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Jun 19, 2008

The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting: A Reply to Trenton Merricks

(Thanks to James Anderson, Ted Hamilton, and Steve Hays for insightful comments on a rough draft of this post. The position argued below should not be taken to be identical with their own views on the matter, and any errors or blunder are to be attributed to me.)The resurrection of the dead is one of those articles of faith known solely by way of special, divine revelation. The ...

Jun 10, 2008

Is It Irrational to Believe the Mind is Separate from the Brain?

Some have made the claim that it is irrational to believe in a mind separate from the brain. The materialist argues that there is no real mind because everything reduces to a tangible physical object. Thus, our consciousness is merely a by-product of electrochemical reactions in the brain. Duelists, on the other hand, believe that there is a distinction between the brain and the mind. That is, while ...

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