The Sins of Highly Effective People
(via https://www.facebook.com/scientistsforeu/posts/3030750643693591) Have you ever wondered why brilliant people can also hold some pretty bizarre beliefs? Part of the reason is the mis-idea of intelligence in general, for instance if someone is a brilliant painter they will also be a genius at sculpture. But, another reason is that creative people see the forest despite the … The Sins of Highly Effective People
Is Trump the Chosen One of God? Trump Thinks So!
Trump spent a manic Eastern posting in volume, but some posts getting the most attention are when Trump reposted the opinion that he was the special chosen one of God. For instance: See the Trump critiquing article by Ron Filipkowski HERE Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)
Prof. Philip Goff’s New Atheist Spirituality
Professor Philip Goff is one of the world’s leading proponents of a new theory that claims the universe itself is conscious and set the conditions for the emergence of intelligent life. Could people soon be praying to this godlike cosmos? SEE ARTICLE HERE Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)
“A Coordinated Effort to Destroy God” (Fox News)
Never missing an opportunity to blow things way out of proportion, Fox News has doubled down on their “celebrating transgenderism on Easter is an existential threat to God” narrative: Now, Easter basically plays musical chairs with what day it is going to fall on, March 31 being the day the transgender day of visibility has … “A Coordinated Effort to Destroy God” (Fox News)
Dr. Carlo Alvaro and Dr. Richard Carrier Debate the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Friend of Infidels Richard Carrier recently debated Carlo Alvaro on the Cosmological Argument. Alvaro apparently had a less than pleasing experience, claiming: If you are interested in the Cosmological argument, put simplistically you can think I had parents, and they had parents, and they had parents and so on until we get back to some … Dr. Carlo Alvaro and Dr. Richard Carrier Debate the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Did Biden Hijack Easter With Wokeness?
The complain and whine first, fact check later (if at all) conservative religious fundamentalists are in an uproar about Biden recognizing LGBTQ+ individuals on the Christian holy day of Easter this year. Has Biden become wokeness incarnate? Well, no, March 31st is Transgender Day of Visibility every year, and it is Easter that happens to … Did Biden Hijack Easter With Wokeness?
Happy Easter
Here’s something you may not know. In one of our earliest traditions on belief in the resurrection, Paul writes: Did you catch that? Paul says the resurrection was something done to Jesus, not something Jesus did. In other words, the early Christians who believed this thought God and Jesus were not the same person. Enjoy … Happy Easter
The Great Commandment
We read in Deuteronomy 6 that: “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the ordinances—that the Lord your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, 2 so that you and your children and your children’s children may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life … The Great Commandment
Jesus Pleading Our Case to God in Heaven?
That does seem to be what certain books of the New Testament claim. We read: The question is why does Jesus need to be in heaven perpetually interceding on our behalf if the cross was Jesus taking the death penalty we deserved and thereby reconciling us to God? This is an interesting question, and so … Jesus Pleading Our Case to God in Heaven?
Heidegger’s Hegelian Phenomenological Method (Part 2/2)
FOR PART 1 PLEASE SEE Heidegger’s Hegelian Phenomenological Method (Part 1/2) (3) Heidegger’s Hegelian Phenomenological Interpretation of Kant’s Ek-static Transcendental Idealism Kant’s critical philosophy was a major object of inquiry for Heidegger his entire career, from the early lecture course on Kant and Phenomenology and the Kant and metaphysics book of the late 1920’s, to … Heidegger’s Hegelian Phenomenological Method (Part 2/2)