Summary Against Modern Thought: What It Means To Speak Of Fortune
Previous post. If it weren’t for bad luck, well, there’d be no idea of luck. HOW A PERSON IS FAVORED BY FORTUNE AND HOW MAN IS ASSISTED BY HIGHER CAUSES…
Category: Philosophy
The philosophy of science, empiricism, a priori reasoning, epistemology, and so on.
Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Events And Higher Causes
Previous post. There just is no avoiding God’s control—of everything. In what sense that means, read on! HOW HUMAN EVENTS MAY BE TRACED BACK TO HIGHER CAUSES 1 From the…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Free Will Is Still Subject To God
Previous post. God can bend the will. Why not? How He does so, is not given here. THAT HUMAN ACTS OF CHOICE AND OF WILL ARE SUBJECT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE…
Darwinian Delusions Discussed Discursively
Let’s watch this: Round table with Stephen Meyer, David Berlinski, and David Gelernter. The occasion was Gelernter’s review of Meyer’s and Berlinski’s anti-Darwin book in Claremont Review “Given up Darwin”.…
If Nothing Is Something, A Universe Can Come From Nothing
Somebody asked a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator over at Forbes “Can We Really Get A Universe From Nothing?” The biggest question that we’re even capable of asking, with…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Both God And You Can Move Your Will
Previous post. God is still in charge. THAT THE MOVEMENT OF THE WILL IS CAUSED BY GOD AND NOT ONLY THE POWER OF THE WILL 1 Some people, as a…
How Can Any Religion Have A Monopoly On Truth?
Soak this up (emphasis original): By the time she turned up in New York, [Justina Walford’s] faith had long since unraveled, a casualty of overseas travel that made her question…
Summary Against Modern Thought: Physics Cannot Show Our Wills Are Not Free
Previous post. Here’s proof of the ultimate limitation of science. The will can be moved by physics (if you like) but only by violence. THAT SEPARATE CREATED SUBSTANCES CANNOT BE…