June 2020 News and Events
June 2020 News and Events
Author: Critical Links
Where Is God in All of This?
By Mark DeWolf A glaring omission in the flood of news reports and opinion pieces concerning the spread and deadliness of the COVID-19 virus is a probing examination of how religion plays into the current worldwide crisis. When such an important topic is nowhere discussed, one cannot help but wonder if such a discussion would…
Musings on the Impact of COVID-19 on Churches and Religiosity
By Doug Skeggs I happened to be in our back garden this past Sunday morning and heard bells ringing from one of the churches across the Muskrat River. It got me thinking about my neighbours and others in our community who typically attend church services every Sunday, and wondering how they’re doing. Attending church is…
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Supreme Court of Canada Declines to Hear Appeal to Suspend Quebec’s “Secularism” Law
By Leslie Rosenblood Secularism has several definitions, and confusion can result if people do not have a common understanding of how it is being used. CFIC supports political secularism, defined as government neutrality in matters of religion; that is, the state should neither support nor suppress religious expression. Quebec’s Bill 21, regrettably generally referred to as its…
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Complex Problems Tend to Have Complex Solutions: Why We Need Scientific Thinking About COVID-19
By Zack Dumont In a past edition of Critical Links we talked about the value of using a common research tool — PICO — to help critically app raise science news. With this tool, a reader can think skeptically/critically about the following: P – Was this a patient/population of interest? Who is included? Who is excluded? Who will this study…