Category: Philosophy

Apr/24
2011

Happy Easter

I'm not celebrating this nonsense. I'm not eating chocolate rabbits to celebrate torturing some mythical character to death. I'm especially not celebrating something which is pivotal to the worship of "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fictio… more »
Jul/07
2010
Nor did he ever meet a working man or visit a factory, or so the story goes. This is often employed as a tactic for discrediting Marxism, but unfortunately it's an ad hominem fallacy, therefore logically invalid, and I'm sick of hearing it. There are rat… more »
May/08
2010
Middlesex University is phasing out its philosophy program, to the outrage of many academics. I believe the problem is because the department is not revenue-generating, and because universities lately are ever-more concerned with churning out MBAs, lawye… more »
Apr/09
2010
Found by Sue on FMyLife:Today, after church, my 5-year-old son asked me about God, so I answered his questions in full. We talked about God for over 2 hours. At the end of it all, he pondered for a moment, before saying to me "That's the stupidest… more »
Mar/05
2010
I believe that not only are there no perfect people, but there is not even a single person worthy of emulation.  There is simply no such thing as a saint, in the sense that most people would understand it; every person is a sinner (and no, I do not want… more »