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Philosophy of Liberty
This is a short explanation of the idea of liberty. I’m currently writing a much longer and more comprehensive version — it should be posted in the next few weeks. Look down at your body. Who … Read entire article »
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It’s Not Complicated
It’s the rallying thought, the theme behind every oppressed people in the history of man. It’s incredibly simple, yet political theorists have seemingly glossed this basic human desire for other agendas. The desire to be left alone. Moses, the deliverer of the Israelite people in the Old Testament, in the most famous of all deliverance stories, said over and over — “Let my people go.” Let us be — the rallying cry of the oppressed. This basic human desire for exclusive control over their lives has been called many things. Nietzsche called it a “will to power”. It’s pretty simple. We want our person to be left alone. We own us, and no one else has a right to use or misuse us without our permission. All of the political theories in … Read entire article »
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Rational Christianity
I’ve not been posting much in the past few days for a reason. I’m at it again. I’ve started another website, and I’m more excited about this one than the others that I’ve put together. It’s an apologetics website. To put it simply, I can’t find a single website that explains Christianity in a comprehensive and rational manner. Most of the Christian explanations of the faith are absolutely foolish, and poorly argued. To fill that void, I’ve founded The Institute for Rational Christianity. Rational Christianity will be focusing on the more abstract side of the apologetics discussion, providing arguments on metaphysics, philosophical arguments for God, ethics, and the logical implications of atheism. The website will not be discussing evolution to any significant extent — that’s a dead horse. The site … Read entire article »
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Feeling, Emotion and Reason
I’m known by friends and family as being brutally trusting of my mind. Logic is essential to my decision making process. Unfortunately, people tend to think that this means that I despise emotion. That to feel is my enemy. This … could not be further from the truth. I do not despise emotion — I embrace justified emotion. Emotion should not be seen as a reason to conclude something true. It should not be seen as the foundation of our thought — it must be seen for what it is — the end result of thought. The reaction to a process, not the decision-making process itself. Emotion is not concrete. Emotion can be caused by anything. Emotion is not trustworthy. Emotion and feeling tells people to blow up towers. Emotion as a … Read entire article »
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Immigration Liberty — Open Immigration
This is a teaser of a forthcoming article that I’m about to have published in both The Articulate and The Rebirth of Freedom Foundation. This post is a more personal version of an article that I’m writing. I’ve been asked by many individuals why I support open immigration or “open borders” as some try to call it. We run this case in a high-school debate league in Texas — not the most immigrant friendly place on earth. This is my answer. I cannot overstate how strongly I feel about the topic of turning America into a land that accepts all people into her arms of freedom. I believe it to be of the most fundamental purpose of Government to protect the rights of all people that it comes across — government … Read entire article »
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The Creator
I am a capitalist because I aim to profit from all of my actions. I am a creator because I achieve my status and future wealth on my own regards, not because I leeched off of others. This may seem, at first, simple and not nearly developed to be a philosophy of life. But it is. In The Fountainhead, passionate capitalist Ayn Rand argued for the non-destroyer — the person who sought to achieve his dreams no matter what the cost. The person who lived for himself and was not ashamed of this. The person who used reason to understand the world he lived in. She described a creator. A capitalist. A rational man who loved his life. This creator was Howard Roark, an architect. Howard Roark lived in a time where … Read entire article »
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The State of American Apologetics
This page is being redirected to its new home at RationalChristianity.org. … Read entire article »
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