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Mastodon

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Dwight

You can now follow me on Mastodon.

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Muse is the Antidote

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Dwight

My poetic muse has always been an alter-ego, chastising me for being too much in my head, too cerebral. Looking back over the years I can see that my muse has presented a more or less consistent message: life is … Continue reading →

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Mind is the Brain Improving Itself

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Dwight

Intelligence is being able to see what is right in front of you. Ignorance is looking at the world before you and seeing what you were taught to see. For thousands of years people looked at the night sky and … Continue reading →

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Why Something Rather Than Nothing?

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Dwight

“Why is there something rather than nothing?” is an unanswerable question, but the reason it’s an unanswerable question turns out to be interesting. First, is it an unanswerable question? Yes. For example, “God” cannot be the answer because God is … Continue reading →

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Atheism v Naturalism

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Dwight

A Pew Research Center option (“There is no God or higher power, other than the laws of nature/physics/mathematics”) made me realize that atheists with a natural worldview reject one additional false belief which unthoughtful atheists overlook. There is a progression … Continue reading →

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Bill Nye, Ken Ham, and the Bible

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Dwight

[This is an old draft that I never completed. Oh well, here it is. As is.] There was a recent debate on the scientific merits of Creationism between Bill Nye (“the Science Guy”) and Ken Ham (founder of Answers in … Continue reading →

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Is Evolution a Fact?

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Dwight

It drives me crazy (not really, of course) when atheists (and lately even some scientists) assert that evolution is a “fact”. Now, the word “fact” can have various (conflicting) meanings. For example there is a sense in which calling something … Continue reading →

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Scepticism about Scientific Realism

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Dwight

What follows is in reference to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on scientific realism – http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-realism/ The article explains what scientific realism is (no easy task, given that the position has been formulated in numerous and diverse ways), and discusses … Continue reading →

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Framing Free Will

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Dwight

When interactions occur between theists and atheists, our disparate frames of mind often cause confusion and misunderstanding. Behind these conflicting mindsets lie two incompatible worldviews: supernaturalism and naturalism. Understand these frameworks, and you will have a key to understanding our … Continue reading →

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Are Atheism & Morality Compatible? (part 1)

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Dwight

“Why There Is No Such Thing as a Good Atheist” That’s the title of a recent blog post by Pastor Rick Henderson on HuffingtonPost.com. Despite the provocative title, Henderson is sincerely trying to engage atheists in a constructive manner. The … Continue reading →

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