Category Archives: Critical Thinking

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/26/2012- Even More Media Bias

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 26, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis provide even more examples of biased reporting in the media designed to bring the reader to a specific conclusion that the actual facts of the case might not.

Article links- http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/22/us-usa-gun-shows-idUSBRE8BL0DP20121222

http://pjmedia.com/michaelwalsh/2012/12/22/assault-the-democrat-media-complex-strikes-again/?singlepage=true

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/22/2012- How Gun-Free Zones Make It Easy For Massacres

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday December 22, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the effects of gun-free zones on madmen who are trying to find the perfect victims. They make it VERY easy for them.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/blog/pete-winn/worst-school-massacre-american-history-was-gun-free

http://technology.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=43890&content=85301757&pageNum=-1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/20/2012- A Primer On How To Shift Blame From Criminals To Their Tools

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 20, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the insistence by liberal media types that it is the tools that criminals use and not the criminals themselves that commit crimes.

Article links- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249185/Nancy-Lanza-Did-paranoid-gun-crazed-mother-trigger-Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-killing-spree.html

 

What is an “Assault Weapon”?

BrownbessThere is a great deal of controversy about the permanent ”Assault Weapons Ban” promised by Obama. Some gun owners don’t feel threatened by this ban, but armed citizens everywhere need to understand what the Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) of 1994 was and the impact it will have on our 2nd Amendment rights as a whole if permanently renewed.

The phrase “Assault Weapons” has no real definition. It is a gun-banners coined phrase created to hopefully confuse people with “Assault Rifles”.

Now, Assault Rifles are real, and VERY regulated since 1934, and VERY rare in civilians hands since the Gun Control Act of 1986 which AR-15banned the ownership of any newly manufactured machine guns. An assault rifle is a select-fire (either fully automatic or burst capable) rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. It is not to be confused with assault weapons.[1] A real AK47 will cost somewhere upwards of $15,000, a M16 upwards of $25,000.

Politician’s declare that “assault rifles” and AK47s have no place on our streets.  Well Mr. President, that was taken care of in 1934 and again in 1986.  Nobody is shooting anyone with “assault rifles” in gang violence.  The only report I’ve heard in 10 years of an “assault rifle” crime was when the POLICE armory was raided in California a few years ago.  Go figure.

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No Fear of God In The Land

Friday December 14 will be remembered as one of the most horrific days in recent American history as one young man murdered twenty of the most innocent defenseless among us along with seven other adults.  Since that event I have read a number of analyses of the killings in Connecticut on Friday.  Some of them are good seeing the events as pure evil while others are way off base blaming circumstances.  (One of the better Christian responses using cultural data is the article by Michael Craven below.  Few others support the Christian world view with the type of data Craven uses). As most of you know I believe that the biggest cause of these horrific atrocities is the one I shared from the pulpit yesterday: There is no longer a fear of God in the land.  This is why suicide and murder occur so frequently.  No one believes anymore that upon death they will be accountable for their actions.  There is no respect for God and His Law.

Matthew 10:28 reads, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul, but fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.”  The fear of God restrains evil and without that fear then evil runs rampant. Murder and killing are not condemned as they should be thus creating a culture of violence.  When one destroys another human being created in the image of God, they are attacking a valuable intrinsically worthy being. Just as fear of the death penalty decreases murder, so should fear of Hell deter evil actions.  Without the fear of meeting a Holy, Righteous God who holds humans accountable for their actions then people are “free” to do the evil desires of their hearts. It is this lack of fear of God and His Law that has brought about the abortion culture of death.  God will bring about vengeance upon evil. Little did the young man who killed the children in Connecticut realize that the moment after he put the gun to his own head that he would find himself summoned before a Holy God who cannot look upon evil and find himself condemned for an eternity in Hell.  Like most in modern America he did not realize that God is “a consuming fire” and that he will not be mocked by self-righteous arrogant human beings.

In 2001 after the slayings of thousands of  Americans I  was publicly quoted as saying, I was afraid that God was withdrawing His protective hand over America because of its sin.  We have become too comfortable with violence, death and murder as explified by acceptance of increase of murders in our cities, indiscriminate bombing of children and the violent slaughter of unborn babies.  Restrictions on semi-automatic weapons or guards at school buildings will not eliminate the desire for violence coming from the human heart.  It will only be by a internal change in the human heart that begins with a healthy fear of God.  It is time for pastors and leaders in society to again preach God’s Law and His character of Holiness and Righteousness.

Click to see the article by S. Michael Craven

 

By Dr. Mark Hamilton, Professor of Philosophy at Ashland University, Ashland, OH

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/18/2012- Looking More Deeply At The Why’s Of The Newtown Murders

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday December 19, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis look at some new revelations in the Newtown murders and expose the “it was the guns” meme for the fraud that it is.

Article links- http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2012/12/16/the-horror-of-newtown/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249185/Nancy-Lanza-Did-paranoid-gun-crazed-mother-trigger-Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-killing-spree.html

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jakewallissimons/100194425/before-wringing-your-hands-at-the-madness-of-american-gun-laws-read-this/

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335739/facts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund#

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/18/fear-being-committed-may-have-caused-connecticut-madman-to-snap/

http://www.businessinsider.com/adam-lanza-taking-antipsychotic-fanapt-2012-12#ixzz2FR0r4Fys

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2012/12/16/gun-free-zones-larry-pratt/1773473/

http://www.redstate.com/2012/12/17/question-one-in-our-national-conversation-why-did-gun-control-fail-the-families-of-newtown/

 

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/17/2012- Thinking Logically During An Avalanche of Emotional Appeals

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 17, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis do our best to understand what happened in Newtown, CT from a biblical perspective. As usual, our viewpoint is somewhat different that the main stream media.

Article links- http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2012/12/16/the-horror-of-newtown/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249185/Nancy-Lanza-Did-paranoid-gun-crazed-mother-trigger-Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-killing-spree.html

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jakewallissimons/100194425/before-wringing-your-hands-at-the-madness-of-american-gun-laws-read-this/

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335739/facts-about-mass-shootings-john-fund#

Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/14/2012- The Consequences Of Leaving The Christian God Out Of The Argument For God

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 14, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis use a report on a debate between apologists and atheist/agnostics to show why it is foolishness to surrender Christian presuppositions to the other side. The result is what it usually is- abject defeat.

Article link- http://scitech.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=43765&content=84726385&pageNum=-1

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/13/2012- Why Presuppositions Matter In Apologetics

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday December 13, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a recent debate between believers and atheist/agnostics. We begin to uncover what happens when all the presuppositional ammunition is surrendered at the beginning of the debate.

Article link- http://scitech.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=43765&content=84726385&pageNum=-1

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Principles and Policies Podcast for 12/10/2012- Why We’re Headed For A Fiscal Cliff

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Monday December 10, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the REAL reason we’re headed for the fiscal cliff. It’s not what you’ve been told. (Sorry for the bad audio quality- engineering glitch)

Article link- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/73-new-jobs-created-last-5-months-are-government