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April 2017

April 26, 2017

Hangs My Helpless Soul on Thee

It is a mystery, unsolved and unsolvable, why some people believe and others do not,...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

Impossibilities

“It is always what I have already said: always the wish that you may find...

June 2013

June 10, 2013

Becoming Neo-Pascalian: Diminishing Your Passions or Increasing Your Hunger

In our last Neo-Pascalian conversation, I indicated that fragment 418 held yet another clue to...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

Becoming Neo-Pascalian: The First Step of Make-Believe Faith

We are left with this all-important question: how do we get faith? How do we...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Becoming Neo-Pascalian: Fire

When Pascal died, those who prepared his body for burial found sewn into the lining...

February 18, 2013

Becoming Neo-Pascalian: An Indiana Jones Kind of Faith?

Earlier we took a quick look at a scientific experiment conducted by Pascal in 1646,...

January 2013

January 05, 2013

Becoming a Neo-Pascalian

Yesterday I wound up the last obligations of my fall courses. This included grading a...

September 2010

September 03, 2010

Doubt ~ “Could Be Wrong … but I Don’t Think So.” (Third time’s the charm.)

I don’t know anything at all about hunting pheasant. But I can imagine myself in...

July 2010

July 11, 2010

Doubt: “Just the Facts, Ma’am” – Second Thoughts

The show’s dramatic theme song prepped the audience for a thrill; the deep voice announced...

May 2010

May 06, 2010

Doubt, the Great Jeopardy? — First Blush

Doubt is on my mind. It really feels like an autumn topic, I think –...