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ByJohn P. “Every politician is bought and paid for” is a testable claim, because campaign money is public record. I pulled both donor ledgers in the Talarico-Paxton Senate race, ran the healthcare money through the FEC’s own data, and compared. They are not the same.
ByJohn P. The “wall of separation” wasn’t built by atheists. It was built by Baptists with whip scars, and their heirs are tearing it down.
ByJohn P. In 1971 the SBC officially supported abortion access. Their own press praised Roe. Then politics happened, and they spent fifty years and billions erasing it.
ByJohn P. If you don’t know Dr. Bart Ehrman, he’s a biblical scholar and professor. Ehrman taught at Rutgers University from 1985 to 1988, then joined…
ByJohn P. Oooh, this post is a doozy… I’ll tell you right now, if you’re looking for a lighthearted, fun article this isn’t for you. But…
ByJohn P. If you’ve ever found yourself arguing about immigration, or quietly avoiding the argument because it always turns into shouting, I wrote this for you!…
ByJohn P. “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.” Christopher Hitchens popularized this principle, now known as Hitchens’s Razor, in debates…
ByJohn P. I’m sick of hearing people quote the biblical passage “render unto Caesar…“. It’s usually deployed as an argument designed to bolster the concept of…
ByJohn P. If indeed we, as a country – with all of our resources and diplomats, have stopped any wars that needed to be stopped –…
ByJohn P. When was the last time you were in a stupid argument. I mean, one that really shouldn’t have happened because no one was even…
ByJohn P. Spoiler: It’s Hard to “Choose” When God Stacks the Deck. I was debating with my buddy about free will, original sin, the Garden of…
ByJohn P. Recent political rhetoric has targeted Afghan and Somali immigrants with vitriolic language, labeling them as “garbage,” claiming they are “terrorizing” our communities, and suggesting…
ByJohn P. The concept of philotimo (φιλότιμο) is often described as the “Greek secret” or the highest of all Greek virtues. While linguistically untranslatable into a…
ByJohn P. I don’t know what the deal is lately. I’ve been on a tear posting about all kinds of philosophical topics, like whose responsibility are…
ByJohn P. To get started, this is a critique of Moral Pedagogy and the resulting moral dependency trap*. I will be outlining a distinction between First-Order…
ByJohn P. If you’re asking yourself, “Who is Christopher Hitchens? And why do I care?” Well, Hitchens was a journalist and author, who also emerged as…
ByJohn P. If you’re religious, and especially if you’re a Christian, personally I would think you’d be SUPER scared right now with the encroachment of the…
ByJohn P. It’s my assertion that Authoritarian and fascist movements always follow a repeating progression, so to see if this concept bears out let’s examine five…
ByJohn P. My buddy Steve sent me a link to this incredibly long and wordy post on Substack. It’s a great article, though the author didn’t…
ByJohn P. Recently, there have been so many accusations coming from the “LEFT” that people on the “RIGHT” are Fascists – as well as people on…
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