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Bradley W. Newman "causticswan78" (North Garden, VA USA)
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Answers to My Questions, Mar 6 2004
"How to Argue with an Atheist" by Michael Hinz, non-fiction. Only 120 pages, this small book is crammed with valuable information for minds like mine. I was raised a Catholic, in a Catholic family, and through my adolescent years was supported on the grounds of faith, and faith alone. Catholics are taught not to question God, not to dwelve into the Bible too deeply, and above all, the way to understanding is through faith. Being curious, and thirsty for answers this is not the coat that I prefere to wear for warmth. Michael Hinz stands up to the conclusion of faith, and waves a flag in the face of those who seek no further. He shows us time and again that God is more rational a choice then nonbelief. That we can fend off arguments from those who seek to undermine our beliefs for sheer joy of spreading their misery. It's a game to win an argument, and place doubt in your opppnent. Yet Hinz doesn't only offer evidence to merit good, rational opposition to an argument, he also opens the door to view our own faith, and answers to our own questions. "Few subjects arouse such passions as does the question of God's existence". Go past the comforts of society and seek your answers.
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The News About the Business of News, Nov 11 2003
I am generally disgusted with the way that news is reported in today's news market. "The News About the News" touched several good points as to why most of our society feels this disturbed rejection to the papers that are thrown on our porches each morning. Written by two editors from the acclaimed Washington Post, both with almost fourty years of journalistic experience, this is no attempt by a green author to turn an old argument into a paycheck. Yet, although their approach to explaining their viewpoints on the decline of investigative reporting, and good public service was informative - the news about their profession was never conclusive. Not one point was made which outright stated what should be done with a declining audience in today's market. The last few points were along the lines of a transition into the age of new technology, and what the impending effect would have on how news is handled. There were some great points made in reference to huge corporations mishandling the news that we view, in order to make a better profit for their stockholders... but these points and the handful of others could have been made in less pages. Instead, the spin cycle of reapeated premises and dry view points wore on again and again till the last sentence. What does the public want? An answer, and a better journalistic approach to todays news in foreign, domestic and investigative reporting. Yet as was discussed in the book we aren't going to see this until the business of the news comes out of the clouds from making profits and floats back into the reality of public service.
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