Recent Writing
Understanding After School Satan Clubs (Published in Summit Reflect)
The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan Club program is often misunderstood.
Dear, Kind God: A Divine Dilemma (Published in An Unexpected JournaL)
Inspired by the chapter “Rebellion” in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, this poem explores the...
Requiem for Patricia Janečková: Death, Art, and Immortality
Do we live in a world where dead singers will sing again?
Christians Couldn’t Answer This Simple Question, But a Cult Did
A few years ago, I spoke with a friendly young man who grew up in a mainstream Christian church but joined a church...
A Maximally Great Philosophy Joke
A historian, a theologian, and a philosopher are sitting in a car.
The Improbable People
A short film inspired by non-identity reasoning and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.
ChatGPT: Why Don’t Philosophers Tend to Define Atheism in Terms of Lack of Belief?
Philosophers tend not to define atheism in terms of lack of belief, even though that is a popular definition. Why?...
Evaluating ChatGPT: Is Atheism True?
ChatGPT is a world-class AI. But its attempt here at answering an important question in philosophy of religion was…...
Churched Children without Chests: C.S. Lewis and How Bible Bucks Undermine Lasting Motivation
Are you using, or considering using, Bible Bucks or similar reward-based systems? Are you a concerned parent or volunteer? This is for you.
Blood on My Hands
The iron nails still held between my teeth, The ringing hammer still clenched in my fist, My hands still bleed from...
Victorious Lies
Wandering in the wastes we have won, Feeling the dead wind on our faces, Won through lies and deception, Cheating and...
The Rationality of Seeking Approval from God Rather than Humanity
When God tells us to not seek after the approval of men but rather the approval of God, he is not asking us to do anything irrational.
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Quidquid verum est, pium est.
Whatever is true is pious.