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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come in Riches or Worldly Power

Previous post. Strange (again) are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Riches 1 From this, moreover, it is also clear that riches are not…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Honor Or Glory

Previous post. Strange are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Honor 1 It is also clear from the foregoing that the highest good for…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come In Pleasures Of The Flesh

Previous post. This is the . real summary against modern thought. That Human Felicity Does Not Come In Pleasures Of The Flesh 1 Now, it is clear from what we…

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Atheists Will Have No Excuse

There is a class of the argument of God's existence that depend entirely on your thoughts. The one that interests us is Joseph de Maistre's "no excuse" argument. It is…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Happiness Comes In Thinking

Previous post. Intellect trumps will, but willpower is good. Whether felicity consists in a will act 1 Now, since an intellectual substance, through its own operation, attains to God, not…

The Why & Frequency Of Miracles: Shapiro’s <em>The Miracle Myth</em> Reviewed — Part IV

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The Why & Frequency Of Miracles: Shapiro’s The Miracle Myth Reviewed — Part IV

Read Part I, II, III. MOTIVE That miracles have supernatural origins is true by definition (see below, in PROBABILITY). Miracles, like all events, must have causes, and cause has motive…

Inference To An Explanation: Shapiro’s <em>The Miracle Myth</em> Reviewed — Part III

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Inference To An Explanation: Shapiro’s The Miracle Myth Reviewed — Part III

Read Part I, II. Did Jesus walk on water? Eyewitnesses reported he did. The event was so well remarked that people wrote of it at a time when most events…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: To Understand God Is Our Natural End

Previous post. Dear reader, you are an intellectual substance. that to understand God is the end of every intellectual substance 1 Since all creatures, even those devoid of understanding, are…

C- Marie on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
I understood much of the logic of this. Thank you, Matt! God bless, C- Marie
shawn marshall on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
I asked Grok to assign probabilities to all the known facts about the Shroud of Turin and then calculate a…
Rudolph Harrier on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
It's an interesting thought experiment. However, we will never have a practical implementation of the test because it would be…
Briggs on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
hudbwu, You could be right.
hudbwu on Why The Recent Claims Of AGI Fail: Plus, A New Test For AGIFebruary 9, 2026
Caution: it may be that intelligence can not be confirmed by any behavioral test. For example, free will can not…