The Boston Review has a great article up about Brazil’s new policy to require high school students to learn philosophy. From my experience, some people would look at this and think, “What a waste of time.” It wasn’t even that long ago that Stephen Hawking ignorantly stated that “philosophy is dead” (apparently unaware that such … Continue reading
(This is a rough draft of a concept and defense I’ve been working on. I hope to turn this into a full article at some point. I post it here for feedback.) Though modern humanists have attempted to cast doubt both on God’s goodness and whether or not His goodness begets an ethical ought, one … Continue reading
A fair warning to all who read this article: If you aren’t up to date on AMC’s The Walking Dead, then be forewarned that there are spoilers in this article. In fact, the entire article is one giant spoiler for Season 2 (up to this point at least). For those who aren’t familiar with the … Continue reading
This is part of a larger paper that I am writing and working on. Law’s “Evil-God Challenge” is simply a section in the paper. In coming across Law’s “Evil-God” challenge, I’ve seen numerous Christian philosophers offer up an explanation to how we can know God is good (such as Edward Feser). While all make good points, I think … Continue reading
Some months ago I wrote a series of posts critiquing the Reformed doctrine of total depravity. As a result, I was promptly accused, by some readers, of being a Pelagian. It was then that I realized that I had made a rather notable mistake: I had failed to expound upon what I believed with regards … Continue reading
“The problem I have here is not what ought to succeed mankind in the sequence of species ( — the human being is a conclusion — ): but what type of human being one ought to breed, ought to will, as more valuable, more worthy of life, more certain of the future. This more valuable … Continue reading
Recently, Christian Watershed author Joel Borofsky published an article on ViewsHound.com dealing with the supposed complexity of the abortion debate. Follow this link to the article: The Abortion Issue isn’t that Complicated.
This is part two of a new series–to read the introduction click here. “What is good? — All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. What is bad? — All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? — The feeling that power increases — that a resistance is … Continue reading
In the forward to his attack on Christianity, The Anti-Christ, Fredrick Nietzsche wrote the following: “This book belongs to the very few. Perhaps none of them is even living yet. Possibly they are the readers who understand my Zarathustra: how could I confound myself with those for whom there are ears listening today? — Only … Continue reading
A while back I mentioned that I no longer support the intelligent design theory (ID). Most of my reasons are simply philosophical (though there are scientific errors within the theory, scientific errors can always be fixed whereas philosophical errors can sometimes require the ejection of an entire system of thinking). One of the biggest ones, … Continue reading
