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 […]
Category: Philosophy
Want and Fear
What I think is strange is the relationship between want and fear. A fear is a realized negative future reality. A want is very similar. It’s realizing a positive future reality, and preferring it to […]
Counterfactuals and the Principle of Explosion
A counterfactual is a fact that follows a false hypothetical. For instance, if I never was born, I would never have owned a truck. The argument follows, but is based on a false premise. It’s […]

The Karate Kid Phenomenon
I recently saw a portion of the Karate Kid on TV, and I couldn’t help but think: I don’t remember all of these people being so young. Last time I saw this, I looked up […]

Today is
Tomorrow isn’t. The more I think about it, that is the biggest lie that people seem to live by. That the fact that all of the days of their existence somehow promises them another day. […]

Choose Your Induction
Read the comfort zone first. My wife and I just finished watching The Pharmacist on Netflix, which I highly recommend. It got me thinking about addiction. With comfort in mind, what is the difference between […]

Ending the Comfort Zone
We all have a comfort zone. There are certain things that we prefer. And other things that we prefer not to do. And some things we’ve never done. Things inside the comfort zone are obviously […]

Finding Gratitude
To find gratitude, I think it’s helpful to imagine things not existing. Instead of saying that I don’t like these qualities about my house or my wife or my life, why not instead imagine those […]

Animals Don’t Kill Themselves
Animals do not commit suicide. This is generally accepted as true, although there are a handful of examples of it. I’m not trying to prove the exceptions. Only the rules. They are not capable of […]

Déjà vu: The Divine Breadcrumb
The thought is, I’ve been here before. It’s like you are living in a memory. To say I dreamed it, says nothing about how the future entered your mind. For this to be valid, one […]