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Miscellaneous by David DempseyJan 7, 20215:33 pmJanuary 7, 2021

Let Light In

People who lose an eye have certain psychological ramifications, and I wanted to see if any of my previous research could shed any light on these victims. Perhaps, a new course of treatment could help […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyDec 4, 20207:38 pmDecember 4, 2020

The Main Justification

is memory. If experience is evidence, the main source of justification of these past events is our memory. Memory is a record of true propositions. It can be reliable, or not. But to remember something […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyDec 4, 20202:34 amDecember 4, 2020

Love is kind

I think I missed the mark on my post about Quantifying Character. In that post, I essentially rank actions as positive or negative, with having inaction labeled as zero. But I don’t think that’s quite […]

Religion by David DempseyNov 27, 202010:28 pmNovember 27, 2020

Now and Forever

You hear these words throughout the Bible. And all this time I thought it was just a catchy salutation. But it’s much deeper than that.  Since we know that the present moment is all that […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyNov 11, 20206:06 pmNovember 11, 2020

Flipping Hitchen’s Razor

Hitchens’s razor is an epistemological razor expressed by writer Christopher Hitchens. It says that the burden of proof regarding the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim; if this burden is […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyNov 10, 20208:30 pmNovember 10, 2020

Experience is Evidence

And evidence is justification. And justification is what makes belief knowledge.  We’ve already discussed how knowledge is justified true belief. But most of our human experience is justified only by our senses. This is knowledge. […]

Apologetics by David DempseySep 20, 20202:15 amSeptember 20, 2020

Why is God good?

If you accept the Bible as true, this is a natural conclusion. But do we need the Bible deduce this? I don’t think so. In theism, we accept that God is the first, uncaused cause. […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyAug 31, 20203:52 pmAugust 31, 2020

Sin means Free

Sin is proof we have free will. If we didn’t have free will there would be no fall in Eden, no rebellion in heaven,  no need for Jesus. If there was no free will, there […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyAug 19, 20204:39 pmAugust 19, 2020

To matt

So one of the most popular atheists on the planet responded to my email. Maybe you’ve heard of Matt Dillahunty. Regardless, I pitched my We Are The Evidence argument for Christianity. Here’s his response:  Your […]

Miscellaneous by David DempseyAug 11, 20207:11 pm
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C-theory of Time

If time exists inside our universe, and passes as it appears to pass, A-theory of time is true.  If a reality exists outside of spacetime, time is only an illusion. From this perspective, our past, […]

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