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Category Archives: Philosophy
The beginning of the Universe, The Faith of Reason part 4
This is the fourth article I have written as part of an ongoing debate with Mr. Adrian Thysse on the reasonableness of Christian faith. Mr. Thysse raised some very potent objections to Christianity in his response to my first … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Bible, Christianity, Creationism, Culture, culture war, educational, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, Theology
Tagged Atheism, Bible, big bang, Christianity, Creationism, Evolution, Faith, faith of reason, Intelligent Design, reason, Religion
The Bible as Record not Cause, The Faith of Reason part 3
This is the third article I have written as part of an ongoing debate with Mr. Adrian Thysse on the reasonableness of Christian faith. Mr. Thysse raised some very potent objections to Christianity in his response to my first … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Bible, Christianity, Culture, culture war, educational, Faith, Philosophy, Religion, Theology
Tagged Atheism, Bible, Christianity, epistimology, Faith, faith of reason, reason, Religion, Truth
Condemnation in the Bible, The Faith of Reason part 2
This is the second article I have written as part of an ongoing debate with Mr. Adrian Thysse on the reasonableness of Christian faith. Mr. Thysse raised some very potent objections to Christianity in his response to my first article. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Culture, culture war, educational, Faith, Philosophy, Religion, Theology
Tagged Atheism, Bible, burden or guilt, Christianity, Faith, faith of reason, reason, Religion
The Faith of Reason
A colleague of mine in the blogging world, Adrian Thysse commented on my last article, The Fifty-First Psalm in English Verse. His comment brought up some interesting and very important questions facing the world today. These questions are some of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Creationism, Culture, culture war, Current News, educational, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Islam, Philosophy, psalms, Religion, Science
Tagged apologetics, Christianity, creation, culture war, Evolution, Faith, ID, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, rationality, reason, Religion, Science
Pseudo-Polite Conversation
“Never mention politics or religion, in polite conversation.” It’s a common phrase and you heard it many times. It is also one of the most destructive ideas of Western civilization. Think about it for a minute, is there anything more … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, culture war, Education, educational, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Rhetoric, Trends
Tagged conversation, Culture, Debate, Politics, Religion, worldview
John Locke, The Philosophers of LOST, Part 2
This is the second article in my series on the philosophers of the ABC hit series, LOST. As promised, it is on John Locke. As most of you already know, John Locke is the name of a character on LOST, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, educational, Entertainment, LOST, Philosophy
Tagged empiricism, john locke, LOST, philosopher, social contract
Jeremy Bentham, The Philosophers of LOST, Part 1
ABC’s hit sci-fi mystery series LOST, has many characters who are named after famous philosophers and intellectuals of the past. There has been a lot of speculation about the meaning of the characters names and their relationships to their namesakes. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Entertainment, Ethics, LOST, Philosophy, Trends
Tagged jeremy bentham, john locke, LOST, lost names, lost theories, philosopher, utilitarianism
Translations of the Bible, and Why We Should All Learn Greek
Another debate that has been going for some time along similar lines, is what is the best English translation of the Bible. I have no sympathy of opinion with the King James only camp. This is a ludicrous and logically … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Culture, Faith, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Trends
Tagged aramaic, Bible, greek, hebrew, koine, latin, new testament, old testament, source language, syriac, translations
Titles for Christians, Humanists, christians, and humanists…
“While some humanists embrace calling themselves secular humanists, others prefer the term Humanist, capitalized and without any qualifying adjective. The terms secular humanism and Humanism overlap, but have different connotations. The term secular humanism emphasizes a non-religious focus, whereas … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Faith, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric, Trends
Tagged Christianity, cultural christian, humanism, secular humanism
Blinking Your Way Through Life
I recently heard an episode of “Culture Shock” on the BBC in which they were interviewing a Professor Gerd Gigerenzer (I’m not making that up) about his ideas on so called, intuition. His latest book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of … Continue reading
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