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  • Did Plato Get His Ideas from the Bible?

    Did Plato Get His Ideas from the Bible?2

    T.S. Eliot once wrote that “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” If that’s the case, then according to some influential past authorities, Plato was a “mature poet” when it comes to his ideas on God and creation. The other day I was reading St. Augustine’s (354-430) De Doctrina Christiana—a treatise that played an enormous role

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  • Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point

    Christians: Those Who Criticize ‘Religion’ May Have a Point0

    On the Intellectual Takeout Facebook page, we see a lot of commenters who are not only a-religious, but anti-religious. Sorry to say, but I’ve found that most of those who are anti-religious are intellectually unimpressive. Most of their retorts represent nothing more than name-calling, they clearly lack an understanding of basic religious tenets (which I

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  • How to Avoid Pointless Reading

    How to Avoid Pointless Reading0

    One of the funniest, but also most painful-to-watch, parts of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is in the Wichita hotel, when Steve Martin’s character has reached the boiling point with John Candy’s character, and finally unloads on him in a classic rant. At the close of the rant, he says the following: “And by the way,

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  • Viral Video: Author Explains What’s Wrong with Millennials

    Viral Video: Author Explains What’s Wrong with Millennials0

    Personally, I’m not someone who likes to spend time criticizing millennials for their reputedly bad attitudes at work. It’s not that I think that individual millennials don’t bear any responsibility for the traits they’ve come to be associated with, such as entitlement, narcissism, laziness, etc. It’s just that I don’t think they bear sole responsibility

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