Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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AOI Observer up for two awards
Over at Eastern Christian New Media, AOI Observer has been nominated as best blog in two categories: 1) Best Church News Blog (Best blog at keeping up with current events and providing insightful commentary), and 2) Best Group Blog (Premier blog worked on by a group of people). Actually, a lot of good blogs got…
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Does a Good God Exist? A debate between Dr. William Dembski and Christopher Hitchens
Intelligent Design proponent William Dembski and famed atheist Christopher Hitchens disputed the existence of a benevolent God in a recent debate now posted on the website of Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas. Read full article.
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Patsourakos: Clergy Must Abide by America’s Tradition of Church-State Separation
George Patsourakos, occasional commentator on the AOI Observer, posted a commentary on his blog “Theology and Society” sure to elicit some strong responses. I agree with his overall conclusion (keep candidate endorsements away from the pulpit) but I disagree with his interpretation of the separation of church and state clause in the Constitution. What do…
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Wesley J. Smith: Peter Singer Says Full Moral Status Not Earned by Babies “Until After 2 Years”
Dostoevsky: When men stop believing in God, they will believe anything. I was alerted by Nat Hentoff about an assertion made by Peter Singer–as reported in the Catholic Eye–at a Princeton conference around the abortion question, in which he claims that human beings don’t possess full moral status until after the age of two. I…
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Nihilism as the end of atheism is a historical necessity
An idea I need to develop: The Gospel supplanted paganism in its various forms because through the preaching of it the Resurrected Christ is revealed, the One through whom death was destroyed, the One who broke the shackles of paganism — the prison of capricious fate and the cosmic despair that paganism was powerless to…
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