Joshua Spatha

It is often said that atheism is simply a lack of belief in God or gods, but in reality, the atheistic worldview requires belief as every worldview rests upon a certain number of unproved and unprovable presuppositions. Due to humanity's finite nature, we do not possess all knowledge, but rather, a tiny fraction of it, and our direct observational capability is quite limited. Therefore, we must rest a large amount of what we do know upon inferences and assumptions as evidence only goes so...

The postmodern age introduced speech regulation and redefinition eerily reminiscent of George Orwell's "newspeak" in his dystopian novel, 1984 and it would seem even science has embraced it. Concepts such as "Regimes of Truth," derived from Michel Foucault's ideas (who coincidentally died in 1984), are mixed with those of Jacques Derrida that claim language doesn't have actual meaning, but rather, words only derive meaning by how they are related to other words. This philosophical concoction...

Baptism. It is a sacrament and a fundamental aspect of the Christian faith, and yet often is fundamentally misunderstood. It is instructed as the essential first step in making the decision to follow Christ, yet it is often either delayed or treated as optional and unnecessary. Many questions continue to swirl regarding its practice, application, and purpose, and part of the issue lies in the fact that its ancient Near Eastern meaning is lost on a modern, Westernized audience. But baptism is...