Tag: Atheism
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A History of the Divine Ideas as Thoughts of God
The Ideas as Thoughts of God The divine ideas have a notorious history in philosophy. They are commonly spoken of as the ‘thoughts of God,’ and utilized in arguments for God’s existence, e.g., Edward Feser’s ‘Augustinian Argument.’ Their history is pretty nuanced, and provides an interesting area for investigation. Prior to the Platonic Successors we…
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Maximus the Confessor on the Transfiguration
For those who aren’t familiar, the transfiguration (Matthew 17.1-13, Mark 9.2-13, and Luke 9.28-36) is an event recorded in the gospels where Christ, Peter, James, and John go up onto a mountain and Christ is “transfigured.” The event is clearly meant to indicate the divine approval of Christ’s mission on earth. But there seems to be…
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Why Read the Church Fathers?
“Fun” What is the appeal behind spending thirty or more dollars to buy an old book, opening it up to find the language verbose, dense, and placid? And then to sink hours and hours into the text with little to nothing to show for it? Well, when put like that, reading sounds more like torture…
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Is King David a Moral Monster?
David was a good guy most of the time. But so was Ted Bundy. After all, both mostly treated people in a decent manner, and most days, they weren’t out murdering or assassinating. Okay, it might be a bit unfair to make that comparison, but the point is that people cannot be judged on the…
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Aristotle and Quantum Mechanics – Some Thoughts
Just some brief thoughts on quantum physics and Aristotle as I learn more about the field…
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A Critique of the Cartesian Cogito
I argue that the Cogito presupposes fundamental principles of reason, and that is it vulnerable to skeptical remarks.
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A Stick Pushes a Rock, Therefore….. God?
Here I look at the 1st Way of Thomas Aquinas – an interesting and powerful argument for the existence of the God of Classical Theism.
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Sigmund Freud on Religion (Part 2)
(Written July 2019) “The whole thing [religion] is so patently infantile, so foreign to reality, that to anyone with a friendly attitude toward humanity it is painful to think that the great majority of mortals will never be able to rise above this view of life.” – Sigmund Freud In part one of this series,…
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Sigmund Freud on Religion (Part 1)
(Written June 2019) Many of you have probably heard the name Sigmund Freud in the past. He’s best known for his obsession with sexuality, his cocaine addiction, and the infamous Oedipus Complex. Though despite his shortcomings, the father of psychoanalysis was ridiculously brilliant and much insight into the human condition can be gained from his…
The Reluctant Philosopher 