Category: Philosophy
Freedom Isn’t Free
Do we have free will? The question is more than just an exercise in navel gazing. We inhabit a world full of coercive force. Are we free to step outside of the cycle of hedonism and domination? ... Read More
Drinking the Dregs: Tepid Thoughts on Indecision
Sometimes I loathe how much my actions are based on the temperature gauge—my activism blanketed in a liminal state of dissipating warmth.... Read More
Does Stephen Prothero read SoF?
This post recommends and responds to a recent blog post by Stephen Prothero on CNN's Belief Blog.... Read More
The Ministry of God is Love
On Palm Sunday 2007, my life changed in a way that I am still striving to understand. That Sunday I delivered my first sermon at the Protestant Worship Service at Syracuse University. After service ... Read More
Best laid plans of mice and men
This mouse-and-man story is a chapter in my state of formation – well intentioned and increasingly in the gray.... Read More
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So Does One Religious Tradition (As Well As Atheism) Sharpen Another
If all truth is God's truth, we must be free to explore it.... Read More
“Another Way to Be Alive” – Yearning for E.T.
Finally, all secrets would be revealed. Mulder and Scully would be vindicated, and the Truth that was once "Out There" would burst into the public domain. Courtesy of NASA, today we were to receive of... Read More
The Simulacra of Yoga
No one wants to believe in fakery. Whatever we believe or do, we want it to be authentic. In a recent post about the Hindu American Foundation’s statement on the place of yoga as a Hindu pract... Read More