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10 Logical Fallacies Used as Evidence for Evolution

The Core Argument: The most frequently cited empirical examples used by evolutionary biologists to support claims of creative evolutionary mechanisms do not, upon examination, demonstrate the origin of novel, functionally specified genetic…
10 Logical Fallacies Used as Evidence for Evolution
The Core Argument: The most frequently cited empirical examples used by evolutionary biologists to support claims of creative evolutionary mechanisms do not, upon examination, demonstrate the origin of novel, functionally specified genetic information. Instead, they rely on recurring slight-of-hand substitutions in which modification, loss, regulatory adjustment, or narrative coherence is treated as evidence of evolution creating functional genetic information. Key Takeaway:
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January 30, 2026 at 9:48 PM
ICE is Not Focusing on Criminals: Sorting is the Solution

The Core Argument: Immigration enforcement rhetoric emphasizes “focusing on criminals” and post-arrest due process, but at scale the system operates primarily through status-based gathering and weak sorting, producing outcomes that fail to…
ICE is Not Focusing on Criminals: Sorting is the Solution
The Core Argument: Immigration enforcement rhetoric emphasizes “focusing on criminals” and post-arrest due process, but at scale the system operates primarily through status-based gathering and weak sorting, producing outcomes that fail to distinguish adequately between serious offenders and long-settled non-criminal residents. Key Takeaway: Given the scope of the problem, justice requires shifting attention from how people are targeted and gathered to how they are sorted—through binding guidelines, transparent outcomes, and incentives aligned with accurate differentiation rather than volume.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Why Home Prices Keep Rising: A Structural Attribution Analysis

The Core Argument: Explanations of rising home prices often stop at the truism of “supply and demand.” While descriptively accurate, that frame obscures the institutional, political, and financial mechanisms that generate persistent…
Why Home Prices Keep Rising: A Structural Attribution Analysis
The Core Argument: Explanations of rising home prices often stop at the truism of “supply and demand.” While descriptively accurate, that frame obscures the institutional, political, and financial mechanisms that generate persistent scarcity and sustained price inflation. This article advances a structural attribution analysis: seven drivers, their causal logic, and their relative impact on national home prices.Key Takeaway:
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January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Christian Nonviolence: Understanding the Four Tiers of Resistance

Christians face a tension between obeying God and respecting civil authority, and the four-tier framework clarifies the moral and practical differences between forms of resistance
Christian Nonviolence: Understanding the Four Tiers of Resistance
Christians face a tension between obeying God and respecting civil authority, and the four-tier framework clarifies the moral and practical differences between forms of resistance
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January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Respecting Flawed Leaders: God’s Design for Order in a Broken World

The Core Argument: Respect for imperfect or even ungodly authorities is a direct expression of respect for God’s own authority, because all earthly authority is delegated from Him. Key Takeaway: Disrespect toward legitimate…
Respecting Flawed Leaders: God’s Design for Order in a Broken World
The Core Argument: Respect for imperfect or even ungodly authorities is a direct expression of respect for God’s own authority, because all earthly authority is delegated from Him. Key Takeaway: Disrespect toward legitimate authority is not merely a social failure but a spiritual rejection of God’s rule, though respectful feedback, principled disobedience, and biblically bounded resistance still have their proper place.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The GRACE Marriage: A Framework for Biblical Success

The Core Argument: Strong marriages grow when couples practice: G - Grace: kindness and forgiveness R - Realism: getting rid of fairy tale thinking A - Alignment: aligning our frameworks for marriage with God's C - Communication: learning good…
The GRACE Marriage: A Framework for Biblical Success
The Core Argument: Strong marriages grow when couples practice: G - Grace: kindness and forgiveness R - Realism: getting rid of fairy tale thinking A - Alignment: aligning our frameworks for marriage with God's C - Communication: learning good communication skills, because most of us do not naturally have them E - Elevation: setting proper priorities, putting God first in marriage and in our own lives…
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January 26, 2026 at 1:04 AM
ABC Aquinas: A Clear Method for Constructive, Respectful, and Truth-Oriented Debate

Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) stands as the great synthesizer of medieval Christian thought, bringing together Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the philosophy of Aristotle into a unified vision of God, creation, and…
ABC Aquinas: A Clear Method for Constructive, Respectful, and Truth-Oriented Debate
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) stands as the great synthesizer of medieval Christian thought, bringing together Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the philosophy of Aristotle into a unified vision of God, creation, and human nature. His enduring importance lies not only in what he argued, but in how he argued—patiently, structurally, and with confidence that truth is internally coherent. For Aquinas, apparent contradictions do not indicate a fractured reality.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Following the Heart at God’s Pace: Grace-Led Motion Without Legalistic Paralysis

This article was written with the assistance of AI, but all content was reviewed, revised, and approved by a human author. The Core Argument. God ordinarily leads His people by forming, stirring, and redirecting the…
Following the Heart at God’s Pace: Grace-Led Motion Without Legalistic Paralysis
This article was written with the assistance of AI, but all content was reviewed, revised, and approved by a human author. The Core Argument. God ordinarily leads His people by forming, stirring, and redirecting the heart—not by external coercion or perfectionistic rule-keeping. This primary principle teaches that discipleship grows through honest movement, desire awakened by grace, and integrity in the inward life.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:50 AM
The Math That Breaks the Myth: Why Probability Zero Forces Evolution to Face Its Limits

This article surveys mathematical critiques of unguided evolutionary mechanisms, focusing on search-space constraints, fixation limits, coordination barriers, and information-origin problems raised by…
The Math That Breaks the Myth: Why Probability Zero Forces Evolution to Face Its Limits
This article surveys mathematical critiques of unguided evolutionary mechanisms, focusing on search-space constraints, fixation limits, coordination barriers, and information-origin problems raised by mathematicians.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The Seven Major Challenges to Atheism

The Core Argument. Atheism does not just deny God; it also takes on the burden of explaining why anything exists, why moral rules really bind us, why the universe looks finely tuned for life, why conscious minds and trustworthy reason arise from matter, and…
The Seven Major Challenges to Atheism
The Core Argument. Atheism does not just deny God; it also takes on the burden of explaining why anything exists, why moral rules really bind us, why the universe looks finely tuned for life, why conscious minds and trustworthy reason arise from matter, and why human beings treat their lives as if they have deep and enduring worth in a world that, on atheistic terms, ends in oblivion.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Developmental Trusteeship vs. Anti-Imperial Absolutism: Can Asymmetric Governance Ever Be Morally Justified?

Disclosure: This article was written with the aid of AI. The author remains fully responsible for the claims, framing, edits, and final judgment expressed here. Summary The Core Argument:…
Developmental Trusteeship vs. Anti-Imperial Absolutism: Can Asymmetric Governance Ever Be Morally Justified?
Disclosure: This article was written with the aid of AI. The author remains fully responsible for the claims, framing, edits, and final judgment expressed here. Summary The Core Argument: The modern world rejects colonialism as intrinsically evil, yet it continues to tolerate—and quietly rely upon—forms of external governance, trusteeship, and dependency. The question is not whether asymmetrical authority exists, but whether it can be morally constrained, consent-based, time-limited, and ordered toward genuine independence.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Las Vegas Mass Shooting: the Crisis of Government BS Narratives

Summary The Core Argument: In a period when declassified programs, court records, and whistleblowers have normalized the reality of informants, honeypots, cutouts, and narrative control, government-implicating explanations for…
Las Vegas Mass Shooting: the Crisis of Government BS Narratives
Summary The Core Argument: In a period when declassified programs, court records, and whistleblowers have normalized the reality of informants, honeypots, cutouts, and narrative control, government-implicating explanations for assassinations and domestic terror no longer sound implausible by default. The Las Vegas shooting sits squarely inside this credibility shift. Key Takeaway: This post does not claim a single hidden truth. It compiles the best-known anomalies, surveys leading alternative narratives (including Ian Carroll’s Saudi-connection framing), and places each beside its strongest counter-arguments so readers can judge which explanations withstand evidentiary and moral scrutiny.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Poverty: Investment v. Emergency Relief – A Meaningful Compromise

Summary Primary Principle (Investment): Compassion must be ordered toward investment in competence, independence, and institutional integrity, aiming to reduce future dependency and restore human agency. Secondary Principle…
Poverty: Investment v. Emergency Relief – A Meaningful Compromise
Summary Primary Principle (Investment): Compassion must be ordered toward investment in competence, independence, and institutional integrity, aiming to reduce future dependency and restore human agency. Secondary Principle (Emergency Relief): Emergency relief is morally obligatory in genuine crises, but must remain temporary, accountable, and subordinate to long-term investment. Resolution: When emergency relief is absolutized and detached from competence-building, auditing, and exit planning, it becomes suicidal compassion—consuming resources, entrenching corruption, and perpetuating dependency.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“I Was a Christian”: What People Usually Mean—and What Christianity Actually Says

Summary The Core Argument: When someone says “I was a Christian, but now I’m not,” the statement conceals several very different spiritual realities. Christianity itself recognizes multiple explanations: nominal…
“I Was a Christian”: What People Usually Mean—and What Christianity Actually Says
Summary The Core Argument: When someone says “I was a Christian, but now I’m not,” the statement conceals several very different spiritual realities. Christianity itself recognizes multiple explanations: nominal faith without regeneration, genuine faith followed by apostasy, or true regeneration that persists through seasons of doubt, rebellion, or divine hiddenness. A common error—especially pastorally—is assuming that real faith must produce a steady, upward path of visible goodness.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Public and Child Safety vs. Legalizing Marijuana: A Constructive Compromise

SUMMARY The Core Argument: The marijuana debate is not a choice between moral panic and moral permissiveness. It is a question of how to protect children and public safety in the face of a real and persistent social risk,…
Public and Child Safety vs. Legalizing Marijuana: A Constructive Compromise
SUMMARY The Core Argument: The marijuana debate is not a choice between moral panic and moral permissiveness. It is a question of how to protect children and public safety in the face of a real and persistent social risk, while acknowledging that broad criminalization has failed to achieve that protection. A coherent solution must prioritize safety without relying on mass punishment or commercial normalization.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Take Your Political Medicine: Red, White, Blue, and Black Pilling

Take Your Political Medicine: Red, White, Blue, and Black Pilling SUMMARY
Take Your Political Medicine: Red, White, Blue, and Black Pilling
Take Your Political Medicine: Red, White, Blue, and Black Pilling SUMMARY
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December 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Preserving Western Christian Culture: History, Transmission, and Racial Homogeneity

Summary The Core Argument:
Preserving Western Christian Culture: History, Transmission, and Racial Homogeneity
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December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Two Crises of Liberal Democracy and the Return of Regime Competition

Welfare states without borders fail. Liberalism without cultural confidence invites exploitation. A society cannot indefinitely subsidize populations that do not contribute, and it cannot indefinitely tolerate parallel…
Two Crises of Liberal Democracy and the Return of Regime Competition
Welfare states without borders fail. Liberalism without cultural confidence invites exploitation. A society cannot indefinitely subsidize populations that do not contribute, and it cannot indefinitely tolerate parallel communities that reject its moral and legal foundations. The homogeneity debate is therefore not a distraction. It is a question of institutional survival.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Can the Past Be Infinite? 10 Reasons to Reject an Infinite Temporal Regress

Origins debates often hinge on whether reality is ultimately self-explaining or whether it requires a deeper ground beyond the universe itself. A beginningless universe can appear to dissolve the question of origin by…
Can the Past Be Infinite? 10 Reasons to Reject an Infinite Temporal Regress
Origins debates often hinge on whether reality is ultimately self-explaining or whether it requires a deeper ground beyond the universe itself. A beginningless universe can appear to dissolve the question of origin by pushing it indefinitely backward, while a finite past intensifies the question of why anything exists at all. {{Principle of Sufficient Reason (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2010)}}
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December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Rise of Nick Fuentes: Unpacking the Controversy and Appeal

We are missing the point of the new spate of crass young conservatives - it's not juvenile rebellion alone, it's pushing our hot buttons to show us how narrow, inflexible, biased, and judgmental we have become. And we can no longer…
The Rise of Nick Fuentes: Unpacking the Controversy and Appeal
We are missing the point of the new spate of crass young conservatives - it's not juvenile rebellion alone, it's pushing our hot buttons to show us how narrow, inflexible, biased, and judgmental we have become. And we can no longer discuss reality with our taboos in place.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Biological Reality vs. Gender Self-Identification: A Constructive Compromise

Summary The Core Argument: Human beings are sexually dimorphic mammals, and biological sex—organized around reproduction—remains a stable reality that medicine, law, and social life must take seriously. Gender identities…
Biological Reality vs. Gender Self-Identification: A Constructive Compromise
Summary The Core Argument: Human beings are sexually dimorphic mammals, and biological sex—organized around reproduction—remains a stable reality that medicine, law, and social life must take seriously. Gender identities arise partly from biological influences and partly from cultural expectations, with substantial overlap between the sexes. Elevating subjective gender self-identification above embodied sex risks confusion in policy, medicine, and personal development, and can obscure the role of trauma and adverse childhood experiences in some cases of gender distress.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Border Sovereignty vs. Humanitarian Compassion: A Constructive Compromise

Summary The Core Argument: A government’s first obligation is to safeguard the rights, security, and long-term flourishing of its own citizens. Humanitarian compassion rightly urges attention to refugees and the global poor,…
Border Sovereignty vs. Humanitarian Compassion: A Constructive Compromise
Summary The Core Argument: A government’s first obligation is to safeguard the rights, security, and long-term flourishing of its own citizens. Humanitarian compassion rightly urges attention to refugees and the global poor, yet unbounded migration cannot solve systemic poverty and can destabilize the very civic institutions that make compassion sustainable. Ordered compassion requires strong borders, principled triage, and external assistance that strengthens societies where people live.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Solving the Abortion Deadlock

This episode presents a constructive pro-life argument that seeks to resolve the intractability of the abortion debate by establishing a coherent moral hierarchy among competing values. The central thesis posits that the duty to protect innocent human life must…
Solving the Abortion Deadlock
This episode presents a constructive pro-life argument that seeks to resolve the intractability of the abortion debate by establishing a coherent moral hierarchy among competing values. The central thesis posits that the duty to protect innocent human life must function as the primary moral foundation, while the principles of maternal conscience and moral agency are secondary and bounded by this fundamental duty. 
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December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Western Civilization vs. Multiculturalism: A Constructive Compromise

Summary The Core Argument: A free and plural society requires a unifying civilizational framework capable of upholding rights, limiting state power, and sustaining the institutional virtues that make stable liberty possible.…
Western Civilization vs. Multiculturalism: A Constructive Compromise
Summary The Core Argument: A free and plural society requires a unifying civilizational framework capable of upholding rights, limiting state power, and sustaining the institutional virtues that make stable liberty possible. Multiculturalism rightly defends minority dignity and ethnic heritage, yet it cannot sustain the legal and moral architecture that protects such diversity. Western civilization—especially in its Christian form—uniquely generated institutions such as free-market capitalism, scientific inquiry, the abolition of slavery, hospitals, universities, and the modern concept of universal human rights.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Gun Ownership vs. Gun Control: A Constructive Compromise

Summary The Core Argument: Gun ownership is a foundational safeguard of personal liberty, dignity, and self-defense—an authority individuals must retain because the state cannot guarantee their protection. Gun control concerns, however, stem…
Gun Ownership vs. Gun Control: A Constructive Compromise
Summary The Core Argument: Gun ownership is a foundational safeguard of personal liberty, dignity, and self-defense—an authority individuals must retain because the state cannot guarantee their protection. Gun control concerns, however, stem from a legitimate desire to prevent negligent or malicious misuse of firearms. The core conflict emerges not from irreconcilable values but from a disordered prioritization, where safety is often elevated above liberty.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM