In “The Gay Science,” Friedrich Nietzsche mused about a madman who provoked ridicule as he ran around a marketplace looking for God and declaring we killed him. “God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” In Nietzsche’s world without God, Nietzsche claimed the impossibility of moral realism, which is an objective moral …
Who Confers Personhood? The Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice Positions
What is a person? What would love say? In 1973, the state of Texas argued that an unborn child is a person who is given the right to life under the 14th Amendment. In the Roe v. Wade decision, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun determined that an unborn child is not a person and is …
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What Does “Made in the Image of God” Mean?
“So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” - Genesis 1:27 As the Western world moves further away from the Christian Church towards agnosticism, atheism, and secular humanism, the intrinsic value of all individuals as equally endowed by their Creator is …
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