Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage » 2004

Archives for July 2004

Jul 28

Predestination and Free Will

Posted by Matt Jones on Wednesday, July 28, 2004. Filed under Theology.

What are your thoughts on predestination and free will?

Who writes the headlines?

Posted by Matt Jones on Monday, July 19, 2004. Filed under Social Commentary.

Another funny post by Steven Den Beste. Basically he posted a snapshot from a Canadian news paper that states “World’s two most wanted war crimes fugitives still evading justice” Now lets evaluate this jewl of a headline. To be a fugitive, don’t you have to be on the run? Seems like they are being a [...]

“Can we go to war?” or “May we go to war?’

Posted by Matt Jones on Friday, July 16, 2004. Filed under Politics,Social Commentary.

Steven Den Beste wrote a great article today (7/15) about the differences between “can” and “may” – capibility and permission. More importantly, appearance and reality or form and substance. He relates the discussion to the war in Iraq and how the opposition often relies of the fallacies of form and will often ignore substance. Check [...]

Jul 14