Monthly Archives: February 2016

do not vote for laws you will not kill over

Posted on February 25, 2016 by christopher fisher

From Yale Professor Stephen L. Carter: On the opening day of law school, I always counsel my first-year students never to support a law they are not willing to kill to enforce. Usually they greet this advice with something between … Continue reading →

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Origen’s Neo-Platonism

Posted on February 10, 2016 by christopher fisher

Origen was an early merger of Neo-Platonism and Christian theology. In his writings, he represents creation as a departion from God. God is immutable and changeless. God, therefore, is not to be thought of as being either a body or … Continue reading →

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The Biblical Standard of Marriage

Posted on February 9, 2016 by christopher fisher

In the book of Matthew, Jesus is approached by the Pharisees. The Pharisees present Jesus with one of the contentious issues of the day: divorce. Jesus questions their fundamental understanding of marriage. To Jesus, when people are joined, they are … Continue reading →

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omnipotence in platonism and in thomism

Posted on February 5, 2016 by christopher fisher

From Plotinus by Lloyd P Gerson: Where a creation metaphysics such as that of Aquinas differs from Plotinian metaphysics is in its claim that the [ἀρχή] of all is the sole cause not of the existence but of the being … Continue reading →

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