A Proper Christian Response To The New Zealand Shooting By David Metcalfe March 25, 2019 Introduction A friend looks sad, and you ask them what’s wrong. They say, “My dog died yesterday, and I’m having a really hard time dealing with it.” You respond, “Yeah? Well, my grandpa died two months ago and you didn’t seem to care. Mine was way worse and I’m not … Continue reading A Proper Christian Response To The New Zealand Shooting
Everyone In The Bible Is Mentally Insane, Except For Pontius Pilate By David Metcalfe March 19, 2019 Adam and Eve Can’t Be Thieves (cuz they’re insane) A grocery store was robbed of apples, and Adam and Eve were caught with the fruit just moments after police arrived. The defence lawyer states his opening remarks: “I do not disagree with the prosecution that Adam and Eve … Continue reading Everyone In The Bible Is Mentally Insane, Except For Pontius Pilate
Entertaining New Realities In “The Joe Rogan Experience” By David Metcalfe March 15, 2019 One day, when I was in 6th grade, we had a substitute teacher for our science class. We were supposed to just work on our assignment while he supervised us, but he had a different plan. He started telling us a vast array of “scientific” theories he had, most notably: time … Continue reading Entertaining New Realities In “The Joe Rogan Experience”
How I Try To Find Hope In The Midst Of Depressing Thoughts By David Metcalfe March 12, 2019 No One Has Ever Seen The Same Movie The discipline of psychology is predicated on the idea that the human mind is at least somewhat independent of the circumstances around it. I like to use the example of a movie theatre to illustrate how this works. Let’s … Continue reading How I Try To Find Hope In The Midst Of Depressing Thoughts
Why I Don’t Love Islam, But I Love Muslims (and you should too) By David Metcalfe March 6, 2019 It is terribly unfortunate to see any group of people be hated, mistreated, and misrepresented. It is an injustice to the people, to good morality, and to the pursuit of truth. There are few groups I have seen in modern times that fall victim to this … Continue reading Why I Don’t Love Islam, But I Love Muslims (and you should too)
Why I Refuse To Pay Tithing To The Mormon Church By David Metcalfe February 26, 2019 There are three reasons people pay tithing to the Mormon church: 1) People tell you to 2) You’ll be blessed in return 3) It’s the right thing to do I’ll tell you right now that I hate the first two reasons. “People tell you to” is drawn from authority … Continue reading Why I Refuse To Pay Tithing To The Mormon Church
The Merits of Dogma by David Metcalfe February 21, 2019 It is commonly thought that stupid people believe whatever they have been told by authority, and that intelligent people seek a better means by which to come to a belief i.e. “free thought”, which typically takes the form of gaining evidence and applying logic to it. In education, it may be summed up by the … Continue reading The Merits of Dogma
