Josh Benner

Tag: debate

  • Debate over origins: Nye vs Ham

    Ken Ham who’s a Christian young earth creation apologist, the founder of the Creation Museum, and Answers in Genesis website debated famed science educator and television personality, Bill Nye at the Creation Museum tonight. The topic was: Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern, scientific era? To be fair, I’m not a…

  • Why gun restrictions are not the solution

    How can we prevent more violence? How can we stop bad people from going on killing sprees? We can’t. That’s the stark reality. We can blame society, we can blame guns, violent video games, how parents raise children, how the media sensationalizes these massacres, or a host of other factors. But there isn’t one reason…

  • Biden’s debate antics were smoke in mirrors

    As I think about last night’s vice presidential debate, part of me wonders if Biden’s goal wasn’t so much to win the debate but if it was to “not lose.” I think it’s tough to say who a clear winner was. I know many think that Biden dominated. But how? On what points did he articulate…

  • Tragedy, liberty, and the firearms debate

    I don’t own a gun and I’ve never shot a gun. But I also do believe in liberty. I read a piece in the New Yorker this afternoon by Adam Gopnik. He discussed last night’s horrific tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. In a number of ways, I found the column to be little more than emotionally…

  • Pro choice paradox: why efforts to curb gender selective abortions are irrational

    Note: this post discusses what I see as a logical paradox in the current debate about abortion as a means of gender selection. Full disclosure: I am personally pro life. I’ve written before about the topic of gender selective abortion. In developing nations, the process of aborting a fetus (typically of a girl) based on…