Tuesday Matinee: Inception

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Today we begin a new feature here at Tuesday Afternoon: Tuesday Matinee.  Once a month, we pick a new movie to analyze from all the perspectives you’ve come to expect from us here – art, philosophy, theology, and so forth.  This month, Jonah and Spencer take on Inception.  Leave a comment to let us know [...]

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Review: The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

by Andy Burke

In his new book, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True, Richard Dawkins draws a line in the sand between myth and reality, and he aims show his readers the beauty of science. As Dawkins puts it himself, “The truth is more magical – in the best and most exciting sense of [...]

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Omnipotence, Time and Paradoxes

by Timm Simpkins

If you were walking through the desert and came across a box that said, “Open to become omnipotent”, would you open it?  What might happen if you did? One of the things that I think most people understand is that the idea of omnipotence is a rather contradictory one.  The classic “Can God create a [...]

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Nothing Exists Outside of Our Minds

by Nick Bohl

Before I start let me clarify. I am not saying “without minds, things stop existing”. It would be just as silly for me to say things stop existing as it would be to say they do exist outside of the reach of our minds. My point is that the only way we can comment on [...]

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Democracy on W. 121st Street

by Theo Warner

On 121st Street, democracy rages. At issue is the renaming of the 500 block of W. 121st St. in honor of comedian George Carlin who grew up on the block. Also on the block is Corpus Christi, the Roman Catholic church where Carlin was a parochial student and parishioner. The parishioners contend that to honor [...]

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Review: In Bad Faith by Andrew Levine

by Andy Burke

Is it possible to live in an enlightened society while also being a sincere religious devotee? Political philosopher Andrew Levine argues that it’s not. In his new book, In Bad Faith: What’s Wrong with the Opium of the People, he tells us that faith in a liberal society is “bad faith.” In other words, a [...]

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You Were Wrong

by Lisa Fite

Someone looked me in the eyes last week and said: “You were wrong.” There was a bit of contempt in the statement to be sure, some frustration that I had lagged behind in aligning my opinion to hers. And she was right, I was wrong, to a degree. I made a judgment call based on [...]

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The Hardest Thing…

by James W. Iman

I moved into the dorms at my university in my third year as a student there (this was in 2001). During my first semester living in the dorms, as a result of events I can no longer recall, I became acquainted with an incoming freshmen, Eric. We discovered that we had a lot in common [...]

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