Tag: history
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The Greatest Myth of the Scientific Mind
Sometimes I doubt that there are gods or a God. The best arguments for the divine are largely unfalsifiable. Did Jesus miraculously rise from the dead? I don’t care if you believe he did or not but I hope you will see that to prove it one way or the other we would have to…
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Columbus/ Indigenous Day
Today Americans (well US people anyway) are fighting over who’s heritage is more important. In one corner is the European colonizers that started with Columbus. In the other corner are the indigenous peoples of what would eventually be called the Americas. There were some Nordic settlement in North America long before Columbus but they didn’t…
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Soft Tyranny
I reread The Declaration of Independence this afternoon. As much as I complain about how Democrats and Republicans are ruining the country, I am occasionally forced to admit that we don’t have nearly the sort of tyranny that would make men pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to dissolve the Union. On the other…
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Inauguration Day
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? Once every four years the nation takes the whole day off. I look forward to that one in particular because there is virtually no commercialism about it historically. There is that one former president who was selling red hats on inauguration day, but that is…
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History Lessons
What historical event fascinates you the most? The historical event that most fascinates me is the appearance of Jesus Christ in the Americas after his resurrection. It is not largely recognized as historical but it is the most monumental thing that has happened to the human race apart from the resurrection itself. If Christ really…
Latter Day Sinner 