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Five Rational Arguments Why God (Very Probably) Exists 0
- Philosophy
- May 12, 2017
The question of whether a god exists is heating up in the 21st century. According to a Pew survey, the percent of Americans having no religious affiliation reached 23 percent in 2014. Among such “nones,” 33 percent said that they do not believe in God – an 11 percent increase since only 2007. Such trends
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Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory 0
- Culture
- May 12, 2017
Hey everyone, a relic of barbarism is making a comeback! If the reference is lost on you, I am referring to an expression from the mid-1800s, when the Republican Party was established to replace the Whigs on the platform of eradicating what party leaders like Abraham Lincoln coined “the twin relics of barbarism.” The first
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How One Mother Sends Her Kids to College at Age 11 0
- Education
- May 12, 2017
By now, you may have heard of Carson and Cannan Huey-You. The two brothers hail from Texas and are making news this graduation season as one is graduating from Texas Christian University with a degree in physics, while the other is graduating from a local Christian high school. Their respective graduations are no big deal
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You Can’t Deny that Venezuela is a Socialist Calamity 0
- Economics
- May 12, 2017
As Venezuela descends into a nightmare of starvation and violence, the long-standing debate over the feasibility of socialism takes on new relevance. Years of explicitly socialist policies from the Chavez and Maduro regimes have taken their toll, as nationalization and a variety of other attempts to abolish or subvert market processes have destroyed what was
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Is Freedom a Radical Idea?0
- Politics
- May 11, 2017
The answer to the question “Is freedom a radical idea” is: no and yes. Let me explain. Starting with the “no”: Most children grow up learning the libertarian, or nonaggression, ethic. Parents say: “Don’t hit, don’t take other kids’ stuff without asking, and don’t break your promises.” Nothing radical – in the sense of out
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Dostoyevsky on Why Lust is Dangerous 1
- Family
- May 11, 2017
I’ve pondered before on this site if Christians sometimes focus on sexual sin too much. While I believe a strong case can be made that many of us do, I also believe that our culture as a whole is likely prone to overlooking the practical dangers of lust. (Many of us have seen the harm
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