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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Pious Nietzsche! An Interview of Bruce Ellis Benson

Posted on September 13, 2014 by PaulVK

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2014/09/13/pious-nietzsche-an-interview-of-bruce-ellis-benson/

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Tolstoy on the meaninglessness of his life

Posted on September 13, 2014 by PaulVK

I could give no reasonable meaning to any single action or to my whole life. I was only surprised that I could have avoided understanding this from the very beginning — it has been so long known to all. Today … Continue reading →

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Leo Tolstoy’s Apt Description of Blogging

Posted on September 13, 2014 by PaulVK

We were all then convinced that it was necessary for us to speak, write, and print as quickly as possible and as much as possible, and that it was all wanted for the good of humanity. And thousands of us, … Continue reading →

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Tolsoy on a Friend’s Loss of Faith

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

A Confession So that, now as formerly, religious doctrine, accepted on trust and supported by external pressure, thaws away gradually under the influence of knowledge and experience of life which conflict with it, and a man very often lives on, … Continue reading →

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On Living in an Atomic Age Great Reading

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

I saved a bitly link of it with this http://bit.ly/Living_In_An_Atomic_Age  

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Tim Keller Debate on LIveStream Can Life Have Meaning Without God?

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

http://new.livestream.com/redeemer-nyc/life

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Racism in Online Dating

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

The Atlantic from OK Cupid “Making the ineffable totally effable”  

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When “Do Unto Others” Meets the Hook-up Culture

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

The Atlantic and a response

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Do We Build Wonders for Rain or Wonders for Glory?

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

Wonder Building If we were to build the Great Pyramid of Giza today one study suggests it would cost roughly 5 billion dollars. They believe it took nearly 20 years to build and required 4,000 workers to complete it. Estimates … Continue reading →

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What Helped Me Better Understand My Atheist Friends and our Debates about the Meaning of Life

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

I made a realization yesterday that helped me better understand my atheist friends. When we get debating atheist I kept arguing that they had a meaning deficiency. How can you have meaning in life if you don’t have a dominant … Continue reading →

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