I am going to resurrect my old blog, called Let’s Bring Democracy to the USA. So, I will now try to confine my political commentary to that blog and stay more focused on theism vs. atheism, religion vs. secularism, faith vs. skepticism, and Christianity vs. humanism here at The Secular Frontier. Here is my first … Why are Americans so Freaking Stupid?

If you’re intellectually impatient like me, just start watching at 47:00 when they start to stretch out their hands to cast a magic spell. That the faith community is backing Trump is wonderful. If Trump loses, it will be a powerful argument for the futility of prayer. There are reasons hospitals don’t have faith-healer departments.

The most important point made in the debate between Biden and Trump back in June was this point made by President Joe Biden: Donald Trump was the worst president in the history of the United States. Biden provided two good reasons in support of this strong claim: 1. Presidential historians ranked Donald Trump as the worst president in the … The Worst President in the History of the United States

“In Leibniz’s sense, a ratio sufficiens, a sufficient reason, isn’t at all a ground capable of supporting a being so that it doesn’t straightaway fall into nothing. A sufficient reason is one that reaches and offers to beings that which puts them in the position of fulfilling their full essence, that is, perfectio. ” (Heidegger, … Philosophy and the Will

Previous Posts in this Series: (1/4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide (Part 2 of 4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide (Part 3/4, AFTERWORD) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (Part4/4 Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory … Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)?

It’s now more mainstream to acknowledge that the NT writers were rewriting OT scripture to flesh out the biography of Jesus, and so we have Mark create his crucifixion narrative out of Psalms and Isaiah since Paul doesn’t record any details. Matthew presents Jesus as the New and greater Moses. Spong had actually written about … (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed?

Trump is polling well with conservative Christians but is really trying to overcome the problem that conservative Christians often stay at home on election day.

FOR THE SHORT INDEX OF MY PHILOSOPHY POSTS, SEE: The Joy of Philosophy (Postscript and Poetry) For the Greeks, “Truth” was “Aletheia (un-hiding)” with the grammatical alpha privative (“A-letheia” = disclosing from hiddenness”). For example, in circumspection, a doctor deliberates about all the patient’s symptoms and possible causes and remedies until the doctor comes to … On the Essence of Hiding; or, Philosophical Truth

I’ve been talking about how Paul introduced the Lord’s Supper into the Jesus movement tradition as miming Jesus did alone in prison that represented a ritual meal for future Christians. The importance of Paul having this vision is it solidifies the idea that Jesus saw his own death as salvific and central to the religion. … (Part4/4 Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper

For the first post in this series, see HERE For the second post in this series, see HERE (Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed? Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)? The Next Quest For … (Part 3/4, AFTERWORD) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper