I had a debate in my Language and Composition class. I decided to make a recapitulation of my argument in a Facebook note, and seeing that it was well written, thought it worth bring here for your benefit as well.
What I said is as follows;
I have decided to synthesize the argument I presented today in [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Abortion
Posted in abortion, tagged abortion, conception on March 19, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Conjectivity
Posted in existentialism, tagged conjectivity, existentialism, objectivity, solipsism, subjectivity on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Objectivity, Subjectivity, and Conjectivity
There is a disconnect, sometimes infinitesimal, sometimes vast, between certitude and our experience. What we experience must be deduced by reason to determine its meaning, and through entering our subject faculties, it becomes interpreted experience. What we know we know through basic, self-evident truths. We recognize other truths other than those [...]
Proof of God from an Eternal Universe
Posted in God, tagged eternal universe, Proof of God on March 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
An Eternal Universe
1. Suppose the universe exists without cause
2. Anything that could happen will happen with an infinite amount of tries/time
3. If, with an infinite amount of time, something that could happen doesn’t happen, there must be something else that prevents its happening
4. Something that is contingent could exist or not exist
5. Our universe is [...]
On Mary’s Sinlessness and Immaculate Conception, a Reply
Posted in Mary, tagged Immaculate Conception, Jesus, Mary, Mary's sinlessness, original justice, original sin on March 2, 2009 | 13 Comments »
This is from a reply on a forum I frequented until recently.
“Deeper” said
Right, but Mary’s parents sinned, right? But of course you’ll tell me that God kept Mary from Sin while her parents were yet sinners. But now that you have that theory, why not just say in the same respect that Jesus was kept [...]