Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
5/15/13 Update – This piece provides the full context of a quote which was attributed to me in the Houston Chronicle. Read this piece and my response to the article. Amanda Marcotte, host of the RH Reality Check podcast, recently authored a post titled “Atheism is Consistent with Feminism and Pro-Choice Positions.” In this post, […]
Another more sophisticated argument – although less sophisticated than presuppositional apologetics – I heard during my protest of the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania “Circle the Square with Prayer” event was that belief in God is justified because apostles and other first century martyrs were willing to die rather than renounce their belief in the resurrection of Jesus. […]
One of the more sophisticated (although flawed) arguments I had encountered during my protest of the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania “Circle the Square with Prayer” event commemorating the National Day of Prayer was an attempt to argue that God exists because God is the foundation for inductive reasoning and can be the only explanation justifying inductive reasoning. This […]
On May 2 of 2013 — following announcement and explanation of my intentions to attend — I protested “Circle the Square with Prayer” – an annual event held on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania presented by the National Day of Prayer Committee of NEPA in observance of the United States government recognized National Day of Prayer. Members from […]
A short interlude piece for this evening…expect more substantial pieces tomorrow evening. – JV — Earlier today, I attended a presentation concerning suicide in which a presenter said, “Suicide is not about dying. It’s about making the pain go away.” Is not the result of suicide, regardless of motivation, death? Does not, with death, pain […]
