Monthly Archives: September 2015

Faith Lost and Faith Found

Posted on September 25, 2015 by N.S. Palmer

Why do some people lose their faith, while other people find it? It’s not because of differences in intelligence or education. Atheists and theists are often equally smart and educated. Orthodox Jewish Israeli physicist Gerald Schroeder and Evangelical Christian geneticist … Continue reading →

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Who Is Your Enemy?

Posted on September 17, 2015 by N.S. Palmer

Who is your enemy? One of my friends said that she must have done something right this year, because she had acquired more enemies. Winston Churchill, who was Britain’s prime minister during World War II, would have agreed: “You have enemies? … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Sloppy Thinking

Posted on September 7, 2015 by N.S. Palmer

By holding the handles, we can manipulate large amounts of information to solve problems, but we avoid getting bogged down in irrelevant details. Even if the underlying details are incomprehensible or inaccurate, the handle can still work. Continue reading →