For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Anselm “Faith Seeking Confirmation”
Here’s the link to this article. By John W. Loftus at 5/18/2020 I think Anselm’s dictum “faith seeking understanding” is to be understood in the history of theology and philosophy to…
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06/28/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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The Secular Seven
Here’s the link to this article. by PHIL ZUCKERMAN MAR 24, 2023 There have always been non-believers. But for the first time in recorded history, there are now numerous societies with…
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06/27/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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“Their only hope of being rescued from the hell Hitler has made of Europe”
Here’s the link to this article. By David Madison at 6/09/2023 The ongoing scandal of god’s negligence It’s not a stretch to say that the Bible is one of Christian theology’s…
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06/26/23 Biking & Listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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A Body That’s Divine
Here’s the link to this article from The New York Review of Books. Anna Della Subin A recent book catalogs the Old Testament’s physical descriptions of God, who…
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How to Change the Minds of Believers
Here’s the link to this article. John W. Loftus | January 31, 2023 | Editor’s Choice, Kiosk Article After spending nearly two decades trying to change the minds of Christian believers—my focus in…
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06/25/23 Biking & Listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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06/24/23 Biking & Listening to Science & Survival
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
Richard L. Fricks 