Episode 55 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Is religion true, or is that not the right question to ask? Title: Jordan Peterson’s Religion Episode Number: 55Date: November 2021Audio: YouTube. Soundcloud. Apple Podcast. Stitcher. Google Play. Spotify.Transcript: Forthcoming All audio versions of the podcast are available free at my website, YouTube, […]
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Change of date for third session: November 17. In this third session of “The Capitalism Course” we will be discussing: “Is Capitalism Good or Bad for Women?” When: Wednesday, November 17, 7 p.m. Central Time. Where: MyJunto. Registration is free and open to anyone interested. While the course has no prerequisites, the expectation for participants
Quick comment on the tweet’s rhetoric: Step 1: Government incentivizes orgy of debt. Step 2: Many semi-responsible people indulge. Step 3: Predictable economic disaster ensues. Step 4: Debtors ask government to wave its magic money wand to disappear their debts. Correction to Step 4: They *demand* the disappearance of the debt. Step 5: Throw in claim that
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James I of Scotland: “James was an early opponent of painless childbirth. … one of the King’s subjects, a gentlewoman named Eufame MacAlyane, was suffering unbearable pain during the birth of her twin sons. In desperation, she sought pain-relief from Agnes Sampson, reportedly a witch. MacAlyane thereby violated God’s command in Gen. 3:16: “Unto the woman
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Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Now: Does faith make one weak? Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact
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Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy
This wry reference to Fountain is a clever and amusing response to postmodern art. More on Duchamp’s urinal and postmodern art here.
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How can activists so frequently say “There’s no real truth and values are subjective” in one breath but then act physically — and sometimes violently — to impose their agenda absolutely? An explanatory quotation from exactly one hundred years ago: “Everything I have said and done in these last years is relativism by intuition. If
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