St. Paul’s Letter To Christians In Rome
The gist of the letter of Saint Paul to the Christians in Rome.
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Passing By On The Other Side
Our history books have failed to present fairly the history of black Americans and we are reaping the results in our present society.
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St. Paul and the Identification of Heterosexuals and Homosexuals
In St. Paul’s time there was no way of thinking of people except as straight, and thus same-sex sex would have been considered as unnatural by him. Homosexual and heterosexual were not terms until the mid 19th century. In an analogous sense it was also a long time until left-handedness was generally accepted.
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Cheney’s 1% Principle applied to Climate Change
Former VP Cheney’s insisted that we had to act if there were only a 1% chance that Pakistan was helping al-Queda obtain an atomic weapon. I maintain that his logic also holds if there is a 1% chance that humans are effecting climate change.
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Something good in Hitler?
How Hitler might have considered himself as working for the good of the world.
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Alma Deutscher in a society where talents belong to all.
The talents of a young girl as they could be developed in a society ruled per John Rawls’ assertion that talents belong not to the individual, but to the entire society.
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Suggestions for Christians debating with atheists.
A suggested Christian (and especially Wesleyan) approach to discussions with an atheist with regard to morality, a need for God, evil in the world and a call for compassion and justice for those never heard of Jesus.
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Better understanding of the Prince of the World.
Very brief contrast of the fear of the world and the fearlessness of Jesus.
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Quick take on Kant’s perceptions and the affinity of all appearances
Two very brief metaphors for Kant’s objective and subjective perceptions, and also a word on the affinity of all appearances.
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Recommendation for the Europeans dealing with Muslims
How the American’s Joseph Smith can be utilized by the Europeans to awaken the Muslims among them to the possibility of a fraud on the part of Mohammed’s Gabriel (but not on Mohammed himself).
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