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Where do I stand?
Someone commented on a Facebook post today that she wasn’t really sure if she ever really knows where I stand on the issues I tend to discuss on Facebook and elsewhere. The fact is that I’m not trying to be … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life, Philosophy, Society
Tagged knowledge, Philosophy, rhetoric, understanding
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Because what the 16 percent believe should be good enough for the rest of us
Via The Daily Beast comes word of a new Gallup poll that laments that just 16 percent of Americans believe in secular Scientific evolution. Now, I have all kinds of issues with polls, but this one seems pretty fair and straightforward. … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, News, Philosophy, Science and Technology
Tagged Americans, belief, Beliefs, claims, knowledge, Polls, science, Thinking, truth, understanding
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Pearl Harbor Day 2010: Do you remember?
Remembering is the first step toward understanding. Understanding is the first step toward preventing the mistakes of the past. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor culminated a decades long escalation in tensions between the United States and Japan, and the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, Pearl Harbor Day, Philosophy
Tagged History, Pearl Harbor, remembering, Sacrifice, Service, The past, understanding
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No, no I’m not a rationalist
A continued popular thread around the internet is the self-declared righteousness of so-called rationalists: that is, people who believe that everything in the universe and outside of it can be explained only by empirical observation that accumulates facts that then, … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Rhetoric
Tagged atheism, belief, Christianity, Defense, evidence, Faith, hope, knowledge, Life, Philosophy, rationalism, science, Thinking, understanding
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Constitutions, oaths, and people
There seems to be some confusion running around on the internet about the nature of the government of our nation, its founding document, the oath sworn by military members relative to that government and document, and the people. Let me … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Government, History, Military, Nations, Philosophy, Politics, Quid Facis, Society, United States, World Watch
Tagged Constitution, Government, Ideals, Independence, liberty, Military, Oaths, understanding
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