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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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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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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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“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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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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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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“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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