The lesson last week was entitled The Human Condition and the lecture material and DVD discussion focused on the so-called Problem of Evil. This week...
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The DVD conversation in this session (and the next) addresses a topic known generally as The Problem of Evil (POE). In this essay I want to first...
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In this session we turn to what last week I labeled ‘right-based’ (duty-driven) ethics. Dr. Nicholi begins the DVD conversation by, in effect, asking...
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In the previous session we began what will be several classes devoted to ethics. I argued last time (I’m sure controversially for many) that a...
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One should expect any non-deistic God to have some active involvement in His creation, not just winding up a universe-clock then heading off on a...
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People believe in God for many reasons and via many different routes. Frequently a person’s lifelong belief equates to the old maxim ‘the apple doesn...
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Freud, like Lewis, associated the spiritual worldview with the metaphor of a father. But this is always problematic. Even the best father figures are...
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With this session we approach what could be one of the most contentious and impassible subjects to be tackled in a SS class. There is much heat...
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Is there really a universal human longing for transcendence? Augustine famously wrote “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are...
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