What drives you to pursue upgrades in everyday life?
I’ve been thinking about just how impressive it is when we humans are able to take what we’ve been given (even if it’s not that good) and advance it to
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Can There Be a Downside to Positive Change?
What are your thoughts on this? Most of us understand that if we really want to see a different result in our circumstances, we must be willing to do something
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It May Be Time to Get Uncomfortable
Have you ever let discomfort keep you from making needed change? When was the last time you felt totally ready to change some major aspect of your life? If your answers
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“Apparent” or “Purposeful” Design?
We have focused on the evidence of intelligence seen everywhere in the formation of our universe. We now approach the subject seeking evidence of purposeful design. There are really two
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Need Change in Your Most Important Relationships?
Can you readily identify how things need to change in a problem relationship? What percentage of the time would you say those changes include action on your part? If you’re
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A Fourth Way People Find Life’s Guidance — Part One
The world is going crazy: wars, killings, economic disaster, hate, nations murdering en mass their own people (starving them, harvesting their organs, devaluing human life)— and on and on it
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Retreat from All Discussion and Plead Ignorance
Giving up may be the most used path to finding truth. The use of this crowded avenue can be due to the prevalence of misinformation: so many voices, so many
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Is Reason the Path to Truth?
We previously discussed that some “establish” truth by whatever they individually think is truth. (And we’re seeing in today’s culture where that method leads us). Let’s observe a second way
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“Man is the measure of all things.” ~Protagoras
“Man is the measure of all things” declares there is no objective truth and ends up meaning… Only what agrees with how I see my needs and what I think
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The Bright Light of History’s Lessons
We all have need of history’s lessons. Our modern culture with its focus on the individual’s beliefs (whether factual, true or even sensible), is not new. In fact, if I
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David Hume, The Patriarch of Modern Doubts
The beliefs that laid the foundation for Western life and practices were, of course, the Judaeo-Christian standards and beliefs. The account of God’s act in creation, the Ten Commandments, and
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Intelligent Beliefs
What is intelligence? Clearly not the ability to cast doubt. The simplest of minds can do that. Skepticism and doubt may help narrow the field of possible candidates when trying
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