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Sphere Eversion, Free Will & Infinite Powers

Can a sphere be turned inside out, such that the outside becomes the inside, and vice versa, without creasing or tearing or poking a hole in the sphere? Obviously not.…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Celestial Bodies Don’t Control Our Will

Previous post. Celestial bodies don’t control our intellects or wills; though they may control our bodies. Well, the moon’s gravitation, for instance, does do something to us. THAT THE CELESTIAL…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Heavens Do Not Control All

Previous post. It’s not so much of a live question these days of astrological forces. Nevertheless, it used to be, and these arguments are of interest because of it. THAT…

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Of Course “Being” A Homosexual Is A Sin

Being a homosexual, it it means anything, means embracing a certain style of behavior, dress, mindset and mannerisms. Most dress and mannerisms are not sins, but some mindsets and many…

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The Myth Of Physicalism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

Physicalism is an extreme form of materialism that says that only physical entities exist. This differs from more moderate forms of materialism like property dualism or emergentism where immaterial...

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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Stars Don’t Make Our Choices

Previous post. There is no point to reading your horoscope. THAT THE MOTION OF A CELESTIAL BODY IS NOT THE CAUSE OF OUR ACTS OF CHOICE BY THE POWER OF…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Physics Cannot Show Our Wills Are Not Free

Previous post. Here’s proof of the ultimate limitation of science. The will can be moved by physics (if you like) but only by violence. THAT SEPARATE CREATED SUBSTANCES CANNOT BE…

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How Can Any Religion Have A Monopoly On Truth?

Soak this up (emphasis original): By the time she turned up in New York, [Justina Walford’s] faith had long since unraveled, a casualty of overseas travel that made her question…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Both God And You Can Move Your Will

Previous post. God is still in charge. THAT THE MOVEMENT OF THE WILL IS CAUSED BY GOD AND NOT ONLY THE POWER OF THE WILL 1 Some people, as a…

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If Nothing Is Something, A Universe Can Come From Nothing

Somebody asked a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator over at Forbes “Can We Really Get A Universe From Nothing?” The biggest question that we’re even capable of asking, with…

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Darwinian Delusions Discussed Discursively

Let’s watch this: Round table with Stephen Meyer, David Berlinski, and David Gelernter. The occasion was Gelernter’s review of Meyer’s and Berlinski’s anti-Darwin book in Claremont Review “Given up...

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Free Will Is Still Subject To God

Previous post. God can bend the will. Why not? How He does so, is not given here. THAT HUMAN ACTS OF CHOICE AND OF WILL ARE SUBJECT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Events And Higher Causes

Previous post. There just is no avoiding God’s control—of everything. In what sense that means, read on! HOW HUMAN EVENTS MAY BE TRACED BACK TO HIGHER CAUSES 1 From the…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: What It Means To Speak Of Fortune

Previous post. If it weren’t for bad luck, well, there’d be no idea of luck. HOW A PERSON IS FAVORED BY FORTUNE AND HOW MAN IS ASSISTED BY HIGHER CAUSES…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: What Fate Is

Previous post. About the difference between fate and superstitious versions of astrology, see the last argument. It is best not to speak of fate. ON FATE: WHETHER AND WHAT IT…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: On Divine Providence

Previous post. We’ll let our good saint provide the summary: either providence cannot be certain or else all things happen by necessity. This is an extremely important article. Take it…

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Researcher In AI Responds To Criticisms

I received this thoughtful, and may I say highly accurate, email from reader EN, which I include in full below. I removed the age and name to protect EN’s identity.…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Prayer Works, Even When God Knows All

Previous post. You can’t get from whatever will be, will be, to the inefficacy of human action. THAT THE IMMUTABILITY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPRESS THE VALUE OF PRAYER…

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Are Chance Or Randomness Real After All?

From reader Nick L comes this question (in which I hope I have properly rendered the Greek): I am still regularly enjoying your blog. I notice one of your consistent…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Prayers Are Granted

Previous post. Be careful what you “wish” for. THAT SOME PRAYERS ARE NOT GRANTED BY GOD 1 Now, it is not inappropriate if also, at times, the requests of some…

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