Posted on October 18th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, General/Misc., Philosophy.
Am I someone who “does the right thing?”
I may think I’m a person who does the right thing if I don’t cheat on my taxes, am never mean to my friends and try to help them, and try to spend some time donating or volunteering for a good cause.
To be morally good (or good at anything really) this is a very low standard. (more…)
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, Philosophy.
I was previously discussing a rather simple but unconventional idea: If Christianity has flaws that atheists reject, why not redesign Christianity (or any other religion) to correct for those flaws?
The last time we discussed this, the subject was the problem of suffering on earth. This time, we will address the question of science and religion.
Posted on May 10th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, General/Misc., Philosophy.
There are many objections to Christianity. Some of the most well-known:
While many people have raised and tried to answer these objections, let’s take this in a bit of a different direction. If these are legitimate objections to Christianity (and let’s assume they are),
why not redesign Christianity to remove those objections?
Well, here goes.
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, Philosophy, Politics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/magazine/04health-t.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
Slutkin wants to shift how we think about violence from a moral issue (good and bad people) to a public health one (healthful and unhealthful behavior).