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Tag Archive: "God"

Ho Ho No: Why the Santa Myth is Hazardous for Children

  POSTED: December 21, 2021
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Cultural Observations • Ethics • Theology
 TAG(S): Christmas • deception • God • kids • lie • Santa Claus

In American culture the Santa Claus story is generally considered to be a fun and entertaining aspect of the holiday season. Parents everywhere get a kick out of convincing their kids that Santa is real. This deception is, of course, … Continued

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Lessons from the Road

  POSTED: May 12, 2021
  AUTHOR: Amy Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Family • Theology
 TAG(S): faithfulness • God • lessons

The past year has been a rough one for all of us. The pandemic has hit everyone in one way or another. Diminished freedom, closed businesses, canceled travel plans, school shutdowns and of course the deaths of loved ones. As … Continued

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Pain, Autonomy, and God

  POSTED: July 1, 2012
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): autonomy • evil • freedom • God • greater good • libertarianism • pain • theodicy

An article of mine entitled “Free Will and Soul Making” was recently published in Philosophia Christi.  My thesis is that the free will defense and soul-making theodicy are complementary, mutually dependent approaches to the problem of evil.  Below is a … Continued

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The Beauty of Contrast

  POSTED: August 4, 2010
  AUTHOR: Amy Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Theology
 TAG(S): beauty • colors • flavors • God • men and women • the Trinity

As someone who greatly enjoys cooking, I have always wished I was one of those who-needs-instructions-let’s-just-throw-some-stuff-in-a-pot-and-see-what-happens kind of gal. Sadly, there is not an impulsive culinary bone in my body and I rarely stray from the recipe. One of the … Continued

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The Making of Atheists

  POSTED: June 22, 2009
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): atheism • Dawkins • delusion • Dennett • God

My current book project is on the subject of atheism.  Though there have been plenty of books on this topic the last few years, both by atheists (the “new atheists” as they’ve come to be called) and their critics, nearly … Continued

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An Anti-Naturalist Argument from Beauty

  POSTED: February 12, 2009
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): aesthetic value • beauty • God • naturalism • theistic proof

The history of philosophy has seen many “theistic proofs” or arguments for the existence of God, dating at least as far back as Plato in the 4th century B.C.  Some of the standard arguments reason to God’s existence from apparent … Continued

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