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Ever Westward Under free and sapphire heaven, I was herding six or seven Herds of oxen through the wildland that my father claimed afore, And the icy wind of morning carried past a wingèd warning— Soaring

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Amen. Production—the period when the movie is filmed—began without me. It was a weekend morning, and I was asleep. The script hadn't been finalised.

"Hey guys, you wanna make a short film?" "Yeah, sure, that sounds cool." And that's how we got into it. By the way, that movie poster you see—I made it for this post. We never had a

On average, an American voter has a 1 in 60 million chance of his vote making a difference in a Presidential election. Chances are higher (about 1 in 10 million) in some states. Chances are probably higher

I was clicking the “random entry” button, going through pages, when I accidentally found this page: Snarks Why?

I first thought it was amazing, then I thought it was bad, but now I’m convinced it’s valid, sound, and slightly question-begging, though far from useless. We can put the modal ontological argument something

Stefan Molyneux, atheist and anarcho-capitalist (yet increasingly nationalist) host of Freedomain Radio, “the most popular philosophy show on the Internet,” wrote a book called Universally Preferable

Look around an you’ll see an ordered world. An ordered Universe. You’ll also see it tends towards disorder. Things fall apart. Stars die. Mind and external energy are required for the upkeep of things.

Good in general. The section on the martyrdom of the apostles is unique in a book like this, since it was Sean McDowell’s area of research for his PhD dissertation. I do have a few complaints, however.

I decided, for no particular reason, to do some debunking. Videos by CosmicSkeptic have popped up on my YouTube recommended a few times. From the thumbnails, he looked kind of condescending, so I figured

Just what is causation, and how does it work? In the classical world, causation was thought to be the result of one thing having some sort of causal power or energy. Later, it was thought that causation

In metaphysics, I’m what you call a realist. I don’t mean in the sense of realism vs antirealism, which is a question of the nature of truth and reality. I mean in the sense of realism vs nominalism. Realism

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As today’s is St. Patrick’s Day, I put together a few Baptist sources for the life of Patrick, Apostle to the Irish. Though he has been claimed as a Catholic missionary sent by the Pope, I do think the

Remember that theistic argument I came up with a little while ago? I made it a video. It’s not much. It’s a slideshow. The audio isn’t good. Anyway, here you go:

Take a look at this issue. Just look at it. Look, and think.

David Lipscomb Read or download the book here The contents of Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission and Destiny, and the Christian’s Relation to it were originally published as separate parts in the Gospel

Stefan Molyneux, well known anarcho-capitalist host of Freedomain Radio, is also an advocate of atheism. He’s the author of Against the Gods? A Concise Guide to Atheism and Agnosticism. I decided to write

I was reading Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. Here is his first argument for God: Effects have causes. The cause of a certain effect must contain the properties found in that effect, and must

The Philosophy Show with Ben & Thomas, Episode 1 Ben & Thomas try to solve the Liar Paradox (e.g. "This sentence is false,"), then discuss views on free will, including compatibilism