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 […]
Refuting Eric
I was recently introduced to Eric in a r/DebateAChristian thread. Here’s how Eric is defined [on https://ericthegodeatingpenguin.com/]: God can’t exist because of Eric The God-Eating Magic Penguin. Since Eric is God-Eating by definition, he has no choice but […]
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 […]
Multiple Personality Theory
Let’s say that your life hinges on three events. These three major events shape your entire life. But what if your view of each event changed periodically. Whether it was good or bad. In hindsight, […]
The Biblical Hierarchy
In my model of the Trinity, God the Father is the head of Christ. I think there is Scripture to support it. And Christ is head of the Church. [Colossians 1:18] For the husband is […]
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 […]
Dragon In My Garage
Preliminary Reading: We Are The Evidence Carl Sagan equated the existence of God to the existence of a dragon living in someone’s garage. Instead of having Carl Sagan or someone else try to scientifically validate […]
The Laugh
I’ve already presented theories about crying, sneezing, but what about laughing? Why do we laugh? What makes things funny? In a typical joke, expectations are set in a certain line. The joke deviates from the […]
Justified True Belief
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 […]
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 […]