Latest Articles in Philosophy
September 23, 2009
by Alex Waller
In Defense of Passion

Compassion and caring are the inevitable flip side of hate and anger.

September 16, 2009
by Alex Waller
The Church of Engineering

And then God turns away from me, back to His drafting table…

August 24, 2009
by Jon Stonger
Dogs, Pigs and Death

Why do we treat dogs and pigs so differently? The answer has to do with simple, mutual obligation.

August 18, 2009
by Alex Knapp
The Value of Knowledge

Why the best of things is to learn, even in the Information Age.

July 24, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Is Barack Obama An American Citizen?

Those who claim that Obama is a citizen rely too heavily on the metaphysical premise that reality is perceivable and knowable.

June 23, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Book Review: <i>Misquoting Jesus</i> by Bart Ehrman

Misquoting Jesus is a well-written, easy to read look at some of the problems caused by copyists and scribes in the distribution of the New Testament.

June 11, 2009
by Brian Knapp
The Gerrymandering Mind

The only way something is not the other is when we accept it in our borders.

June 9, 2009
by Jon Stonger
What if an Atheist saw an Angel?

It is not that the atheist demands evidence and the theist does not; it is that the kinds of acceptable evidence are different.

May 21, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Four - The Politics of Free Will

The last part of our Augustine/Pelagius showdown examines why the early Church took Augustine’s side.

May 14, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Three - The Nature of God and Evil

Part three of the Augustine/Pelagius grudge match discusses the metaphysical nature of God and the Problem of Evil.

April 29, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption

Part two of our Augustine/Pelagius smackdown discusses the theology of salvation and redemption.

April 21, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin

The first of a multi-part series explaining the fundamental theological differences between Augustine and Pelagius–and why Augustine won.

April 9, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Jesus Christ: A Heretical Appreciation

“The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads — they all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.”

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