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Christianity is known for traditionally teaching that homosexuality is wrong and therefore a sin. This past weekend Richard Swinburne—a famous Christian philosopher—argued that homosexuality is wrong. He argued this in his keynote address he was invited to give at the Midwest Society of Christian Philosophers. Doesn’t seem all that controversial, right? However, Swinburne’s arguments triggered
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Thomas Jefferson was one of the most famous critics of the news media. He went so far as to write, “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them.” Was Jefferson’s scorn unfair, or did he have a point? Should people read less news if they wish to
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There’s an unwritten rule of parenting in today’s society and it goes something like this: All good parents pay for their child’s college tuition. This rule was most recently exemplified in a headline from The Telegraph, which read, “Parents ‘expected to pay up to £5,372 a year’ towards university costs,” an amount which translates to
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A child is capable of completing a homework assignment without his parents’ help. Astonishing, right? According to a recent New York Times piece by Kj Dell’Antonia on her own parenting experience, it would seem to be. But, Dell’Antionia’s experience is not unique in our culture that expects “good” parents to be hyper-involved. Dell’Antonia relates that
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Have you ever felt deserving of an apology and been upset when you didn’t get one? Have you ever found it hard to deliver the words, I’m sorry? Such experiences show how much apologies matter. The importance placed on apologies is shared by many cultures. Diverse cultures even share a great deal in common when
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According to Gallup, American adults plan to spend an average of $830 on Christmas gifts this year. And, if past experience is any indicator, a large percentage of them will go into debt to foot the bill. And then there are the more extreme cases, such as the British woman who was recently chided for
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