I read the other day that the common epistemological definition of knowledge is justified true belief. Let’s take a look at atheism through this definition. Atheism is a ‘lack of belief.’ Therefore if knowledge is […]
Author: David Dempsey
That Does It [Part I]
It’s impossible to argue with the data at this point. God exists. Not because I want him to. But because he just does. You probably haven’t heard yet. It will be released soon enough. A […]
The Journal
I wake up in a room, with no memory of how I got here. No memory of my past, or much anything else. All I know is what I see. I’m in what seems like […]
Paradox of the Heap and Ship of Theseus
How many straws do you have to remove from a bale of hay before it becomes something other than a bale of hay? At some point, you have a single straw. And after that, nothing. […]
Potential does not require action
I recently finished Aquinas by Ed Feser, and was introduced to some levels of metaphysics that I had never considered. As always, I tried to apply the concepts to my current struggles. My current fears […]
The Trolley Problem
Optional reading: Trolley Problem Wiki A trolley is hurtling down a track towards five people. You are on a bridge under which it will pass, and you can stop it by putting something very heavy […]
Subjective Standard Morality
Read this first. Morality is subjective, in a sense that we each have our own moral labels. Our own systems of right and wrong. We use our own standards based on what we believe is […]
Moral Cascade
In my work on the Fall, I’ve already gone into Eve’s unnecessary boundary around God’s command. And how this could have doomed her, Adam, and humankind. I want to take a closer look at this […]
Prepare for the Inevitable
The corona virus has taken over the fear of the world. It’s hard to go an hour without hearing something about it, or without taking an action with it in mind. In fact, the responsible […]
Realtime Perception
Georg Cantor was a brilliant mathematician, well ahead of his time. He proved that some infinities are larger than others. He showed that some infinities are countable, and some are not. Time is countable. The […]