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“Doctors” Suggest Hacking Up Live Patients For Their Organs, Then Killing Them
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“Doctors” Suggest Hacking Up Live Patients For Their Organs, Then Killing Them

The paper in the oh-so-prestigious New England Journal of Medicine is "Voluntary Euthanasia -- Implications for Organ Donation" by Ian M. Ball, Robert Sibbald, and Robert D. Truog, a couple…
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Why “I Believe Survivors” Is Asinine: Kavanaugh vs. Ford,  Realists vs. Fantasists.
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Why “I Believe Survivors” Is Asinine: Kavanaugh vs. Ford, Realists vs. Fantasists.

We're interested here in why people believe this female Ford's charges against male SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh. Many progressives say Ford's evidence, even at this late date (I'm editing this on…
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The Odious Ideas Of Father James Martin
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The Odious Ideas Of Father James Martin

This post is a follow-up to Homosexuality Is Abnormal, Unhealthy & Unfortunate -- In The Church & Everywhere. See at the bottom for answers to that post. Here is all…
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The McCarrick Scandal  & Objectively Disordered Sexual Desires
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The McCarrick Scandal & Objectively Disordered Sexual Desires

It will be no surprise that the Catholic church is plunged deep into yet another scandal involving men with objectively disordered sexual desires. One of the "explainers" of this scandal…
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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part II
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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part II

Read Part I (first!). Munoz is right to show there was not unanimity among the Founders. Most adopted the language of rights, but some tempered this with doses of natural-law…
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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part I
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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part I

First, the founding principles of America were whatever they were; that is, there were principles stated and then there were principles actually adhered to (and these might be the same):…
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What Is It You Truly Desire — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
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What Is It You Truly Desire — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel this? Does anyone else perceive that there has been an upsurge in the discussion on the probability of Heaven/Hell No, not…
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A Society Run By Atheist Scientists Would Be Horrible
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A Society Run By Atheist Scientists Would Be Horrible

Skeptic Michael Shermer is pleased the number of folks with no religious affiliation is growing, and will likely continue to grow. One estimate is that "there are more than 64…
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  1. Briggs on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 1, 2025

    Mark, That's exactly it.

  2. Mark on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 1, 2025

    Wittgenstein gave some examples like this in his Remarks on the Foundation of Mathematics, a book I had no business…

  3. hudbwu on AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded OutputJuly 1, 2025

    The wrinkle is in the (pseudo-)random number generator. In principle, the random number generator can be hijacked by a higher…

  4. hudbwu on On The Probability Of GodJuly 1, 2025

    I don't think omnibenevolence is part of the definition of God. Not only because, as you stated, there is nothing…

  5. hudbwu on England’s Mandatory Suicide & WomenJuly 1, 2025

    > It is a characteristic of the breed—on average: we speak in generalities here—that in any argument women do not…

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