Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
— C. S. Lewis
From Aristotle to Zeno, humanity has been philosophizing since the beginning. What is knowledge, and can we know Truth? Each of us must seek to understand the world around us as best we can, for what other purpose have we been given thought? Nothing separates human kind from the rest of the animal kingdom quite like conscious thought. There is a reason every other kind of intelligence that we’ve created so far is called “artificial” intelligence. As Christians we are required to think rationally and scientifically. Science, however, cannot answer the questions that philosophy wrestles with. In this section, we try to tackle those issues that Christians and non-Christians alike have so often written and debated since the dawn of time.
When it comes to writing and shooting, what does my Remington 870 Tactical pump-action shotgun have in common with this No. 2 pencil on my desk? And no, it has nothing to do with lead. Believe it or not, my … Continued
Today is New Year’s Day, the first day of January 2016. Curious about New Year’s resolutions, I did a quick Google search to get some statistics. According to Details, 45% of Americans are in the habit of making New Year’s … Continued
From my background as both native Montanan and inheritor of some Amish and Mennonite pacifist views, I’d like to make a case in defense of self-defense in this first post in a two-part series.
I wrote a little poem today that seems to me appropriate to the times we live in.