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Do questions about the meaning of life, purpose, and morality even make sense?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brian Wood Jul 13, 2011. 1 Reply

People often ask questions about the "meaning of life" or the "purpose of life". But such questions are often asked carelessly, without clearly defining the relevant terms beforehand. I am beginning…Continue

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To enlighten the masses and arm them with convincing arguments for a naturalist view of the world.
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Exploring the vast plethora of different belief systems within Christianity and attempting to justify my own (Calvinism) inevitably led to the realization that all denominations were essentially both right and wrong. Certain parts of the Bible clearly supported a certain doctrine and other parts of the Bible clearly supported doctrines in opposition to that. This is why there is no such thing as “The Christianity” but rather “The Christianities” so to speak. Without a solid foundation for a consistent belief system I soon realized how absurd it was to believe in a God who has a message to convey to mankind. Philosophy and science have since made me into an intellectually fulfilled non-believer.

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Recapitulations and Reconsiderations: What It's Like To Blog As A College Student

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 10:30am 0 Comments

I have deleted all of my blog posts--again. I did that because I thought they were all extremely deficient in some manner. If they were not outright wrong then they needed to be seriously modified. This is what comes with the territory of posting blogs as a college student, especially if you are a college student who has a tendency to hastily conclude that he is correct. "Sophomoric" really is the perfect word. I feel it necessary to outright apologize for some of those posts and everybody…

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