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A Secular Funeral, 18 Jan 2010

A week ago a close friend of ours called Laura passed away. She was one of the most remarkable people I have ever met and suddenly died of natural previously undiagnosed causes.

To understand the religious notion of divine intervention and the ramifications of its existence we must first understand what is meant by the term "miracle". Like all theistic terminology, the world miracle suffers semantically from the fact that the concept of the supernatural is undefined, that is to say that the notion of the supernatural is not one we can define based on our experiences or observations, because all or our interactions, thoughts and observations occur in the natural universe.

In the absence of an adequate definition for the supernatural we can't exactly define what a miracle is, but we could define a miracle by what it is not.

I find it fascinating that Christians still quote from Isaiah 53 when they try to lay claim to Jesus being the prophesied Messiah. Even some agnostics who have a decent understanding of Christianity often ask me about this as the words "by his stripes we are healed" seems to be so similar to a recent Mel Gibson movie.

The First Cause Argument, 13 May 2009

With regards to the first cause argument, there are two kinds of theists. The first one is one who accepts that the burden of proof is placed upon them to prove that God is the creator of the universe.

A Hellish Heaven, 11 May 2009

...I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live... Deuteronomy 30:19

What a line!

Philosophy and Science, 9 May 2009

In my personal life I tend to associate mostly with very practical, down-to-earth people. One of the questions I hear commonly from such people is "how is philosophy useful in day-to-day life?"

A Tale of Two Cities, 7 May 2009

Today there is a large debate in the West over the role of the church when it comes to the governance of the state. Many people believe that we cannot have a legal system and a civil society without the integration of religious principles.

By now, I'm sure most people are familiar with the infamous watchmaker argument by William Paley. The argument where a person walks into a field, finds a watch, and then concludes that there must have been an outside agent responsible for the watch being there, because the watch's contrasting nature with that of its surroundings implies that it could not have been there on its own.

When Jesus was asked what the most unforgivable sin is, he replied that it was to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit. He could not have been more wrong if he tried.

The most unforgivable sin is not speaking disrespectfully about some imaginary ghost.

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