“I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; and consequently assumed that it had none, and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption. The philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned exclusively with a problem in pure metaphysics. He is also concerned […]
Eternal Paradise or Hell? How and Why Both Choices are Freely Made Read More »
Long ago there lived by the banks of the Great River on the edge of Wilderland a clever-handed and quiet-footed little people, said Gandalf to Frodo, “I guess they were of hobbit-kind (and) the most inquisitous and curious-minded (of them all) was… Sméagol.” (The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, p.65) Sméagol was intensely interested in power, so in
America’s Spiritually Desolate, Nihilist Ruling Oligarchy Read More »
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27, KJB “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Mark 12:30, ESV “The
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Is the world we live in a computer simulation in the minds of Robotic Overlords who are using humanity as playthings? This is the “scientific” theory put forward by a number of physicists and Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom. (1) Bostrom is one of the founders of the World Transhumanist Association. Transhumanism is a blend
Citing recent polls, Dr. Peter Jones notes that most young people “have graded Christianity, and so far, the grades aren’t looking good.” Young believers do not want the name “Christian” because of “the baggage that accompanies the label.” The most ethical, humane movement in two thousand years of Western history is now covered in abject
Utopianism and Why Proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Word Became Flesh, is Offensive Read More »