This time, I’m not alone. DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia (AP) — A woman came home from vacation to find a stranger living there, wearing her clothes, changing utilities into her name and even ripping out carpet and repainting a room she didn’t like, authorities said. Apparently, she broke into the house………with a shovel.
Archive for October, 2004
October 21, 2004
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Bewildered
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Theology, Theology (Christian Life)I teach in a homeschool program that advertizes as Socratic but is actually Platonic (itself a very Platonic move). In other words, we don’t engage in pure “Socratic” discussions–we think there are answers and what’s more, we’ve got them (even if we don’t understand them). Most of my students have been homsechooled and are subsequently [...]
October 20, 2004
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Bronx bombed….
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsOrtiz had help tonight in the form of the formerly-struggling Johnny Damon. Kudos to Boston for a very well-earned series win. Oh, and as usual, check out Jim Caple’s column over at ESPN. A snippet: Still, the champagne tasted very sweet in the Red Sox clubhouse. And it should have. After all those years of [...]
October 20, 2004
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Before there was Kripke…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Philosophythere was Lewis. That’s right. C.S. Lewis. Lewis’s sermon “Transposition” contains in it an excellent layman’s summary of what is now known as property/substance dualism. The fundamental principle of “Transposition” is that “higher mediums” can’t be transposed/represented by “lower mediums” without the loss of something. The higher can always be explained by the lower–emotions can [...]
October 20, 2004
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Adding to the momentum – A post on loves
By Keith E. Buhler in Philosophy, TheologyMatt, I commend your valience and I will put my hand to the plow, as well, attempting to make Mere Orthodoxy an interesting place to read. I have several streams of thought I would like to use to start conversations with you and those who read this site. I would like to hear your thoughts [...]
October 18, 2004
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Back from the Dead…..
By Matthew Lee Anderson in News…at least for now. Now that no one is reading this (save, perhaps on every third Thursday my brother and my girlfriend) , I have decided to make a valiant, if not foolhardy, attempt at reviving Mere-Orthodoxy. I have never considered myself a band-wagon sports fan before, but Red Sox nation has me hoping and [...]