Monday, June 26, 2006

Of Homosexuality and the Abuse of Liturgy

The modern world finds orthodox Christians' non-acceptance of homosexual practice baffling because the modern world is anti-liturgical, and human sexuality is an inherently ritual/sacramental/liturgical reality. Sex is a rite, not a right--and like any rite it can be done wrong.

In other words, homosexual practice is not wrong because it is "icky" (there are many aspects of creation order--including heterosexual relations--that are, from one perspective or another, "icky"); rather, it is wrong because it is misappropriation and misuse of a ritual reality.

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Of Time and Trinity

As of the time of posting, I have not yet read this article, but it looks fascinating.

Currently Reading
God and Time: Four Views
By Gregory E. Ganssle (Editor)

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Saturday, June 03, 2006

Of the End of Science

If you haven't read about the New Physics, you've missed the biggest thing the twentieth century (and perhaps the second millenium) has to offer. I'll refrain from trying to explain a set of theories that made even Einstein's head spin, but trust me when I say that, whatever your expectations, it's a wilder ride than you can imagine. The New Physics is basically the implosion of the classical scientific worldview, and the emergence of a cosmology so unutterably strange and wonderful (and Trinitarian) that you'll wonder why anybody gives modernism the time of day.

"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood a single word." -- Niels Bohr

Currently Reading
Modern Physics and Ancient Faith
By Stephen M. Barr

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