by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 10, 2013 | Random Commentary
About the Image: “The Wager” by David M. Hodges, created late 1990s, updated 2013. The version of this image I recovered recently from some old Zip disks dated to 11 September 1998. The late 1990s were the time when my skeptical agnosticism was consuming...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 3, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary
Re: abitwiser, “how the [expletive deleted] could Noah know with any” (posted 27 November 2013, accessed 28 November 2013), which rejects the Bible’s flood narrative based on the belief that other persons than Noah should have been able to survive,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 26, 2013 | Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
I’m not sure how this happened with all the barbed wire, “No Trespassing” signs, and roaming attack dogs on the property, but Monday of this week a local Jehovah’s Witness made it to my front door. (Actually, there were two, but I only...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 16, 2013 | In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
Earlier this week, an email from my local creation museum informed me that said museum had been refused membership in the area’s Museum Council. I’d spoken to employees and friends of the museum the day that some representatives of the Council had visited,...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 16, 2013 | Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary, Trinity Foundation Reviews
Image: Foggy Foothpath © Copyright Dave Smethurst and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons License. One seminary I attended, Bethel Seminary San Diego, hosted lectures this week by a C. S. Lewis scholar. Though I did not attend the lectures, notice of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 10, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, Random Commentary
Though only some remarks after “One final bit of irritation” are relevant to the Pious Eye site’s purpose, I’ve found no review site that will keep something of this length posted. Besides, Pious Eye is also my personal blog (at times, after a...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 19, 2013 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary
A couple of my Facebook acquaintances seem to share most of what a certain Christian feminist/egalitarian (she self-identifies as both), Rachel Held Evans (hereafter, RHE), posts to her blog. (That’s what I get for attending a seminary where ordination-seeking...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Oct 1, 2013 | Random Commentary
In my recent review of Randy Guliuzza’s “Creation Apologetics” presentation, I at one point made reference to “medicine and engineering, two fields in which Guliuzza (you’ll recall) has credentialed expertise.” As I reflect on this...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 9, 2013 | In The News, Random Commentary
Belatedly, I’ve decided I must oppose a strike against Syria. The purpose of the U.S. military is to defend America’s sovereignty and to protect Americans’ liberty, not to be the world’s superhero or the police arm of the U.N. (or any group of...
by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 9, 2013 | In The News, Random Commentary
Anyone who knows me knows my conviction that contemporary Americans feel too much and think too little. Lack of “impulse control” isn’t just for the “poorly socialized” anymore; it’s a culture-wide phenomenon. Emotionally charged,...