Why Context Matters
Jun 05“The true life, the life eternal has been found – it is not merely promised, it is here, it is in you …. Everyone is the child of God …. As the child of God each man is the equal of every other man.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist “There is no God. … Yea, [...]
Equal Protection
Jan 19“Anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my sister.” — Alabama’s new governor, moments after his inauguration I seem to recall some Jewish guy expressing a somewhat different opinion. Alabama governors are famous for putting their feet in their mouths, [...]
The Pear Tree Code, Part 2
Jan 04The following letter appeared in today’s Opelika-Auburn News: To the Editor: I’m depressed to see Mary Belk (Dec. 29) repeating once again the internet myth that the song “Twelve Days of Christmas” originated as a coded way of transmitting Catholic doctrine. She and others have published this misinformation in your paper before, and I have [...]
Alabama Philosophical Events, Past and Future
Aug 29The schedule for next month’s Alabama Philosophical Society in Pensacola (which looks to be our biggest yet) is now online. Abstracts will be added later. (I had planned to present a paper on the extent to which the Problem of Good, i.e. of reconciling the existence of goodness with the universe’s having been created by [...]
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