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Paradise Lost: The Problem with God Belief as Properly Basic
Christian philosopher William Lane Craig has written that one’s experience of God can be properly basic for the believer in the same way that, say, the hearing of a piece of music is properly basic for the hearer. It’s an experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Plantinga, apologetics, atheism, atheist, epistemology, God, innocence to experience, Jesus, philosophy, psychology, sensus divinitatis, william lane craig
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The Theist’s Hell vs. The Atheist’s Hell: Which is Worse for Children to Learn About?
Startling the mind of a child (or a vulnerable adult) with threats of hell is manipulative and, yes, even abusive. I see no sense in denying it. But there is a premise that underlies the condemnation of hell preaching that deserves scrutiny: … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, child abuse, existentialism, heaven or hell, hell, innocence to experience, Jesus, Nietzsche, the devil, William Blake
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Santi Tafarella’s Poem, “The Appearance of the Real”
. . . . . . . . Beneath a dormant tree in brown eggshell crisp leaves a child found a white branch with a red blossom. . The branch bent at its middle and the child, to hold … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, Blake, childhood, crows, innocence to experience, John Keats, life, poems, poetry, reductionism, Santi Tafarella
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“The Road”: Cormac McCarthy’s Version of Helen Reddy’s “You and Me Against the World”?
Slate recently reviewed the film version of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and reported that watching it is—how shall I put this politiely?—emotionally problematic: The Boy and Man on the road, nameless in the long-dead world. Their cart and tarp and tins … Continue reading
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Tagged cormac mccarthy, existentialism, fathers and sons, film, helen reddy, innocence to experience, life, love, movies, philosophy, the road, William Blake
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Family Circus Meets Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking. Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! A truly brilliant website where … Continue reading
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Tagged cartoons, comedy, family circus, Friedrich Nietzsche, innocence to experience, philosophy, Politics, psychology, religion, William Blake
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Two Children Killed at Treblinka
The image below was taken in the 1930s. Both of these children died at Treblinka. For details on their story, see the US Holocaust Museum photo archives here.
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From Romanticism to Decadent Romanticism—in Four Minutes!
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Tagged history, innocence to experience, literature, music, nirvana, philosophy, poetry, Politics, psychology, religion, William Blake, William Wordsworth
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“I must have been out of my f—ing mind.” Lisa Marie Presley on Her Marriage to Michael Jackson
Lisa Marie Presley turned forty in 2008. And at forty, things look different. Presley on her marriage to Michael Jackson: That was probably the biggest mistake of my life. I was really naive at the time. I was in la-la … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis Presley, innocence to experience, life, Lisa Marie Presley, Memphis, Michael Jackson, music, rock and roll, Santi Tafarella, William Blake
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