logical argument

Of all the theistic proofs, the cosmological argument is clearest and simplest:

Whatever begins to exist has a cause. The Universe began to exist. The Universe has a Cause.

A helpful deductive version is stated as follows:

A contingent being (a being that if it exists can not-exist) exists. This contingent being has a cause of or explanation for its . . . → Read More: logical argument

child questions

I’m looking forward to the profundity of the questions Thomas will ask as he and his mind develop and grow.  Children often surprise us.

Having said that, their questions remind us of what it was like to not have thought further about a question.  Take a question like ‘Who made God?’  This is one of the questions dealt with in . . . → Read More: child questions

true feeling

Just watched The Changeling with my wife (‘endured’ would be the term she’d use!), and really enjoyed it.  There are some real gut-wrenching moments in there, which I won’t elaborate on here.

One thing I found interesting was the particular (and familiar) feeling of deep satisfaction and relief I (and my wife – and anyone with a pulse) when the . . . → Read More: true feeling