On the Claim that “Everything Happens for a Reason”
Here’s the thing: I certainly get why “Everything happens for a reason” can be irritating to suffering people when it is meant (or taken to mean) “God is doing shit
Here’s the thing: I certainly get why “Everything happens for a reason” can be irritating to suffering people when it is meant (or taken to mean) “God is doing shit
One of the interesting factoids about fossils is that the black stuff you see in prints like this: …is the carbon residue from the body of the organism itself. It’s
One important part of the Writing Process is the “The heck with it! I’m taking a long walk!” phase. Some days your brain is in vapor lock and you cannot
Yesterday we talked a bit about Paul in the context of first century culture and mores. What stands in the background of all such discussions is a fundamental difference I
Here’s a gorgeous wonder: I have never had sufficient faith to be an atheist. I think it takes titanic amounts of faith and will power to look at this world
On Friday, we took a look at an attempted reply to my dissection of yet another “We have to focus on abortion and not listen to the rest of the
One of the things that can instantly raise the hackles of post-moderns is the suggestion that critical thinking is anything other than an unalloyed good. The assumption which lies behind
Last week, I ran a post on the weirdness of appealing to super-duper superior Eucharistic piety while advocating pure selfishness and calling those who are not as selfish as the
Item: Fun fact: Texas has half the population of Italy and twice the land. Unlike Italy, however, it has American health care and, above all, a GOP leadership of nihilist
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