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Blog & podcast working toward loving God with everything that makes us human.

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2025-04-13 17:55:13

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #13 - The Ontological Argument (Pt. 1) https://buff.ly/TWYS56Z #Christianity #philosophy #apologetics #OntologicalArgument
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2025-04-09 22:43:03

Is Philosophy Relevant Ryno Femor with Dr Richard G Howe https://buff.ly/nV2tmUX #Christianity #philosophy #culture
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2025-04-07 22:43:03

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #12 - The Argument from the Origin of the Idea of God https://buff.ly/FxnWACO #Christianity #philosophy #God #apologetics
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2025-04-02 22:43:04

Biblical Law and Abortion - The American Vision https://buff.ly/3Ebj39g #culture #abortion #infanticide #ethics #Bible #Christianity
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2025-04-01 22:43:02

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #11 - The Argument from Truth https://buff.ly/9tcHDXC #Christianity #theism #philosophy #apologetics
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2025-03-28 19:34:03

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #10 - An Argument from Consciousness https://buff.ly/EuZmq2v #Christianity #theism #philosophy #consciousness #apologetics
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2025-03-17 16:44:03

The Future of the Tradition of Liberty https://buff.ly/x6OP2fT #philosophy #freedom #liberty #culture #politics
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2025-03-14 16:44:03

The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson https://buff.ly/eHyKRF9 #history #FoundingFathers #ThomasJefferson #constitution #philosophy
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2025-03-07 21:20:02

Debate Video: Christianity OR Secular Ethics, Which Is Better for Society? - Lawrence Krauss VS Mike Jones https://buff.ly/F502ZyN #Christianity #secularism #ethics #morality #debate
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2025-02-15 21:20:03

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #4 - The Argument from Degrees of Perfection https://buff.ly/3WZiYKD #Christianity #theology #philosophy #apologetics
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2025-02-14 21:20:05

50 Years Studying Philosophy: Magnum Opus by William Lane Craig https://buff.ly/40XcrBb #Christianity #philosophy #scholarship
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2025-02-06 21:20:03

Reassessing Aquinas’s Second Way: The Relevance of Efficient Causality in Philosophy and Contemporary Science https://buff.ly/4hnnwma #Christianity #philosophy #theology #causality #science #Aquinas
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2025-02-05 21:20:02

Book Preview - Clear Thinking in a Messy World: A Christian Guide to Logic, Reason, and Cognitive Bias by Kenneth R. Samples and Mark Perez https://buff.ly/4aJqj6t #philosophy #thinking #Christianity
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2025-02-04 17:55:04

Revisiting Aquinas’s Fifth Way: The Enduring Relevance of Teleological Arguments in Philosophy and Science https://buff.ly/4hrutm7 #Christianity #philosophy #Aquinas #theology #apologetics
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2025-01-31 17:55:02

20 Arguments for God's Existence: Argument #2 - The Argument from Efficient Causality https://buff.ly/40ERevA #Christianity #theism #philosophy #apologetics #causality
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2025-01-24 16:44:03

Are Moral Truths Simply Brute Facts About the Universe? | Cold Case Christianity https://buff.ly/40JCJbl #Christianity #morality #theology #philosophy #apologetics #evidence
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2024-12-22 16:44:02

Video - God is Self-Existent by Dr. William Lane Craig https://buff.ly/4gl4NHt #Christianity #God #philosophy #theology #apologetics
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2024-12-15 17:55:03

5 Best Books on The Problem of EVIL https://buff.ly/4gczXAE #Christianity #God #evil #culture #philosophy #apologetics #books
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2024-11-18 21:20:03

Can Christians Become Divine? A Surprising Doctrine Returns (w/ Paul… https://buff.ly/3Z6VXXy #Christianity #theology #philosophy #apologetics
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2024-11-18 20:59:02

Does the Bible seem to condone slavery? Check it out: God, the Bible, and Slavery https://buff.ly/4aL6TxD #Christianity #God #Bible #ethics #slavery #history
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2024-11-14 19:34:03

Podcast - Is IVF Morally Permissible? A Dialogue https://buff.ly/3CyUoZo #IVF #ethics #morality #prolife
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2024-11-01 19:34:03

Is IVF a Problem If You're Pro Life? A Clarifying Debate. https://buff.ly/3At0xWn #worldview #IVF #ProLife #reproduction #ethics
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2024-10-31 16:44:03

Article - Seven Reasons Why Moral Apologetics Points to Christianity by David Baggett https://buff.ly/4fobO9y #theism #morality #philosophy #apologetics
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2024-10-29 17:55:02

JP Moreland's Web » A Pivot in my approach to Sickness and Suffering https://buff.ly/40lYjml #Christianity #faith #suffering #theology #philosophy
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2024-10-25 16:44:03

Why An Atheist Philosophy Professor Found God https://buff.ly/3NJ0Orb #Christianity #philosophy #apologetics
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2024-10-17 22:43:02

You Need to Understand the Notion of Entailment | Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast https://buff.ly/4eLav4j #Christianity #faith #philosophy #apologetics #theology
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2024-10-09 22:43:03

Boy Swept Away by Floodwaters: Why Didn’t God Save Him? | with Dr. Clay Jones and Dan Hodges https://buff.ly/3Ng8G3j #ProblemOfEvil #philosophy #God #suffering #theodicy
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2024-09-30 16:44:03

Borrowed Moral Capital - The American Vision https://buff.ly/4djpz81 #morality #theism #philosophy #apologetics
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2024-09-27 21:20:03

Three Bad Arguments for Euthanasia https://buff.ly/47Hagog #euthanasia #ethics #philosophy
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2024-09-26 22:43:04

Key Tenets of Marxism VS America’s Philosophical Foundations https://buff.ly/3XI2INH #marxism #philosophy #culture #economics #government
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2024-09-26 21:20:03

Believing Is Seeing https://buff.ly/3TH49us #plato #philosophy #Christianity
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2024-09-26 17:07:40

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That is likely to be true for many people. I agree that many people tend to just go along with the prevailing sense of the people with whom they surround themselves. But, the syllogism, as I've articulated, is clear and concise.

2024-09-25 17:54:32

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I don't know how to make it more clear. What I just gave you is the most clear summary of my position as it is possible to provide. The trolley problem actually introduces more complexity to the issue, not more clarification. What is more clear than those two premises and the conclusion?

2024-09-25 14:46:31

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I'm not sure I understand the relevance again. To state my position as clearly as I can, which is the prevailing logic of the pro-life position, it comes down to two premises and a conclusion: 1. It is wrong to intentionally kill and innocent human being. 2. Abortion intentionally kills and innocent human being. 3. Therefore, abortion is wrong. Which part of that argument would you disagree with?

2024-09-24 22:07:17

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I guess I don't see the relevance of the trolley problem because it's not analogous to the abortion issue. What it comes down to, from what I can see is, what is the unborn. You said it's not human and is just a part of the mother, but that claim seems to be refuted by all available science. So I don't get how you hold that position when all the evidence points to the contrary.

2024-09-24 20:52:25

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I'm not really side-stepping it. I just am trying to address some other foundational things before addressing that issue. Besides, I've never really felt like that trolley problem is a good analogy.

2024-09-24 19:24:16

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I can appreciate that. So, I stand with my statement...killing another human being is an action that is only acceptable with proper justification. I have never heard of anything to justify killing an unborn child.

2024-09-24 19:23:00

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What kind of life? If it is part of the mother's body, I assume that it has her DNA at that point?

2024-09-24 18:59:51

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I've never said that it was always wrong to kill another human being. As I stated, it is wrong to intentionally kill and innocent human being. There are times when killing a human being is justified, but that justification needs to be shown.

2024-09-24 18:58:38

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If the fetus is not a human being, what is it?

2024-09-24 15:11:01

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There is a pretty significant difference between using drugs which harm ones self vs. abortion which kills another human being. I'm not sure why these two things would be morally equivalent.

2024-09-24 14:53:52

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I don't see how that is relevant. How does that refute the fact that it is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being? What part of that is dependent on the ability of that human to survive on its own?

2024-09-23 22:24:09

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Interesting that you don't hold a position about what happens to the other body involved in this. That one you're OK with being killed. I'm not sure that's what I would call "consistent."

2024-09-23 19:48:13

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Again, I'm not sure of the reference. What right wing conservative is blocking people from getting abortions and then getting them for their own daughter?

2024-09-23 19:43:24

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Well, since my position is that:
1. It's wrong to intentionally take the life of an innocent human being and,
2. Abortion intentionally takes the life of an innocent human being,
I'm not sure making it affordable is a great idea.

2024-09-23 17:55:30

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Again...I'm not sure what you're referring to. I'm unaware of this being an issue of cost. Are there places where abortion services are priced out of the average person's reach?

2024-09-20 20:09:33

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I agree that people on both sides have a tendency to demonize each other. However, you mention abortion bans as an "unintended consequence." Where is abortion banned? I'm not familiar with anywhere that abortion is banned.

2024-09-20 14:22:47

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I can agree that the media needs to be more aggressive, but the aggressiveness they DO have is extremely lopsided. They misquote the Right, take statements completely out of context, and argue with them in interviews. For the Left, they ask softball questions and hardly ever follow up when they actually ask a good question and it is left unanswered. I just want them to be fair and treat both sides the same.

2024-09-19 21:18:20

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My issue is not that the media is adversarial to the Right...it's that they are not, even a little, adversarial to the Left. The job of the media should be to find and point out any corruption and get to the truth, no matter what side of the aisle someone is on. I see a lot more truth on the Right-wing media than MSM. The right-wing media is held to a much higher standard for making sure that they have sufficient evidence to make claims. I just want them to report truth.

2024-09-19 20:58:03

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I still don't get how that refutes the idea that the legacy media is full of biased, dishonest hacks who don't report the whole truth and try to spin everything in a predetermined direction in order to misinform people.

2024-09-19 18:56:03

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Not certain of the relevance.

2024-09-19 18:55:15

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I've never said this was only on one side. But it seems to get reported in the media that ONLY Trump is using violent rhetoric. That is simply not true.

2024-09-19 18:53:53

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What speech has he talked about restricting?

2024-09-18 17:55:03

"Engaged in basic propaganda": JD Vance wrecks CNN's Dana Bash, leaves her a babbling mess https://buff.ly/3zjpVgU #propaganda #LeftWingMedia #lies #corruption
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2024-09-17 19:14:31

Trump Team Brings Receipts: Highlights 50+ Times Dems, Media Used Extreme Rhetoric About Trump https://buff.ly/3Xxj3Ey #politics #election2024 #rhetoric #gaslighting
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2024-09-16 18:58:35

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Have I said anything about censoring speech with which I disagree?

2024-09-15 17:55:03

JD Vance Blasts Kamala For Anti-Free Speech Stance: “She's the candidate of shutting Americans up” https://buff.ly/47qaFLD #Kamaliar #censorship #culture #Marxism
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2024-09-13 19:34:02

Video: Modern Cosmology and the Existence of God with Hugh Ross and William Lane Craig https://buff.ly/4e4Mkhe #cosmology #physics #science #philosophy #apologetics
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2024-09-10 17:55:04

How Philosophy Helps Theology & Apologetics | with Dr. Richard Howe https://buff.ly/3ZjpQ7s #Christianity #faith #philosophy #apologetics
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