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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When Christians confuse an explanation with an argument
Here’s the link to this article. by BOB SEIDENSTICKER APR 18, 2023 Overview: Explanations and arguments: we come across both, but they’re quite different. An explanation is, “Here’s how…
Here’s the link to this article. Was Jesus really raised from the dead? MICHAEL SHERMER On this Easter 2023, let us reflect on what is arguably the greatest…
Here’s the link to this article. “The miracle is that we rise again out of suffering… The miracle is that we create ourselves anew.” BY MARIA POPOVA We…
Michael Shermer’s experience. Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion (ACDF)or, My Big Bike Crash and Surgical Adventure September 21, 2019 https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WGqXkH3rnnE On July 26 I had a nasty cycling…
The Osprey and the Meaning of Life: The Poetic Physicist Alan Lightman on Science and Our Spiritual Bond with Nature
Here’s the link to this article. “Faith is the willingness to give ourselves over, at times, to things we do not fully understand… the full engagement with this…
Richard L. Fricks 