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	<description>&#34;Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.&#34; James 4:14</description>
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		<title>A double standard</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/a-double-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certain atheists reject the idea that they have to consider the best arguments for theism, thinking such arguments ought to be dismissed basically prima facie.  This type of response towards theism has come to be known as the Courtier&#8217;s Reply.  The force of the Courtier&#8217;s reply towards theism derives from an analogy with something supposedly just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=96&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Unimpressive Bible &#8211; A Response</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/the-unimpressive-bible-a-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post I presented an argument for the following proposition: either God does not exist, or the Bible is not God&#8217;s communication to us.  Having let the post simmer for a while, and having given I think a fair amount of time for anyone willing to comment for it&#8217;s support the ability to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=65&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Unimpressive Bible</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/the-unimpressive-bible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve encountered a curious position among atheists with respect to the nature of the Bible that I think now warrants some attention here.  I&#8217;ll call it the &#8220;Unimpressive Bible Objection&#8221;, or UBO.  Proponents of the UBO seem to promote the following general argument: The Bible contains stories that don&#8217;t exhibit the type of information that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=55&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What counts as history?</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/what-counts-as-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can the resurrection of Jesus Christ be considered a historical fact?  What I mean by this is the following: is there any way to argue that the resurrection actually occurred in the past?  This seems like a fairly straightforward question, but I&#8217;ve encountered some interesting positions against the idea that the question even has any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=38&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new &#8220;Merely Mist&#8221;.  I appreciate any feedback on the look and functionality of the new site. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=30&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brief Time-Out</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/brief-time-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been neither posting nor commenting much on the blogosphere recently.  This is due to two things: 1.  My real job has become more demanding, and 2.  We just added another baby to the Reid clan. Just an FYI.  My usual sloth-like pace of posting will resume eventually. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=19&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Against the B-Theory of Time</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/against-the-b-theory-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kalam Cosmological Argument]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two competing theories of time: they are named&#160;creatively&#160;the &#8220;A-Theory&#8221; and &#8220;B-Theory&#8221;. &#160;For an introduction, see this article at Wikipedia. &#160;Very briefly, the A-Theory of time affirms that the past and future are not as real as the present, that is, time passes. &#160;The B-Theory of time affirms that past, present, and future are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=18&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desirism: another opinion</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/desirism-another-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at &#8220;the warfare is mental&#8221;, cl is the latest to engage with Desirism. &#160;Follow all the exciting adventure starting here. Filed under: Desirism<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=17&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Kalam</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/more-on-kalam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kalam Cosmological Argument]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am persuaded by the Kalam version of the Cosmological Argument. &#160;Here is some video of its main defender, William Lane Craig, explaining his use of Big Bang cosmology to defend premise 2 of the argument: The universe began to exist. These are from his 2004 Templeton Lecture, and are just the Q&#38;A portion. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=16&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Necessity and the Universe&#8217;s Contingency (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://merelymist.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/gods-necessity-and-the-universes-contingency-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reidish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Part 2 of this series I explored propositions comprising a supposed inconsistent set regarding God&#8217;s necessity and the universe&#8217;s contingency, brought to my attention by &#8220;TaiChi&#8221; (see also Part 1 of this series where I introduced TaiChi&#8217;s initial argument).  But it turns out I had misunderstood how he was using the term &#8220;sufficient reason&#8221;, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=merelymist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14457280&amp;post=13&amp;subd=merelymist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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