Since somewhere around the end of 2014, I had been in a pretty dry and numb spot spiritually. I have various Christian-y sayings written up on my whiteboard — “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Cor 12:10) and “too busy not to pray” — and those would often gnaw at me a bit when I would think about how I ought to do some praying and Bible-reading. But I would inevitably set aside the still, small voice in favor of Netflix or thinking about training or schoolwork (least often). I knew the good I ought to do, but didn’t do it. In February 2015, I had finally had enough. Continue reading Laying it down
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God and moral realism, informally speaking
At a department function on Friday, I had an interesting conversation with two of my compadres about moral realism and its interaction with theism. They presented some thought-provoking challenges to my (very rough) views, and so I’ve added some thoughts here. Continue reading God and moral realism, informally speaking