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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The archive begins with the most recent writing. Use the numbered pages below to move backward through time.
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Drafting novel #12. Day 89 (101722)
Why am I doing this? Find the answer here. Today’s live, onscreen recording: Click the following link to view and listen to today’s recording. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c36brNVtLxu Slow-writing isn’t bad.…
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Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Reading session #6
I encourage you to pay close attention to my Kindle screen and what Sam writes as I read aloud this ever more timely book. Click the following link…
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A Pop Quiz for Christians
By David Madison 2/18/22 Here’s the link to this article. There would be a lot of Cs, Ds & Fs There are, of course, so many different kinds of…
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Drafting novel #12. Day 88 (101622)
Why am I doing this? Find the answer here. Today’s live, onscreen recording: Click the following link to view and listen to today’s recording. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c36DqAVtKp0 Slow-writing isn’t bad.…
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God is not omnibenevolent. World War I: Why Didn’t It Put an End to Belief in God?
Here is the link to this article. By David Madison 10/14/22 A personal, loving, competent god is out of the question When we study episodes of colossal suffering in…
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Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris. Reading session #5
I encourage you to pay close attention to my Kindle screen and what Sam writes as I read aloud this ever more timely book. Click the following link…
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Drafting novel #12. Day 87 (101522)
Why am I doing this? Find the answer here. Today’s live, onscreen recording: Click the following link to view and listen to today’s recording. https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c36orXVtduv Slow-writing isn’t bad.…
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Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny the Virgin Birth?
The following is interesting and addresses one of two questions that, if the answer is no, virtually destroys the foundation of what Southern Baptist fundamentalists believe. The first…
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Hearsay and anecdotal evidence
Watch and listen as one person describes his encounter with God. As Sam Harris says, “prepare to be overwhelmed.” https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c36oImVtJWW Here’s what the author of Common Sense said…
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God is not omnibenevolent. Three Women of Bucha: Their Deaths and Lives
Omnibenevolent = possessing perfect or unlimited goodness. Southern Baptist fundamentalists (and many others) claim their God is omnibenevolent. Reality is quite the opposite. Read the following 10/15/22 New…
Richard L. Fricks 