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Brainstormin’: The Problem With Faith 17 Oct 2012 | 08:04 am
Brainstormin’: The Problem With Faith. The problem might be expressed this way: How can we gain the civilizing benefits of commitment without the de-civilizing costs of dogmatic tenacity? My friend ha...
Nothing 23 Sep 2012 | 12:55 am
There’s nothing in these wilds to hold me to this place, no path to lend a purpose to these endless vagaries. I know this for a fact of life, though the sparkle of the sun does cloud this truth a day ...
Raindrops 28 Aug 2012 | 11:25 pm
Nothing, somewhere, but raindrops falling A bright green patch of tended earth Marked by a sacred vow, now broken Shattered on this stony line of land and sea I stand apart, not sure which way to sway...
Getting healthy 24 Aug 2012 | 03:13 am
Since getting married, I’ve been putting on some weight. My BMI wasn’t bad since I’m a skinny guy, but I had a noticeable pooch in my belly, and I wasn’t able to wear some of my tighter fitting pants ...
Jessé de Forest 20 Aug 2012 | 10:09 am
TO JESSE DE FOREST HIS FAMILY AND HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS FROM WALLOON COUNTRY WHO, LOOKING FOR A NEW WORLD WHERE THEY COULD IN PEACE AFFIRM THEIR BELIEFS AND PRACTICE THE REFORMED RELIGION, CONTRIBUTED ...
Is God Love? 17 Aug 2012 | 11:13 am
I don’t know why, but it never occurred to me to consider an analysis of the claim that God is love (1 John 4:8,16) with the definition of love given by Paul (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) and the various beh...
More on Van Fraassen 15 Aug 2012 | 11:17 am
(This is a follow up to my previous post on Van Fraassen and Constructive Empiricism) I found an excellent article that laid out exactly what I found problematic about Van Fraassen’s observability cri...
Van Fraassen the Unbeliever 14 Aug 2012 | 10:06 am
(hat tip to one of my favorite Sci/Fi series for the title) Van Fraassen wants us to suspend believe in the unobservable entities postulated by scientific theory and instead hold merely to their succe...
The Matterhorn 9 Aug 2012 | 10:36 am
A jagged spire of dull grey granite Cuts a haphazard line across the sky Like a jutting knife of naked earth Alone in its somber brooding vigil It turns its face into the biting wind Daring the foolis...
Darkness 6 Aug 2012 | 01:05 pm
Take this heart away Do not linger for my sake Darkness takes its place
