […]
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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 TEENAGERS I saw this sign in a restaurant once: “Teenagers, are you tired of being […]
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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 CHRISTIANS VOTING “Here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired.” (1 SAMUEL […]
Introducing BeliefMap.org
Theology and Christian ApologeticsIf you’re an apologist in training, I want to call your attention to a really neat resource. BeliefMap.org is a pretty neat Christian apologetics website, which is building online “pocket-apologist” for believers and nonbelievers to use. Imagine an encyclopedia that allows users to interact with academic material in a point-counterpoint debate format. That is to […]
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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 BABEL SYNDROME “When civilizations strip away the knowledge of a personal God involved in the […]
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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 HAPPINESS “When Benjamin Franklin was confronted by a disgruntled American, complaining that his country had […]
“What is God Like — Tawhid or Trinity?” Jonathan McLatchie vs. Abdurraheem Green
Debates, IslamI recently did a debate on Unbelievable? on Premier Christian Radio, a show that airs every Saturday on British radio (also podcasted online), featuring debates between Christians and non-Christians. Last year on the show, I did a debate on whether Christianity is evidence-based, with British atheist Elliot George. The recording of that encounter can be found […]
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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 WEALTH CAN’T BE KEPT “At age six, Henry John Heinz (1844–1919) helped his mother tend […]
After Debate, Atheist and Christian Defend Free Speech Against Gay Activists
College Events, Culture CrossExamined, DebatesOn April 16, I, Frank Turek, debated atheist Michael Shermer at Stony Brook University on the question: “What Better Explains Morality: God or Science?” Following the debate, the Graduate Queer Alliance at Stony Brook wrote a letter to the editor of the school newspaper wanting an apology from the university for allowing me to speak […]
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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 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 […]
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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 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 […]
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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 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 […]