You know the old quandary. Can God make a stone so heavy that even He can’t lift it? Either God’s not powerful enough to do one thing, or He’s not powerful enough to do the other. I’ve heard it asked many times, but not by anyone who really expected an answer. So let me give […]
A sound argument has the following properties: The conclusion follows logically and necessarily from the premises. The premises are objectively true. The truth of each premise is discernible. In a philosophical argument, the truth of each premise need not be demonstrated to 100% certainty. In fact, no premise in human experience is shown to be […]
Consciously or not, we are all compelled to worship something in life. It is why we were built. It is woven into the fabric of our being. So choose wisely.
Loving someone is not about how you feel. It’s about what you do and what you don’t do.
It appears that Nature is playing a game. There is consistency to her moves, so we have faith (but no guarantee) that there are rules. To make matters worse, we don’t have a copy of the instruction manual. So, it becomes the scientist’s job to watch the game unfold and maybe interfere occasionally. By doing […]
The numinous breeze whispers subtle truths in a low, thunderous voice.
When people say that life or the universe is unfair, I think they are mistaken. The universe is not unfair. Saying so is just a lot of self pity for not getting what you want or think you deserve. Quite opposite to this, I believe the universe exhibits the hardest, sharpest, most devastating kind of […]