Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Freedom to Have a Blessed Day
Stories of Christians being silenced are becoming all too common. Schools don’t want to recognize the Christian holidays they once taught about. Cities and states don’t want public displays or expressions of faith. We even had a rash of political correctness when many store employees were told not to say Merry Christmas. Now a Walmart…
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The Taliban Two Step, Why Fools Should Not Run the Country
According to the White House it is alright to swap prisoners with the Taliban because the Taliban is not considered a terrorist group. Wait? What? That’s what the deputy press secretary Eric Schultz argued with ABC’s John Karl. During the exchange Karl asked whether the Jordanian government’s trade with the Islamic State was similar to…
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Choosing Courage Over Comfort
During her recent state of the state speech, Governor Susanna Martinez gave a charge to New Mexico and it’s legislative body, “I ask that, in every decision, we choose courage over comfort, change over stagnation, reform over the status quo,” Martinez urged New Mexico lawmakers to approve measures aimed at creating jobs and improving the…
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Like the Morning Fog
There are several passages in scripture that remind us that life is short and fleeting. Jesus taught that our lives are like the flower of the grass, here today and gone tomorrow. Our brief lives are like the morning fog burning up in the rays of the breaking sun. I am never more reminded of…
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This Should be the Reply For All Police Shootings by Sheriffs, Police Chiefs and Mayors
It is a simple concept, If you continue to live by violence you will die by violence. Jesus revealed this truth to Peter, “He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.” Read the opening verses of Romans 13 (see below), you will find that when you are doing evil, you can expect the…
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Wrestling With the Spirit of Islam
Following the attacks in France on the staff at Charlie Hebdo and the massacre of Nigerians by Boko Haram the Obama administration is having trouble describing the problem of Islamic violence. Mr. Obama and his staff cannot even bring themselves to use the current politically correct term Islamic extremist. Even when mainstream Muslim imam Anjem Choudary…
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