Category Archives: philosophical reflection

The Banner’s Racist Tweet (or the Frame Problem)

Posted on October 17, 2019 by PaulVK

In Memoriam: Rev. Dr. Paul H. Redhouse (1925-2019): Rev. Dr. Paul H. Redhouse, who spearheaded the formation of Classis Red Mesa, died Sept. 5.https://t.co/kQcKM95xcz pic.twitter.com/vJUVpJI5T4 — The Banner (@crcbanner) October 16, 2019 Is it racist to celebrate a Navajo man … Continue reading →

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Objective Morality Esther and Adam

Posted on February 16, 2019 by PaulVK

The morality dilemma and the crisis in meaning are of course connected. Only within the monarchical vision can the question “what is good” be answered because it is evaluated from the “view from nowhere”. Each of us, limited creatures in … Continue reading →

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Culture War Rockets vs. Platforms

Posted on February 2, 2019 by PaulVK

BRAINS! This is a video of a conversation between Jordan Peterson and John Vervaeke. Both of them are favorite professors and outstanding teachers at the University of Toronto. This video was taken before Jordan Peterson’s status rocket ride via Bill … Continue reading →

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JBP, Political Correctness and Post-Modernity

Posted on December 26, 2017 by PaulVK
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From Chaos to Story

Posted on December 12, 2017 by PaulVK

It has always bothered me reading or listening to demythologizers because they would always unseat a story with a story and most of the time their story seemed just as made up as the story they were undermining because they … Continue reading →

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Connecting Luther to Trump. Pondering the Legacy of the Reformation on a breezy California Morning

Posted on October 14, 2017 by PaulVK

Anniversary of the Reformation We’re coming up on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and there are a torrent of books and talks attempting to explain the significance and the consequences of this movement that reshaped our world. One voice … Continue reading →

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Jordan Peterson as Ontological Argument

Posted on October 5, 2017 by PaulVK

Putting the World Together My project of continuing to try to digest Jordan Peterson has continued. Let’s assume the modern psychological premise that we are not fully conscious of ourselves, in fact we are only marginally conscious of ourselves which … Continue reading →

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“Way of explaining”

Posted on August 18, 2017 by PaulVK

In Mesopotamia, in the last three days of the month of Tammuz (June/July), there was a funerary ritual called “exhibition, or exposition,” during which an image of the dead god Tammuz was exhibited. In the Northwest Semitic world Tammuz was … Continue reading →

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Atheist Disillusionment and People are the Problem

Posted on September 29, 2014 by PaulVK

HT to Josh Benton for these two pieces Atheist Disillusionment People are the Problem Two comments on these two piece: 1. Where is the connection between atheism and the moral project found in nearly all Western atheist agendas? It is … Continue reading →

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Three Christian Books on my shelf Addressing the Genocidal God Objection

Posted on September 24, 2014 by PaulVK

Three Books on my Shelf Continuing on the subject of the Moral Monster Objection These are not new objections and there is a body of literature discussing it. Most people raising the objection today probably do very little reading or … Continue reading →

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