Monthly Archives: July 2013

detroit: the liberal utopia

Posted on July 28, 2013 by christopher fisher

Detroit has recently declared bankruptcy, a declaration overturned by a judge. It is going broke as its residents flee. Humorously, the city was featured in the Survival TV show Apocalypse Man, about how to scrounge for food and shelter in … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Goverment, Leftists, Standard of Living, State Worship | 5 Comments

how the free market eliminates discrimination

Posted on July 28, 2013 by christopher fisher

It has long been argued by economists that price pressures create incentives for employers and merchants to end discrimination. This is true because when products are being sold at the natural market rate, limiting your customers necessarily shifts demand to … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Economics, Human Nature, Price Controls | 3 Comments

dust bowl rabbit bashing

Posted on July 27, 2013 by christopher fisher

A forgotten episode in American history:

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how God describes himself

Posted on July 24, 2013 by christopher fisher

There is a cavernous disconnect between how Christians describe God and how God describes himself. Here is one example of a typical Christian answer: God is a Spirit and is the Creator of all things. He alone is eternal (has … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvinism, God, Omnipresence, Open Theism, People, Plotinus, Theology | 2 Comments

the high cost of the ADA

Posted on July 22, 2013 by christopher fisher

A while back Huffington Post was outraged by Allen West criticizing mandated Handicap Access features for hot tubs. Those leftist went wild with rage. They called him names. Said he hates handicap people. And lambasted the businesses who protested this … Continue reading →

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platonic and calvinist interpretations

Posted on July 22, 2013 by christopher fisher

Calvinists have a tendency to read into specific texts some ideas that are not present. That is the only way they can still claim the Bible as true while holding onto their platonistic ideas. Philo of Alexandria was the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Calvinism, Figures of Speech, God, Greek History, History, People, Plato, Theology | 5 Comments

ehrman understands symbolic and moral law

Posted on July 20, 2013 by christopher fisher

Many non-Christians attempt to counter claims that people are sinners by pointing to the Old Testament. If homosexuality is a sin, they say, then also wearing mixed fibers is as well (Lev 19:19). My response has always been that there … Continue reading →

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omnipresence and rational irrationality

Posted on July 19, 2013 by christopher fisher

When I was about 14 years old, I approached my father to ask him a theological question. I had, ever since I was little, been taught God was omnipresent (that he was everywhere at once). But on this particular day … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Calvinism, critical thinking, Econ 101, Economics, Figures of Speech, God, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Open Theism, Theology | 4 Comments

platonist concept of time

Posted on July 18, 2013 by christopher fisher

Here is Plato in Timeaus: …Now the nature of the ideal being was everlasting, but to bestow this attribute in its fulness [sic] upon a creature was impossible. Wherefore he resolved to have a moving image of eternity, and when … Continue reading →

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lenin impoverished and murdered his people

Posted on July 16, 2013 by christopher fisher

From Paul Johnson, in his book Modern Times: We have to assume that what drove Lenin on to do what he did was a burning humanitarianism, akin to the love of the saints for God, for he had none of … Continue reading →

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