Monthly Archives: November 2006
Interesting Validation
First of all, let me say that I now despise these stupid keyboards with the “sleep” key. Especially since my computer, when it goes to sleep, never wakes [..]
Saying Too Much
“He’s [Jim Webb] not a typical politician. He really has deep convictions,” said Schumer, who headed the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm. (source). Yes, Virginia, Schumer has admitted that the [..]
The Tortoise and Achilles
Lewis Carroll wrote a dialogue called “What the Tortoise Said to Achilles.” I first saw mention of this when I read Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. [..]
Infant Baptism Debate
The infant baptism debate between James White (Reformed Baptist) and Bill Shishko (OPC) is now available for free download! This is one of the few issues I disagree with White [..]
The Induction Problem
I’m continuing to read James F. Harris’s Against Relativism. One of the interesting things about this book is that Harris looks at several relativistic philosophers and critiques them [..]
Back (More Or Less) And With a Clarification
Thanksgiving is a great holiday, but one that throws off my schedule in a myriad number of ways! Before the holiday, I spoke with a co-worker about my [..]
Ecumenicalism and Free Will
I finally have a moment to explain the background to my previous post on Freedom while I have a moment at lunch! (That’s right, we’re working overtime again…unfortunately, [..]
Science As Philosophy
I’m reading through Against Relativism: A Philosophical Defense of Method by James F. Harris. It’s rather interesting because Harris is a secular author and considers himself a champion [..]
The Dawkins Delusion
My father forwarded me this link to an article reposted on Richard Dawkins’ website. (The original article can be found here (original link: http://www.freechurch.org/issues/2006/nov06.htm), as well as a [..]
Freedom
I had a discussion yesterday (more on that on a later post) with a person leaning semi-Pelagian (aka: Arminian) on the question of why God created the world. His [..]