On a recent Sunday, L. A. and I recorded the ‘Space Train of Love’ episode for the Up Your Dialogue podcast. I delighted in it, for here was the chance to outline my theory of the Fifth Dimension, a philosophy developed in my forthcoming novel, The Preserve. In Melville’s Chapter 9 of Moby-Dick, the Sermon…
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The French Revolution was nothing if not bloody. Ideas about liberty descended quickly into violence, war and mass execution. Factions won and lost legislative majorities and access to power. Virtue and terror became two sides of the same coin, and the guillotine emerged as the ultimate public symbol of social justice. Matters came to a…
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The Up Your Dialogue episode on Critical Race Theory was the most listened to in the history of the podcast. It is also the episode that got us blocked on Twitter by Ibram X. Kendi (or, more probably, by his social media handlers). Perhaps a word on philosophy will help to clarify how simple it…
Read MoreCan objective moral values exist without God? Recently I have been listening to some debates and podcasts where debaters and hosts are talking about the problem of pain and suffering along with ideas such as justice and happiness. This is not new of course, as these ideas have been discussed since the time of…
Read MoreWednesday, November 13, 2019 Like many of you, I had a chance to watch some of the live Impeachment hearings today. When was the last time we have witnessed such a show at the very pinnacle of public venues for an American political show-down? A generation has passed since the President Bill Clinton – Monica…
Read MoreIn Episode 4 of the Up Your Dialogue podcast, “Agnostics, Atheists, and Christians”, I discussed the way of life for the “Pure Agnostic” with my co-host, L. A. Londy. I described the difference between believers and non-believers, using Christianity and Atheism as examples, as a kind of middle ground, but this is not to say…
Read MoreThe abortion issue is probably one of the greatest moralbattles of our time. There seems to be two sides when you look at the debates,pro-choice and pro-life. The issue is typically framed by one side as a woman’srights issue while the other side is a life issue. We have shown here on thepodcast how this…
Read MoreWe had an intense but also enjoyable dialogue last night during our recording of the Up Your Dialogue podcast (Episode 6) on the life and work of writer and Christian lay theologian, C. S. Lewis [1898-1963]. L. A. Londy focused heavily on his non-fiction work, covering in some detail the autobiography Surprised by Joy: The…
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