Religion

Philosophy

Why I’m Not A Buddhist

By Ken Niemann Many Americans are embracing Buddhism for a number of reasons. Chief among them, I suspect, is that this religion is just plain fashionable and is largely unencumbered by the moral and logical constraints found elsewhere (i.e. in Natural Law). The definitive source for a critique of Oriental religions…

Posted on September 23, 2019August 11, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

History

On the Philosophy of Recovery: Reason, Meaning, & Logotherapy

By Ken Niemann Nihilism is the logical ends of a universe devoid of an objective, transcendent, immaterial Good that placed a value on human beings. Viennese Psychiatrist and Holocaust Survivor Viktor Frankl brilliantly understood the necessity of meaning and value in one’s life for mental health but was largely confused…

Posted on September 23, 2019April 3, 2022 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Zarathushtrian influences on Judaism & Christianity?

-Ken Niemann Some claim Zarathushtrian antecedents to the major doctrines of Judaism and Christianity so today might be a good day to address the topic. Below are a number of what I believe to be superficial similarities typically offered to demonstrate a Zarathrustrian influence on Judaism : 1) A supreme creator God…

Posted on September 18, 2019August 8, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

On the Philosophy of Recovery Part II: The Logos

By Ken Niemann Step Three: “We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we Understood Him.” Understood by many as the Queen of the Sciences, Philosophy has a rich tradition of influencing the field of Psychology. Ryan and Deci, for…

Posted on August 31, 2019August 8, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Culture

Socrates on Intellectual Freedom

Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth of Athens with his teachings. The Court offered to free him if he would recant his teachings before the youth, but he chose the poison Hemlock instead because the truth was that important to him. Many think this event launched the discipline of…

Posted on August 16, 2019September 15, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Philosophy

Against Fideism

My attempt here is to offer a brief survey of fideism in the Christian church and elucidate it's deviation from orthodoxy and just plain common sense. It will be shown that, while often well intentioned fideism requires gross distortion of scriptural content and actually serves to undermine the nature of…

Posted on June 6, 2019August 8, 2020 by KNiemann by KNiemann

History

Book Review: The Sword of the Prophet

See Also: Atlas Shrugs In his The Sword of the Prophet, Serge Trifkovic endeavors to detail the history and theology of Islam. Some of the critically important questions addressed in his volume are whether violence is creedal to this religion and whether its theology can withstand rational scrutiny. In his…

Posted on September 6, 2018September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Philosophy

Presuppositional Calvinists can’t do apologetics

The following is a brief case as to why Presuppositional Calvinists should not be doing Apologetics at all. (Apologetics is the reasoned defense of a faith much like that which a lawyer would make in a courtroom. The word comes from Peter 3:15.) First consider the Ordo Salutis (Order of…

Posted on September 6, 2018September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Philosophical Problem with the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Epiphenomenalism

The essay below so perfectly articulates my view on epiphenomenalism and its importance to psychology that I couldn't resist sharing it. (Epiphenomenalism is a self-referentially refuting concept.) Please give Steven Slate some traffic if you are interested in either Philosophy of Mind or Addiction: "Behaviorists believe that materialist determinism is…

Posted on July 24, 2018September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Law & Politics

Shattering New Evidence Reveals: Obama Spent $500,000,000 to Train a Jihadi Elite Force Which Now Partners In Christian Massacres

Shattering New Evidence Reveals: Obama Spent $500,000,000 to Train a Jihadi Elite Force Which Now Partners In Christian Massacres Posted on August 24, 2015 by Walid Shoebat Obama’s $500 million plan to combat Bashar Al-Assad and ISIS forces in Syria created an elite force called “Regiment-30.” While Fox News revealed…

Posted on August 25, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Culture

“Liberté de penser – Die Gedanken sind frei ” : les artistes alsaciens mobilisés pour Charlie

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j54HIGk_AEI#t=47[/embed] Le collectif «Pour ne pas oublier Charlie» constitué de 150 artistes et techniciens a réalisé un clip. La chanson interprétée en français, allemand, anglais, italien, portugais, yiddish, turc et arabe est à l’origine une chanson allemande, «Die Gedanken sind frei», symbole de la résistance à l’oppression et à la…

Posted on July 7, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Law & Politics

Muslims Won’t Bake Cakes For Gays

I'm utterly disgusted by the Leftist/Marxist thought police who dropped the hammer on the Memories pizza joint who opts not to serve gay weddings. What happened to freedom of association? Gays have a right not to do business with fundamentalists in the same way the fundamentalist has a right not to participate…

Posted on April 2, 2015September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Movie Exposes Vicious Scientology Cult

Scientology also owns a drug rehab called Narconon whereby the "recovering addicts" have to do the most bizarre things while isolated from friends and family. The cult also has front groups that pretend to serve as a counseling center for those seeking help for addiction. HBO’s Scientology Exposé Going Clear…

Posted on March 31, 2015 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Bioethics

Ethics of Liberty

The Mises Institute has an high quality audio series consisting of 30 lectures on the Ethics of Liberty. Ethics of Liberty Example: Natural Law vs. Positive Law

Posted on October 1, 2014September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Law & Politics

Bill Maher Rips the Multiculturalist “Co-Exist” Crowd

Bill Maher Hits Fellow Libs For “Pretending All Religions Are Alike” After ISIS Beheads James Foley… CAIR cries “Islamophobia” in 3… 2… 1…

Posted on August 19, 2014 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Law & Politics

Brigitte Gabriel Educates Moderate Muslim

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Posted on June 18, 2014 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Culture

‘Spiritual’ people at higher risk of mental health problems

'Spiritual' people at higher risk of mental health problems "They are more likely to suffer from a range of mental health problems than either the conventionally religious or those who are agnostic or atheists, found researchers at University College London. They are more disposed towards anxiety disorders, phobias and neuroses,…

Posted on April 2, 2014 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Intelligent Design

A Universe from Nothing?

[embed]http://youtu.be/V82uGzgoajI[/embed] Here, William Lane Craig debates atheist Larry Krauss who holds the view that something may come from nothing thereby undermining the Cosmological Argument for the existence of a transcendent creator. Craig's best point, in my view, was a reference to Columbia philosopher David Albert's point that Krauss equivocates on…

Posted on March 4, 2014September 24, 2019 by KNiemann by KNiemann

Evironmentalism

The War on Humans

The powerful Discovery Institute documentary The War on Humans is viewable now in its entirety on YouTube. What does it have to do with evolution? Very simple. The Darwin debate is about the interpretation of scientific data, but its importance goes much deeper: to the ultimate question of the place…

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