KairosFocus

As the Third Christian Millennium dawns, the Caribbean is at kairos: the nexus of opportunity and risk. In light of the Christocentric fulness theme of Ephesians 4:9 - 24, perspectives and counsel will be offered to support reformation, transformation and blessing towards a truly sustainable future under God.

Sunday, July 30, 2023

When Science is perverted into Scient-ISM

From legitimate field of study to domineering cult

Watch out!

A word to the wise. END

Posted by GEM of The Kairos Initiative at 5:55 am

Email This BlogThis!Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

Newer Posts Older Posts Home

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

Featured post

Matt 24 watch, 287: Military analyst Victor Davis Hanson on the issue of post conflict stabilisation in rimland wars

Victor Davis Hanson is an expert military analyst (and writer well worth reading) in the USA . I n a Townhall article on The Tough Choices...

Bible Verse of the Day

Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ (Vimeo):

(Amazon: book, DVD set.)

A response to "Jesus was a myth" sensationalist claims.

Open the floodgates of heaven, and let it rain!

Our Daily Bread daily devotional

(Cf. Crosswalk's selection of online quiet time materials, here.)

Search This Blog

About Me

GEM of The Kairos Initiative: A Caribbean-based applied scientist, educator and strategic change/ transformation advocate and facilitator; speaking out for record and calling to reformation in light of the patently destructive policy/ geostrategic/ propaganda/ spiritual/ moral- cultural and economic agenda tidal waves pounding on our shores with ever-mounting force. In response to which, we must learn the lesson of Ps 32:9: "Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle . . . "

View my complete profile

Recent thoughts . . .

KF Pamphlets (post series, etc.) slide shows and demonstration courses

On Economics and economic transformation
On regional industrial renewal for the Caribbean (a Jamcon 2000 IEEE Conference paper)
On Natural Resources and Hazards management
On Education transformation
On rote vs insightful learning
The Schools of Hope Haiti post-earthquake proposal
A Hello world based intro to Java-based programming (a demo course unit)
On Ethics, sustainability and development
Notes on practical sustainability principles
On sound, democratic Government under God
Gospel, Culture and Reformation briefing (slide show)
Notes on the Mars Hill encounter and strategy
On News, Views and media spin tactics
On Straight, Critically aware thinking
KF pamphlet responding to homosexualism
JCHS on sex, lies and rights (vs. wrongs)
OCR-ed copy of Dr Brendan Bain's expert testimony on HIV/AIDS, sexual habits and public health measures
On the fallacy of selective hyperskepticism
On an apologetics primer
An Introduction to Philosophy (a course)
A Nicene Creed-based Systematic Theology Survey (a course, WIP)
IOSE intro-Summary (a survey on origins science from a design perspective)
ABCD -- a basic course in discipleship (a "follow up" primer)
A primer on Bible Study skills, key topics, texts and approaches
Personal Evangelism and Evangelistic meetings (short courses/primers)
Why not now? (a primer on church renewal, revival and reformation)
Cell Leader's Manual (a primer for small group leaders)
The Missionary Vision and Action Kit
On Mission, the Fullness Vision and our Mandate

Some ghosts from our civilisation's past have a few words for us [NB: A bit of fantasy satire]

"Post-birth abortion"? The ghosts of Francis Schaeffer and C Everett Koop have some choice words (and a vid series) for us
Given developments like "post-birth abortion," NT Apostles and friends come by for a visit and a chat --John the Baptist and Pilate open the batting
James the Just gives a captain's knock from James 3 on the power of the tongue
The Belize incident, liberty & justice vs manipulative factions, Geo Washington's farewell address, the gospel and true enlightenment
Godel, Morison and Greenleaf, with a sidelight from Francis Schaeffer -- worldview foundations for restoring our civilisation to sanity
Plato, Socrates, Paley -- and Steve Jobs' latest project -- as we learn to put first things (and first causes) first
Alcibiades, Socrates and Plato on the pitfalls of political ambition vs just and wise government and nationhood under God
(WIP, more to come . . . )

Jerusalem Online News

(for a note on roots of ME Bitterness, cf. here)

Nizkor -- we must not ever forget the implications of Nihilist, might makes right superman political messiahs and their ideology, Fascism

We should pause and reflect on the warnings in the Parable of Plato's cave:

When democracy becomes the manipulated march of folly -- the lesson of Ac 27

Global geostrategic picture, c. 2016:

On the vital importance of sound policy, sound analysis and prompt, well judged, competently executed action

As Economic policy is too important to be left to economists, politicians and their spin doctors, kindly cf. a KF 101 series on pivotal macro-economics principles and issues: 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, b/g (NB: pamphlet -- pdf -- here)

Understanding the underlying spiritual, geo-strategic and geo-political issues behind the Middle East conflict and the Romans 1-style breakdown and decadence of our civilisation

Steadman and Khan speak, giving examples of the two tidal waves in action (not in your local or international headlines . . . )

Balancing and rounding out our views on the history of modern Israel

An example on why we need such a balancing corrective on the history of modern Israel

A balancing reference on "myths vs corrective facts" on the Arab-Israeli conflict

The Red Line to nukes and the global threat of Iranian Mahdism

If/when terrorism strikes where you are . . . run, hide or fight if you have to

Other Media:
There, we are all journalists now . . .
News & Views: the Straight vs Spin grid
Orwellian doublethink, doubletalk games and the propagandistic corruption of language -- e.g. "marriage," "truth," "rights," "faith," tolerance," Science" etc. -- in the war for hearts, minds and souls of men in our civilisation
The mainstreaming of radicalism tactic
Saul Alinski's Rules for Radicals world
Exposing the red herring- strawman -ad hominem atmosphere-poisoning and polarising tactic
Exposing the turnabout immoral equivalency "he hit BACK first" accusation tactic
Straight Thinking 101 (in 15 mins)
The Forest of Rhetoric -- on building sound convictions & insight vs. agenda-serving artful manipulation
PTV, Montserrat
GO Jamaica
The Nation, Barbados
TBN
WND
NewsMax
FrontPage
Mark Steyn
Melanie Phillips
Michael Totten
My Outdoors TV -- Fishing
Ravenlore outdoors crafts site
A 12 lb waist pack walkabout emergency kit
PC World -- US
Computeractive -- UK
Paradi's PowerPoint blog -- tips, tricks & lore for presentations
RS Electronics Components (UK)
How-to Geek
This Week in Tech
MIT Technology Review
Pop Sci online
Pop Mech online
Crevo News
Jerusalem Post
Walid Shoebat

Key Commodity Prices

(West Texas Intermediate Crude)

Gold Price

Capacity Development -- the AACCS

The Associate in Arts, CCS degree proposal
Making a choice to move forward on the AACCS
A critique of the William G Perry relativist model of intellectual/ ethical "development" in college and its relevance to the need for the AACCS
On "we don't have the money" and other barriers to getting breakthrough projects through
The Schools of Hope (Haiti+) proposal
How could a cybercampus-based, microcampus delivered education programme pay its way?
Part-time delivery framework for the AACCS
Towards a cyber-campus with mini campus centres for delivery of education
Capacity-building Grad Cert, Dip & Masters in Education
Daphne Koller of Coursera gives a TED talk on the emerging, web-based, interactive education delivery revolution
Moodle, Xerte and Exe as key cyber campus and web course development tools
Video and multimedia "on the cheap"
Video-making 101
Using PowerPoint (and Windows Movie Maker) as a "simple" way to make videos
First graders in Portugal show how Movie Maker can be used as a video editor
Blender video sequence editor -- the next level
Widescreen TVs as Web access devices for education, etc
A digital multimedia lab for all (hosted at a public library in IL, USA)
An online book for a survey course in education (focus on engineering edu, but very broadly useful)
Towards a regional digital, e-book library for a cybercampus
Potential digital library resources
The Kno e-textbook initiative
The Android Tablet -Open Office platform for education delivery (including e-book reading and "light" office productivity)
Sample course -- a Nicene Creed-based Systematic Theology Survey
A look at Book-keeping and accounting using Quickbooks etc
The Garduino student lab scale drip irrigation & lighting controller
The Raspberry Pi US$ 25/35 credit-card sized Linux computer for students
A Java Hello world course for the AACCS
Java, Python and digital productivity in the AACCS
Computer productivity for all with open-source software
ICTs for interfacing, control and communication
TRIZ 101 -- theory of inventive problem solving
Robots, controls & mechatronics
Interfacing and control development kit
Paul's online math notes for algebra, calculus and diff eqns etc.

KF: Key Links and References

Related blogs
Reasoned Theism blog
Info Tech refs:
Computer Literacy 101 -- mysteries of "Personal Confusers" answered
Karbo's "lift the bonnet" guide to PC technologies
Free Office & Classroom productivity suite "as good as" MS Office -- Libre Office
Bible, theol, worldview issues & phil:
The gospel as an historical fact-anchored, life- and community- transforming game changer "of first importance"
Defending the integrity of the scriptures on Pinnock's scripture principle, and also on historical and archaeological grounds, in a skeptical age
The six first principles foundational discipleship teachings of Heb 6:1 - 2 . . . lay and build on these
The Fulness of Christ vision (cf. Eph 1:17 - 23 & 4:9 - 24), discipleship, working with the cell dynamic (N.B. Manual) and godly transformation. (Cf. also reference note, here and a discussion in light of the issue of the sins of Christendom etc, here.)
Building on Francis Schaeffer's vision of cultural transformation through the gospel, discipleship and intellectual/ cultural transforming leadership
A Missionary Vision worksheet
On Missionary Vision and Action Teams (MVATs)
On building a (theistic, Christian) worldview
Peter Kreeft's twenty arguments for the existence of God
Of worldviews and their foundations (in light of Neurath's Raft metaphor)
On warranted, credible (self-evident) truths and first principles of right reason
A Basic Worldviews analysis toolkit
Introduction to philosophy -- tools & approaches
The Word Free Bible Software
Basics on sound Bible study
Bible & Theology resources
Last Seminary -- free access Christian Academic resource base
Nicene Creed Systematic Theology Survey (WIP)
"Watch, that no-one deceives you . . . "
Why genuinely free will is absolutely important to the credibility of the reasoning, knowing mind and to morality
Icthus77's Apologetics Toolbox
Correcting typical street- or blog/article comment level "freedom FROM [the alleged theocratic tyranny of] religion" atheistical/secularist talking points
Responding to Patrick White's promotion of atheism, skepticism and homosexualism in Jamaica's Gleaner (July 1, 2013): 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10
Short notes on understanding and responding to Islam
A declaration of principles and call to action on Islam in the Caribbean
Discipleship, life-transformation and the 12-step recovery process
Great Commission strategy -- whose house do we build first, and on the power of an army of worms, ants, etc
A KF spiritual geostrategic assessment, Dec 2003
A case study on mind-poisoning angry atheistical scripture twisting
The logical incoherence (and necessary falsity) of evolutionary materialist atheism
The IS-OUGHT gap and the inescapable radical relativism and amorality of evolutionary materialism
Responding to the now commonly encountered ends- justify- (any-) means "mainstreaming" of evil
Plato's warning in The Laws, Bk X, on the destructive consequences of evolutionary materialistic, nihilist factions (starting with Alcibiades and co)
EvilBible.com -- correcting a typical street-corner atheist rant on steroids
What about the many horrific sins and crimes of Christendom?
Visually exposing the now common "Hitler was a Christian" smear
Could Hitler be in heaven? What about the 1 million innocent child victims of the holocaust?
Ray Comfort on Hitler, God and the Church (video)
The nature of Fascism, left vs right talking points and well-poisoning
Response to ten loaded, widely circulated questions against the Christian faith
Phil for Christians blog
Teaching & presentation tips:
The spiral learning web curriculum strategy model -- KF
14 powerful patterns for curriculum development and delivery of content
Principles for learning & teaching -- CMU
Improving teaching & learning in schools --TLRP, UK
Two Sigma/digital learning transformation series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
A standards based teaching/learning cycle manual -- Colorado state, US
From teaching to learning as focus for undergrad edu -- Barr & Tagg
Slide Presentation tips oldie but goodie
Slide presentation in the classroom (recall: the chalkboard is also a "screen"!)
Video-making 101 for the rest of us . . .
Moodle and Xerte for e-learning resource development
Inspectapedia:
Inspectapedia online building maintenance enc (a useful practical reference)
KF Resources for discipleship, reformation & issues:
KF Resources and References page (includes contact us)
ABCD -- A Basic Course in Discipleship for new believers
Why Not Now? -- a course in spiritual renewal for churches
Cell (Small) Group/Team Leader's Manual
The MVAT Missionary Vision Kit
Ethical principles for Christian service and leadership
Principles of financial stewardship for Christian Ministries
Ethics and Development -- a regional reformation strategy
Clarifying SD (Sustainable Development) & Putting it to work
John Boyd's OODA strategic desision-making loop for "fighter pilot" management
J I Packer on the Spirit's guidance and godly decision-making
Answering the Marlboro Man -- image over substance -- mentality
On the idolatry of political messianism
Responding to media packaging of political "messiahs"
On Government & Nationhood under God
Gospel, Culture and Reformation briefing -- issues & responses C1 - 21
On Selective Hyperskepticism -- the key hyper-skeptical fallacy
The Apologetics Primer --how to deal with "faith vs reason" and how to respond to six key issues
The two tidal waves challenge further plays out (c. 2012)
The vultures gather -- geostrategic implications of forgetting God in light of global choke-points
Learning a geostrategic lesson from D-Day, June 6th 1944
Answering the porn-perversion agenda:
The deceitful marketing of addictive evil and the porn-perversion agenda
Porn sites are making money by spreading malware (there is a pay per install black market for that) to make botnets . . . but note that malware can be anywhere, too
Shocking porn addiction statistics
The XXX Church Porn Addiction recovery ministry
The Pink Cross Foundation -- an answer to porn addiction and to the porn industry's deception and exploitation
The porn-perversion agenda vs the 12-step addiction recovery process
Life-dominating sinful habits, repentance and the 12-step addiction recovery process
180 -- abortion on demand and where mass blood-guilt leads a country
Porn "star" recovery -- and how porn feeds perversions
My Genes Made Me Do It -- addressing the "gay gene" issue (used as a fallacious basis for "rights" claims), etc
But, don't my genes make me do it?
Elaine and Jon Huguenin of Elane Photography, New Mexico -- why it is vital to correct the "my genes made me do it" myth . . . a case of improper threat against conscience and livelihood, driven by improper analogies to racism
UK court attempts to delegitimise Christianity in light of the Johns foster parenting and Bull Guest House cases
Responding to the "Bible believing Christians are not fit to be . . . " notion, based on the Johns foster parenting case in the UK
But Jesus never said one word against being 'gay'
A statement by Kirk and Madsen in 1987 on intent to manipulate the public to accept homosexualisation of our civilisation
How dare you deny people their right to marriage equality!
Masha Gessen's acknowledgement on the implications of the intended homosexualisation of marriage
On US Pres Obama's open endorsement of homosexualisation of marriage
On CNN anchor Piers Morgan's call to censor the Bible in favour of the homosexualist agenda
The Chick-fil-A case of "jamming" to intimidate those who support traditional morality
Are Christian "fundamentalists" objecting to homosexualisation of marriage motivated by hate and bigotry?
The trend to delegitimise Christianity and conscience under false colour of "rights"
Responding to the distortion of marriage as a foundational social institution, again under false colours of "rights"
Homosexualisation of culture vs Scripture
The Manhattan Declaration, in defense of life, Creation-order marriage and liberty
Understanding & addressing Islam (and IslamISM):
Apol Primer, on Islam, the Gospel and the Caribbean
The Afroz thesis and attempted Islamisation of the Caribbean's history
Understanding the global and regional threat of IslamISM
The longstanding plight of Christians and churches under IslamIST rule
Barbados Declaration, 2003, on Islam, the Gospel & the Caribbean
Vickie Jahnson responds to islamisation by politically correct curricula (also relevant to the PC portrayals in the media)
On The Islamist end-times black flag armies
The IslamIST religiously motivated, anti-semitic (yes, not merely "anti-Zionist") incitement to genocide problem
Coptic Fr Zachariah Boutros of Egypt responds to Islam
Nehls & Eric on Islam as it is
N & E on Responding to debate points
The McDowell & Gilchrist vs Deedat Debate on Islam
faithfreedom.org --ex Muslims respond to radical Islam
The Intelligent Design issue:
A "simple" summary of the case for the design inference as a legitimate scientific endeavour
Judge "copycat" Jones and the Kitzmiller Dover anti-ID ruling
ID in a simple nutshell
Independent Origins Science Education
FAQs on the Intelligent Design Controversy
Correcting weak Anti-ID Arguments
Joseph Kuhn's critique of Darwinism
ID Foundations Series at UD (WIP)
Uncommon Descent (a leading ID Blog)

Recent KairosFocus Posts

Recent Posts with Thumbnails for Blogger

Powered By Blogger Widgets

Blog Archive

▼ 2023 (18)
- ► November (1)
- ► August (1)
- ▼ July (1)
  - When Science is perverted into Scient-ISM
- ► June (5)
- ► May (7)
- ► April (3)

► 2022 (2)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)

► 2021 (5)
- ► October (1)
- ► August (1)
- ► June (2)
- ► March (1)

► 2020 (11)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (5)
- ► July (1)
- ► June (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2019 (11)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (1)
- ► August (2)
- ► June (3)
- ► April (3)
- ► February (1)

► 2018 (24)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (2)
- ► October (2)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (4)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2017 (10)
- ► October (5)
- ► August (1)
- ► May (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► January (2)

► 2016 (70)
- ► December (4)
- ► November (5)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (10)
- ► June (8)
- ► May (6)
- ► April (6)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (6)

► 2015 (74)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (17)
- ► September (3)
- ► August (3)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (7)
- ► May (6)
- ► April (8)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (3)
- ► January (6)

► 2014 (162)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (5)
- ► October (9)
- ► September (10)
- ► August (11)
- ► July (12)
- ► June (24)
- ► May (29)
- ► April (25)
- ► March (14)
- ► February (13)
- ► January (8)

► 2013 (194)
- ► December (12)
- ► November (22)
- ► October (14)
- ► September (14)
- ► August (17)
- ► July (12)
- ► June (12)
- ► May (27)
- ► April (16)
- ► March (10)
- ► February (19)
- ► January (19)

► 2012 (190)
- ► December (26)
- ► November (34)
- ► October (16)
- ► September (12)
- ► August (15)
- ► July (17)
- ► June (20)
- ► May (20)
- ► April (8)
- ► March (4)
- ► February (6)
- ► January (12)

► 2011 (92)
- ► December (13)
- ► November (13)
- ► October (5)
- ► September (20)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (3)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (14)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (2)

► 2010 (34)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (2)
- ► October (3)
- ► September (3)
- ► August (4)
- ► June (4)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (2)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (2)

► 2009 (28)
- ► December (5)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (1)
- ► August (3)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (2)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (2)
- ► March (1)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (3)

► 2008 (42)
- ► December (1)
- ► November (8)
- ► October (2)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (3)
- ► July (5)
- ► June (4)
- ► May (2)
- ► April (3)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (6)

► 2007 (106)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (7)
- ► October (7)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (6)
- ► June (12)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (11)
- ► March (10)
- ► February (12)
- ► January (21)

► 2006 (68)
- ► December (11)
- ► November (12)
- ► October (21)
- ► September (22)
- ► March (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2005 (14)
- ► August (1)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (4)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (2)
- ► January (3)

► 2004 (21)
- ► December (4)
- ► November (1)
- ► October (3)
- ► September (3)
- ► August (4)
- ► July (5)
- ► May (1)

► 2003 (28)
- ► December (3)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (3)
- ► July (3)
- ► June (4)
- ► May (5)
- ► March (5)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2002 (13)
- ► December (2)
- ► November (11)

Watermark theme. Theme images by wingmar. Powered by Blogger.