I read old books and am confused about God. Philosophy Prof, @JMU_Phil_Rel (formerly @TCDPhilosophy). Latest book: Is There a God?, https://xitter.cf/t.co/PLoGNQKzBn

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Joined February 2021
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Friends and readers: I have cancer. The type of cancer is not yet fully confirmed, but all signs point toward kidney cancer that has spread to my hips, back, and pleura. On the bright side, all my blood tests so far are normal, suggesting that the cancer is moving slowly, 1/6
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BREAKING: The location of Plato’s Cave is reportedly “100% confirmed” after 2,300 years, following the discovery of an astonishing “man-made” hole in the ground containing “suspicious-looking shadows,” per the Daily Mail.
Noah’s Ark resting place is reportedly “100% confirmed” after 4,300 years, following the discovery of an astonishing “man-made” structure buried deep underground, per Daily Mail.
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Nice argument. Unfortunately, I've already depicted you as a prisoner looking at shadows on a cave wall and me as a wise man who's come down from the outside to enlighten you.
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Replying to @RichardHanania
Sorry man but “philosopher” is a generally correct term for philosophy PhD students
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One of those doctrinal distinctions that 1L Criminal Law courses often overlook: What exactly is the difference between Witchcraft in the First Degree and Witchcraft in the Second Degree? (From Hale's Pleas of the Crown, 1682). play.google.com/books/reader…
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In a totally unrelated development, teachers everywhere are being asked for extensions on the next assignment
BREAKING: ChatGPT is currently down for many users.
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Put the “does not force” symbol in my display name to symbolize my love for autonomy
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Freedom of speech is NOT: • Freedom to promote Kantian ethics with impunity • Freedom to criticize Hume's philosophy and keep your job • Freedom to elaborate metaphysical systems without being sent into exile Freedom of SPEECH is NOT freedom from CONSEQUENCE
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I'm not Catholic, but there are things I admire about Catholicism: traditions, liturgy, symbolism, mystery, art, architecture, & the production of some amazing philosophers. And then the X apologists show up. It's like a band of kazoo-playing bros interrupting a orchestra.
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Maybe we're from Christian traditions that remember being tortured, killed, burned, and drowned by "Christian nations."
I can’t figure out why Christian citizens wouldn’t want a Christian nation.
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Theology 101: The Son is eternally Son of the eternal Father; the Father is eternally Father of the eternal Son. The Son never “became” Son, and the Father never “became” Father. This is eternal generation. There is a historic alternative to this: Arianism.
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Dr. Kenny Pearce (@KennethLPearce) came on the podcast to discuss gratitude, suffering, and the problem of evil. Check it out! youtu.be/RWRRBtgiukA?is=hEB4…
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"I don't engage with hypotheticals." Okay, but if you did, what would you say?
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Man, the external world is so cool. I just wish it were real.
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Decided to adopt my friend @Dprudlo's AI policy this year.
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Not my main hobbyhorse, but perhaps the central problem of Young Earth Creationism (even deeper than the myriad scientific problems) is that is a claim about the character of God. The deity of YEC is fundamentally a trickster god who created a universe we cannot understand. Radioactive decay is lying to us; the light from stars travel pretended journeys from the depths of time; the geology of our own planet has no consistent logic—nothing can be trusted to be intelligible, and even our own epistemological tools are incapable of understanding our world. This might be what Loki or Descartes’ demiurge would have done, but not the God of the Bible who took on human flesh to inhabit and know his own creation. Anyways, just wanted to point that out.
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I hate it when people talk about diverse “ways of knowing.” There is only one way of knowing and that is to contemplate the eternal Forms.
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A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this.
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