Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tucson Tragedy
Peter Evans | January 10, 2011 | Peter and Helen Evans: On Politics and Prayer Everybody has something to say about the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, where a 22-year-old man killed six people and wounded at least twice as many more at a political event on Saturday. Among those he killed are a federal judge…
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![Interview with Frederica Mathewes-Green and Fr. Hans Jacobse [AUDIO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/frederica-here-and-now.png)
Interview with Frederica Mathewes-Green and Fr. Hans Jacobse [AUDIO]
After the debate in Maryland, Frederica and Fr. Gregory Mathewes-Green invited me to their home for breakfast on the way to the airport. It was the first time I met them. Frederica is a very gracious woman. She made a beautiful breakfast (homemade pancakes, I love pancakes, these were great), we had some great conversation,…
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Why A Chinese Buddhist Became an Orthodox Athonite Monk
HT: Msytagogy By Fr. Libyos On my last trip to Mount Athos I visited the Monastery of Simonopetra. It is a majestic monastery and the sky was fully blue. There I met a graceful novice monk from China. In truth, he surprised me by his presence. An Orthodox rason on a Chinese man? I was…
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![Bishop Suriel on the Attacks on the Coptic Orthodox in Egypt [VIDEO]](https://www.aoiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/coptic-persecution.png)
Bishop Suriel on the Attacks on the Coptic Orthodox in Egypt [VIDEO]
Outstanding! A Coptic Orthodox Bishop calls on all Christians everywhere to protest the injustice of Muslim persecution of Christians worldwide.
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Some Thoughts on Atheism
I wrote this as a comment below but it just might qualify as essay material so I have included it here as well. Darwinian evolution (a process of linear development) would not have been conceptually possible in the pagan world because the notion of linear time and thus progress, require Christian philosophical presuppositions. This notion…
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