The Philosopher's Stone

I'd like to see the differences in leadership ...

2012-05-12T01:18:57.322-07:00

I'd like to see the differences in leadership philosophy displayed between Iron Man and Captain America.

That is probably true but I'm buying one anywa...

2012-05-11T18:47:41.862-07:00

That is probably true but I'm buying one anyway. The chances of a Katrina like disaster are a possibility where I live and I saw how that went down. Your statistics come from a law abiding society. I think that might change.

I went through the same thing when my wife, now of...

2012-05-11T18:40:48.348-07:00

I went through the same thing when my wife, now of 28 years, tried to get married. The churches that we went to wanted us to convert and it some wanted us to wait for a year before we could even begin to think about walking the aisle. I was too impatient and although I resented the churches for not accepting me back then, I agree that they should have the right to make the rules in their own

I consider myself an agnostic and got 67% correct ...

2012-02-26T16:43:35.387-08:00

I consider myself an agnostic and got 67% correct (72 percentile).
Interestingly enough, I was raised a Catholic thus forced to go through "confirmation education", my religious teacher told me that Jesus' blood did not in fact literally turn into the blood of Christ, it was symbolic.

It is nonetheless interesting how little people actually know of their own

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Your points are well-taken. What is really going ...

2012-02-21T10:07:16.059-08:00

Your points are well-taken. What is really going on here is that the Catholic Church wants to impose its views on its female employees in order to violate their individual basic rights to make their own health care decisions. It isn't a matter of religious freedom, but instead would amount to oppressing the conscience of the individual.

We should also keep in mind that it is

Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that t...

2012-02-18T11:00:20.443-08:00

Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that this was a comprehensive look at every complexity of the situation, as evidenced by the following sentence in the post:

There are certainly differences between the ham sandwich situation and the contraceptive one - most notably that there is a mandate for the Catholic institutions to pay for healthcare while there's no similar

Interesting points, but there's a distinction ...

2012-02-18T09:52:16.303-08:00
Interesting points, but there's a distinction I think you're missing. It's not just that Catholic institutions want to restrict their employees' ability to use contraception; they don't want to have to use Church funds to pay for something the Church finds wrong.

Suicides are the main way that owning a gun may ma...

2012-01-30T18:18:55.113-08:00
Suicides are the main way that owning a gun may make you less safe, because having a gun to hand makes suicide attempts much more likely to be successful.

Oh, and you left out hookers in your list of people who are prone to being the victims of violent crimes.

If you're not a hooker, not a drug dealer, not a violent criminal, and not suicidal, the risk that you'll

Anonymous - This point is actually made by Harris ...

2012-01-17T21:44:19.124-08:00
Anonymous - This point is actually made by Harris in the essay as well, although he does describe one time when he answered a question about his own activities with a bit more candor than was strictly warranted.

Consider the following situation: A asks B a total...

2012-01-17T21:09:52.553-08:00
Consider the following situation: A asks B a totally inappropriate question of the form "Have you done unethical or illegal thing X?" B can tell the truth, lie, or refuse to answer. However, a refusal to answer often effectively gives away the answer, since if in truth the answer was "no" we expect to be answered honestly. When a refusal to answer is rendered ineffective we

Tony - Yes, I have the Comixology, DC Comics, Marv...

2012-01-03T04:26:15.666-08:00
Tony - Yes, I have the Comixology, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Dark Horse apps on my iPad. (The DC Comic app is really just the Comixology app with a DC-themed skin on it, which downloads only DC Comics.) The handful of "The new 52" comics that I checked out this year was through Comixology, and I've bought a couple of Joss Whedon's comics - one short-run Firefly comic &

Hey Andrew, what do you think of digital comics, o...

2012-01-02T21:43:36.448-08:00
Hey Andrew, what do you think of digital comics, on the whole? Do you think reading Spider-Man on the iPad will become a viable "replacement" for collecting the individual issues? Do you subscribe or use any digital services? I'm curious to know your thoughts on this.

AMEN!!!

2011-09-14T14:55:38.112-07:00
AMEN!!!

An evil act is one which causes suffering. ...

2010-08-18T04:41:39.747-07:00
An evil act is one which causes suffering.

1) Doesn't this simply mean that issues of morals and eg "evil minimization" should be the turf of physicians. What difference between morals and public health at large ?

2) Answering my own question, classical Bible-derived morals differ from public health management by failing to scientifically measure the

Fascinating!!!

2010-05-02T00:25:35.906-07:00
Fascinating!!!

Your wife, wearing a red sari, and you could just ...

2010-04-28T22:17:15.175-07:00
Your wife, wearing a red sari, and you could just crash a white house function. Only kidding! By now, I figure you are 1 degree to a scrutiny from the FBI.

A very interesting set of tests, I passed some of ...

2010-04-13T13:29:29.747-07:00
A very interesting set of tests, I passed some of them and I can say that this is a great pleasure. I recommend to all!

If you didn't like Laws, I can hardly wait to ...

2010-01-30T14:19:45.141-08:00
If you didn't like Laws, I can hardly wait to see what you think of Leviticus!

He does address this, in a section on near-death e...

2010-01-15T15:49:14.016-08:00
He does address this, in a section on near-death experiences, which is quite intriguing. While he gives no real credence to ghosts or reincarnation, he feels there's sufficient cross-cultural evidence to support NDEs which, he concludes, means that life can actually survive the physical death of the body. He also believes that the idea that these are the physical effects of brain shutdown

Fascinating subject, Andrew. I have always wondere...

2010-01-10T22:56:41.912-08:00
Fascinating subject, Andrew. I have always wondered if it is "just brain chemicals going awry at the moment of near death" as some say. Does the book address this?

Andrew, You must read like the wind! Or, maybe in ...

2009-12-30T21:57:41.557-08:00
Andrew, You must read like the wind! Or, maybe in your sleep. You've given me one of my New Year's Resolutions! Thanks!

In pre-school Sunday morning, I learned about God ...

2009-08-31T06:44:26.922-07:00
In pre-school Sunday morning, I learned about God asking Abraham to sacrifice his son. I thought it was a good idea if my brother could go in his place at first, but then sobbed because I would miss my big brother. And if God did that, then he must be the meanest God in the whole world. And besides, even if He changed His mind at the last minute and told Abraham, "I was only testing you.&

On my profile, I have a note about Mrs. Cain. You...

2009-08-07T15:30:54.358-07:00
On my profile, I have a note about Mrs. Cain. You may find it interesting to read that thread. I was planning on taking it down today, because the discussion is getting boring to me: The questions and discussion are the same old questions, like the allegation that there are two creation stories, which you mention. Modern Bible scholars have dealt with a lot of these issues - even the scholars

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-03-11T05:51:00.000-07:00
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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The Philosopher's Stone

I'd like to see the differences in leadership ...

That is probably true but I'm buying one anywa...

I went through the same thing when my wife, now of...

I consider myself an agnostic and got 67% correct ...

Your points are well-taken. What is really going ...

Very good point. I didn't mean to imply that t...

Interesting points, but there's a distinction ...

Suicides are the main way that owning a gun may ma...

Anonymous - This point is actually made by Harris ...

Consider the following situation: A asks B a total...

Tony - Yes, I have the Comixology, DC Comics, Marv...

Hey Andrew, what do you think of digital comics, o...

AMEN!!!

An evil act is one which causes suffering. ...

Fascinating!!!

Your wife, wearing a red sari, and you could just ...

A very interesting set of tests, I passed some of ...

If you didn't like Laws, I can hardly wait to ...

He does address this, in a section on near-death e...

Fascinating subject, Andrew. I have always wondere...

Andrew, You must read like the wind! Or, maybe in ...

In pre-school Sunday morning, I learned about God ...

On my profile, I have a note about Mrs. Cain. You...

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...