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    The Calloused Digit #1
    The Calloused Digit #1
    The Calloused Digit #1
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    The Calloused Digit #1

    By Frederick Meekins

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    The Calloused Digit is the newsletter of The Issachar Bible Church. The publication is compiled by independent theologian and social critic Frederick Meekins. Included in this edition are the following columns: “Cosmos Promotes Universal Deception”, “Does Christian Compassion Demand Uncritical Exposure To Ebola?”, “Evolutionists Outraged At County Fair Creation Science Displays”, and “Nothing Unpatriotic About Tax Code Loopholes."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrederick Meekins
    Release dateJan 7, 2015
    ISBN9781310723094
    The Calloused Digit #1
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    Frederick Meekins

    Frederick Meekins is a worldview analyst and Internet columnist. He holds a BS from the University of Maryland in Political Science/History and a MA in Apologetics & Christian Philosophy from Trinity Theological Seminary. Frederick holds a Doctor of Practical Theology through the Master's Graduate School Of Divinity in Evansville, Indiana. Dr. Meekins is pursuing a Ph.D. in Apologetics through Newburgh Theological Seminary. His research interests include Worldview Application, Christian Apologetics, The Implications of Aberrant Theologies & Ideologies, Futurology, Eschatology, Science Fiction, Terrorism Studies, Environmentalism, Education Policy and America's Judeo-Christian Foundations. Dr. Meekins is also an ordained Non-Denominational Minister and listed in "Who's Who In America" and in "Who's Who Of Emerging Leaders".

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      The Calloused Digit #1 - Frederick Meekins

      The Calloused Digit #1

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      Frederick Meekins

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      Cosmos Promotes Universal Deception

      The deputy editor of USA Today reflecting upon the update of the series Cosmos remarked, Carl Sagan fought pseudoscience with a smile and wide-eyed wonder. One of the taglines from the series was 'The Cosmos is all there was, is, or ever will be'.

      That famous catchphrase is itself non-scientific at best and pseudoscientific at worst.

      Even if one grants that the universe is billions and billions of years old (to employ rhetoric of nearly that many parodies of Sagan), on what grounds can one state such an absolute conclusion from the basis of observational science?

      For example, in the worldview espoused by Cosmos, it is held that the cosmos began at the moment of the Big Bang.

      Thus, if one cannot peek back beyond that point,

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