Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Reviling Our Parents
Fr. David Hudson sent this along for posting. By Fr. David Hudson Here’s another convert priest piping up, whether “in season or out of season”. Assuming that my right to speak is limited, please allow me address myself only to other convert priests. As a Protestant Evangelical, rooted in the Bible, I learned that God…
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Has anyone here figured out how to manage their email?
I get swamped by my email. I used the GTD system (projects/tasks etc.) and manage to keep things organized for the most part, but the sheer volume of email makes it hard to keep up. Anyone have the same problem? Do you have a system that lets you keep on top of it?
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Science Must Destroy Religion
A reader sent me a link from this article published on the Huffington Post. The author is hostile towards religion (Huffington Post writers tend to be) but it is an interesting read nevertheless. Positing science versus religion is a false dichtomy of course since it really draws from the conflict between the philosophical materialism of…
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Thomas Sowell: Arrogance costly for Iowa judges
The removal of the Iowa judges by Iowa voters for overturning the voters’ plebiscite on gay marriage is an important shift in electoral attitudes. Here Thomas Sowell, one of America’s clearest social commentators, makes the case. Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public servants” who act…
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Debate: What is the source of human morality?
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