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Mar 30, 2023

XFL and Lent

“The XFL is just what a patient in withdrawal needs to ease the transition.”

XFL and Lent

Mar 28, 2023

The Big Bang

“We imagine Big Bang as though someone switched on a torch in the middle of a dark room; but of course, there is no flashlight, there is no room.”

The Big Bang

Mar 23, 2023

Life After Death

“Once alive, always alive, but not always alive in time. Life, at least conscious life, is not time bound. You’re in for a penny, you’re in for a pound.”  

Life After Death

Mar 21, 2023

Order and Anarchy

“The order that emerges among self-governing entities is the only 'real' order.”

Order and Anarchy

Mar 16, 2023

Could You Pass a Turing Test?

“As far back as I can remember, I’ve known that ‘something’s wrong’. No matter 'whom' (sic) I’ve seemed to be, I have not been.”

Could You Pass a Turing Test?

Mar 14, 2023

Stations of the Cross

“The Stations of the Cross are not just about Jesus’ final hours; they are about all the hours of all of our lives.”

Stations of the Cross

Mar 9, 2023

Our Visitor From Andromeda

“'Distributed intelligence' challenges our ideas of God and of Nature; but it may offer a pathway to a new and better theory of cosmogenesis.”

Our Visitor From Andromeda

Mar 7, 2023

Competing Cosmologies

“Cosmic phenomena may best be understood by overlaying several incompatible but complementary models.”

Competing Cosmologies

Mar 2, 2023

Constitutional Theocracy

“Sadly, the option of a ‘Constitutional Theocracy’ hasn’t made it into most 21st century civics textbooks.”

Constitutional Theocracy

Feb 28, 2023

Atheism and London Buses

“If a UK political party were to adopt ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ as its manifesto, it would likely get no closer to the House of Commons than the Tower of London.”

Atheism and London Buses

Feb 23, 2023

Pando

“How are you at riddles? Let’s see!”

Pando

Feb 21, 2023

Brexit

“What was lost on the battlefield was won back in the taverns, classrooms and monasteries of medieval England. The turning point: Geoffrey Chaucer…who says art can’t change the world?”

Brexit

Feb 16, 2023

Consciousness

“Consciousness is an agent of identity, a consequence of identity, and an expression of identity…”

Consciousness

Feb 14, 2023

Christology Without Christ?

“But what if Jesus is not your cup of tea? There’s an old hymn that goes, ‘Jesus is just all right with me,’ but what if he’s not all right with you?”

Christology Without Christ?

Feb 9, 2023

The Ark of the Covenant

“You want me to believe that your God is invisible, that he lives in an empty box…and you want me to worship that box?”

The Ark of the Covenant

Feb 7, 2023

Is 70 the New 14?

“For 70 years you’ve practiced the ways of others; you have been a loyal member of team Homo, but now it’s back to reality, to yourself alone.”

Is 70 the New 14?

Feb 2, 2023

Reason, Religion, and Pope Benedict

“World War I, Stalinism, Fascism, the Holocaust, World War II, Hiroshima, the Cold War, Vietnam, and now the new ‘30-Plus Years War’ in the Middle East… Rational Empiricism has compiled quite a resume!”

Reason, Religion, and Pope Benedict

Jan 31, 2023

Groundhog Day

“You are not Joey...there are no magic kingdoms in your future. No, you are face-to-face with the darkest days of winter.”

Groundhog Day

Jan 26, 2023

A Brand New Razor

“You’ve heard of Occam’s Razor… Occam gives disheveled, often bloated philosophy a good shave. But not good enough!”

A Brand New Razor

Jan 24, 2023

Abraham and Sarah

“We would not expect to find every human being alive today sharing DNA inherited from one particular ancestral couple, and yet, they do!”

Abraham and Sarah

Jan 19, 2023

This or That

“The only way to conserve the past is to change it (and) the surest way to destroy the past is to preserve it.”

This or That

Jan 10, 2023

Thoughts While Sleeping -- Number One

"Not all thoughts come while shaving..."

Thoughts While Sleeping -- Number One

Jan 5, 2023

The World According to Whitehead

“In the technical jargon of academia, the mashed potatoes are lumpier than we would have expected.”

The World According to Whitehead

Jan 3, 2023

Happy New Year!

“You share 99.9% of my DNA! How scary is that?”

Happy New Year!

Dec 15, 2022

Zeno Meets Einstein

“Photons do what frazzled parents can’t; they can be in two places at once. Better yet, they can be in all places at once.”

 Zeno Meets Einstein

Dec 13, 2022

Shame

“Shame comes in two flavors: episodic shame and existential shame. Episodic shame can be habit-forming; it can turn into existential shame.”

Shame

Dec 8, 2022

The Time Trap

“The future is hurtling toward us at the speed of a runaway train…Now is the hour of our death…Memento Mori does not go nearly far enough. Try Vivo Mori instead.”

The Time Trap

Dec 6, 2022

Cordoba 999

“…the city had 260,000 residential units, 80,000 shops, 13,000 looms, 5,000 mills, and 4,000 open air markets… the central library contained over 400,000 volumes (allegedly more than the library at Alexandria before the conflagration.)”

Cordoba 999

Nov 29, 2022

Consultants Wanted-Join Our Team

Consultants Wanted-Join Our Team

Nov 22, 2022

Deus Absconditus

“First, pay the cancellation fee and cash in your first-class ticket to Lhasa.”

Deus Absconditus

Nov 17, 2022

Advertising

“Madison Avenue knows us. It knows that our deepest longing is to be ourselves, to be what we are, to lose our absolute freedom in the security of an identity....'Never happening!”

Advertising

Nov 15, 2022

King James

“We’re not in Kansas (or even Kensington) anymore, are we?”

King James

Nov 10, 2022

Aletheia Today Needs YOU!

“Satisfaction…is potentially limitless.”

Aletheia Today Needs YOU!

Nov 8, 2022

Election Day 2022

“Whatever we do, each of us is commenting on the current state-of-affairs, advocating for some future state-of-affairs, or rejecting the political process altogether.”

Election Day 2022

Nov 3, 2022

Gettysburg Too

“To determine if a particular government is operating for the people, we need a checklist. What are the identifying marks of such a government?”

Gettysburg Too

Nov 1, 2022

The Gettysburg Address

“After Lincoln, the legitimacy of government is an all or nothing proposition.”

The Gettysburg Address

Oct 27, 2022

Who Invented the Internet

“Al Gore claims the honor, but research shows that proof of concept testing began in 802 AD...”

Who Invented the Internet

Oct 25, 2022

Church and State

I will write (my law) upon their hearts… At that time, there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own mind.

Church and State

Oct 20, 2022

How to Destroy a Culture

OMG, what have I done? I’ve just given you "The Ultimate Imperialists’ Cookbook!"

How to Destroy a Culture

Oct 18, 2022

I Led Three Lives

“Modern physics is right now living at least three lives and possibly a fourth.”

I Led Three Lives

Oct 11, 2022

I'm Too Old for War

“So that’s it for me; I’m done. I’m too old for war now, period. Put me down on your list as…no longer compliant.”

I'm Too Old for War

Oct 6, 2022

The Search for Self

We are Le Neant, nothing – and nothing could be better than that!

The Search for Self

Oct 4, 2022

Who Dunnit?

“Was it Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory with the Wrench? Or…”

Who Dunnit?

Sep 29, 2022

A Many-Worlds Interpretation of Social Dynamics

“There was more cultural overlap between the Confederate States and the United States in 1860 than there is today between red states and blue.”

A Many-Worlds Interpretation of Social Dynamics

Sep 27, 2022

The Death of "God?"

“I had not known that God’s alleged demise had been elevated to the status of a fact.”

The Death of "God?"

Sep 22, 2022

You Say you Want a Revolution!

“A successful revolution is not something you cook up one summer evening over burgers and beer…”

You Say you Want a Revolution!

Sep 20, 2022

Football and Social Change

“…You feel your body sliding between other bodies, not under them; you look up and OMG, it’s Morning in America, daylight after all.”

Football and Social Change

Sep 15, 2022

Give us your honest opinion, please.

Give us your honest opinion, please.

Give us your honest opinion, please.

Sep 13, 2022

/ˈdjuːti/

Why can’t a monarch wear whatever shade of nail polish she wants?

/ˈdjuːti/

Sep 8, 2022

Stein Time

“That’s why Tom Brady can’t retire!”

Stein Time

Sep 6, 2022

Who Am I?

“My job is to experience, even enjoy, the prairie, not fix it…”

Who Am I?

Sep 1, 2022

Coming Attractions

“We’ll ‘listen’ to a performance of Handel’s Messiah and then ‘fly’ to London to take a look at Henry Moore’s iconic sculpture, Nativity.

Coming Attractions

Aug 30, 2022

Theory of Everything

“Only six verses long, this Christology contains the elements of a complete Theology, and, beyond that, of a complete Cosmology.”

Theory of Everything

Aug 25, 2022

Aletheia Today Magazine Issue #3

Countdown to our next issue...

Aletheia Today Magazine Issue #3

Aug 23, 2022

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Who’s the hero now, Julius Caesar…or you?

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Aug 18, 2022

Meet the Piraha

Piraha has no words for numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3) or for colors (e.g., red, green, blue).

Meet the Piraha

Aug 16, 2022

Enlightenment!

“It is often said that victors write history. That is even truer when the war is cultural rather than political.”

Enlightenment!

Aug 11, 2022

I Shop, Therefore I Am

I before me except after T (Theos)

I Shop, Therefore I Am

Aug 9, 2022

Who Is Mary?

The relationship between Jesus and Mary is the relationship between God and the World, and the relationship between God and the World is the paradigm of all external relatedness.

Who Is Mary?

Aug 4, 2022

Time

Contemporary views of Time include such ideas as: ‘there is no such thing; it’s an illusion; it’s a giant block and every moment is a slice; time is just one more dimension in spacetime,' etc.

Time

Aug 2, 2022

John Vianney

“He used to travel…to isolated barns for clandestine Masses…”

John Vianney

Jul 28, 2022

A Many Worlds Interpretation of Social Dynamics

“There was more cultural overlap between the Confederate States and the United States in 1860 than there is today between Red States and Blue.”

A Many Worlds Interpretation of Social Dynamics

Jul 26, 2022

Common Sense Academy Routs Info Tech, 97 - 3

"Imagine that the Borg Collective and Jean Luc Picard had a baby…"

Common Sense Academy Routs Info Tech, 97 - 3

Jul 21, 2022

Inside/Outside

Living in an orientable universe is no fun! Thank God we don’t live in such a universe!

Inside/Outside

Jul 19, 2022

Things Are Not Always the Way They Seem to Appear

This alternative turns a simple, two-stroke process of alienation into a four-stroke process of alignment. How so?

Things Are Not Always the Way They Seem to Appear

Jul 14, 2022

Special Issue Ahead--Your exclusive look at ATM's Summer Issue

All of us at AT are super excited about what we’re building: a hyper-active community of folks dedicated to the convergence of science, philosophy, and theology in the 21st century.

Special Issue Ahead--Your exclusive look at ATM's Summer Issue

Jul 12, 2022

God Calling!

“I wrote the answers to life’s riddles on the cuffs of your shirts, and I encouraged you to cheat. And still…”

God Calling!

Jul 7, 2022

The Sovereignty of God

God’s sovereignty is absolute; it is part of God’s essential nature and therefore cannot be subdivided, shared, or delegated…it can only be reflected.

The Sovereignty of God

Jul 5, 2022

How is Government Like Soft Serve Ice Cream?

Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, Tyranny, even Anarchy, are means of government, not government itself.

How is Government Like Soft Serve Ice Cream?

Jun 30, 2022

Abraham Lincoln and the Book of Judges

“If time travel is perfected in my lifetime, I know exactly where…and when…I’ll visit first!”

Abraham Lincoln and the Book of Judges

Jun 28, 2022

Faith vs. Belief

“Courage is how 'who you are' overcomes 'what you are.'"

Faith vs. Belief

Jun 23, 2022

I'm Bored!

“We are co-responsible for the world. We are all always our siblings’ keepers!”

I'm Bored!

Jun 21, 2022

Everything is Interesting…What Went Wrong?

Childhood today could be and should be utopian, but it isn’t. Not even close! Why? How did we screw things up so massively?

Everything is Interesting…What Went Wrong?

Jun 16, 2022

Extra! Extra!

“Do I really have to wait three months for more ATM?" No, you do not! We’ve decided to add a special issue (7/15) to our 2022 publication schedule. Here's what we have planned...

Extra! Extra!

Jun 14, 2022

The Mass Shooting Epidemic

People who perpetrate mass shootings are searching for answers, for meaning in life…

The Mass Shooting Epidemic

Jun 9, 2022

Believers Need Not Apply

We’ve constructed a super-elaborate cosmology to explain how ‘it is’ arose spontaneously from ‘it is not.’ (If that doesn’t make any sense to you, trust me, it doesn’t make sense to me either.) How did the universe come to be? It just did! How did the ratios of the masses of subatomic particles get so finely tuned? They just did!

Believers Need Not Apply

Jun 7, 2022

ATM or ATM

But OT or NT, is the information fungible? Well, it may not get you a cool ride or an awesome crib, but it might just get you eternal life instead.

ATM or ATM

Jun 2, 2022

Two New Articles Added to Aletheia Today Summer Issue

We were thrilled when the opportunity arose to add these additional articles to our first issue.

Two New Articles Added to Aletheia Today Summer Issue

May 31, 2022

Official Launch of Aletheia Today Magazine

Your exclusive look at the all-new magazine for believers in science and God!

Official Launch of Aletheia Today Magazine

May 26, 2022

The Power of Intuition

I love to say, “I know.” Be honest, so do you! We all love to say it – well, all of us except Nicholas of Cusa (1401 - 1464), who preferred to say, “I don’t know.” But that’s another story for another day.

The Power of Intuition

May 24, 2022

Lao Tzu

Do we live life or does life live us?

Lao Tzu

May 19, 2022

Black Hole

“…We just caught our first glimpse of the big black hole that lies, curled up like my favorite pussy cat, at the center of our galaxy.”

Black Hole

May 17, 2022

The Algorithm Challenge!

…We do not experience ‘objective time’, we only experience ‘subjective time’. In subjective time, a minute never ends but entire years go by in a flash.

The Algorithm Challenge!

May 12, 2022

Being and Nothingness

But there are holes in this Swiss cheese. First, while it is true that ‘events’ constitute the universe, what we’re calling ‘events’ (above) are rarely primordial events.

Being and Nothingness

May 10, 2022

Offense Taken!

There is nothing more self-satisfying or self-aggrandizing than ‘taking offense’.

Offense Taken!

May 5, 2022

Is 65 the New 45?

That’s conventional wisdom…and in this rare case, conventional wisdom is not wrong…but neither is it perfectly right.

Is 65 the New 45?

May 3, 2022

You have Nothing to Lose but Your Clouds...What if you could vote to change the weather?

Suppose every day we could vote what weather we were to have tomorrow. What fighting there would be, what killing of one neighbor by another…most things that we vote for do not really matter, you are a little more or a little less uncomfortable as the government does one thing or another but the weather oh dear…that would be a disaster.”

You have Nothing to Lose but Your Clouds...What if you could vote to change the weather?

Apr 28, 2022

Everybody's Autobiography

Is it possible to write an autobiography of everyone, to somehow incorporate the wildly varying events of different people’s lives into a single story? Absurd, right? But not so fast!

Everybody's Autobiography

Apr 26, 2022

May Day

A survey of Western traditions suggests that May Day might once have been the most important day of the year. That’s right, May Day! This day links pagan fertility rites, mythology, cosmology, Christian theology, and Marxist ideology. Quite a feat! Or is it?

May Day

Apr 19, 2022

And Then...

This was perhaps the last time we could say, “God is in his heaven, and all is right with the world.”

And Then...

Apr 14, 2022

Check the Date

You can’t resist the urge. You peek back at the front cover. Is this really a book about Eastern Europe c. 1000 A.D.?

Check the Date

Apr 12, 2022

Death Valley

We expect that death will seem closer each time we check, but surprisingly, that isn’t what we experience. It seems as though death were retreating from us. The closer we get, the further it recedes.

Death Valley

Apr 7, 2022

The Problem of Evil Through the Prism of Job

A famous paradox runs like this: “Is it good because it is God’s will, or is it God’s will because it is good?” In other words, is God subject to universal ethical standards or are those standards universal merely because God wills them?

The Problem of Evil Through the Prism of Job

Apr 5, 2022

The Riddle of the Sphinx

What walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening? Of course, by now we all know the answer: human beings. Babies crawl (4), adults walk (2), seniors often need a cane (3). But there’s more to this riddle than meets the eye.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

Mar 31, 2022

All or Nothing

Time is the spotlight of being. For a short while, we are in the spot; then we aren’t. We are merely ‘shadows of our former selves’ (shades).

All or Nothing

Mar 29, 2022

Pardon My Language! (An Introduction to Gertrude Stein)

For the most part, modern English limits itself to a handful of cases, voices, moods, etc. That would not do for Gertrude Stein. She needed more!

Pardon My Language! (An Introduction to Gertrude Stein)

Mar 25, 2022

“…And the Pursuit of Happiness.” (The Declaration of Independence, 1776)

We honor ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’ as inalienable human rights, but not all of us can say with assurance that we are always on the side of ‘life’ and ‘liberty’. Sometimes we can’t even agree on what these words mean, and we certainly don’t agree on how these rights should be applied in specific situations. (For example, many of the men who wrote the Declaration themselves owned slaves. We don’t always see ourselves through the eyes of civilization or the lens of history.)

“…And the Pursuit of Happiness.” (The Declaration of Independence, 1776)

Mar 22, 2022

Can Subject/Verb Agreement Make the World Go Round?

We imagine that our world is made up of ‘things’ (nouns), their accidental qualities (adjectives), and the relationships between them (verbs). We imagine this because just such a classification system is embedded in our native tongue: modern English, for example, or most any other contemporary Indo-European language.

Can Subject/Verb Agreement Make the World Go Round?

Mar 10, 2022

Classified Information

Classification is a tool we use to organize our experiences into categories based on the intrinsic content of those experiences. Flying in planes may define a different category of experience from hiking in mountains. Of course, no two flights are ever the same, nor are any two hikes. Still, it is useful for some purposes (not all) to classify these experiences differently.

Classified Information

Mar 8, 2022

Where'd You Get That Spark?

Is the spark of the Hasidim the same thing as Whitehead’s Primordial Nature of God?

Where'd You Get That Spark?

Thoughts While Shaving

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