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Am I Responsible for Changing Others? 

August 11, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Am I responsible for changing others? Like a friend or someone you know?

I think we are responsible to do our best, but we cannot make someone change. So feeling responsible for someone’s change of disposition is outside of our power.

As I understand it, some things are within our power; some things are not. The future is outside of our power (don’t worry about tomorrow …). The present is in our power (whatever you do, do with all your might …). 

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Technology Isn’t the Bad Guy

August 10, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

I am more and more convinced that the weight we put on the structural implications of technology and its deleterious effects on us misses the mark. The loss of civic virtues and institutions that had taught forms of self-control, gave community, and more have played a huge role.

This role is often unstated in technology studies. But one reason why people attempt to find community online is because they cannot find it in real life. Everyone is isolated, lonely, living in cities that tend to further this isolation, prevent large families from existing, etc.

Without the traditional mediating institutions of clubs, churches, fraternities, schools, and other such places, people gravitate towards what’s left: social media and community online. [Read more…] about Technology Isn’t the Bad Guy

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Social Media, technology

Epicurus: Death is nothing to us. So be happy!

August 8, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Epicurus said that we should be happy for “Death is nothing to us.”

What did he mean? [Read more…] about Epicurus: Death is nothing to us. So be happy!

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Philosophy

A Change of Character, Not a Change of Air

August 1, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

What does Seneca say to a man who thinks travelling will fix all of his problems?
 
In this twenty-eighth letter to Lucilius, Seneca tells his friend, “A change of character, not a change of air, is what you need” (75). Something had happened to Lucilius, and he had tried to move to a new place to reset himself.
 
But Seneca warns, “whatever your destination you will be followed by your failings” (75). Lucilius apparently believed that by travelling, by going somewhere new, he would become a new man.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Seneca, Stoicism

Are Men and Women Unequal in Being?

July 14, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

Recently, I heard a Christian leader claim that women and men are unequal in being. His conclusion seems to follow from at least two premises: (1) women are physically weaker than men; (2) women are less rational. Together, these make up the material (body) and immaterial (soul-reason) parts of a person.

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Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Gender, Image of God, sex

What Socrates can Teach us About MAiD

January 29, 2023 by wagraham Leave a Comment

The Nicene Creeds affirms that the Son is begotten of the Father and not made of God (since he Himself is divine). This observation flows from the common sense observation that human parents beget children and God makes them as Creator.

MAiD either administers drugs or asks a patient to take a drug that terminates their life. Criminals used to die in this way, as Socrates did. Socrates drank the hemlock cup as a criminal punishment for his impiety and for corrupting the youth.

Now, Socrates did not believe he was committing suicide, since he belied suicide was morally wrong. He reasoned that our bodies are not our own but belong to God. We destroy what God owns, our bodies.

Christians have agreed. God made us. We belong to him. We are the sheep of his pasture. But MAiD presents us with a huge challenge since those who apply for MAiD are: Incurably ill and advancing quickly to death. [Read more…] about What Socrates can Teach us About MAiD

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Euthanasia, MAID

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Wyatt is the Executive Director of The Gospel Coalition Canada. He enjoys his family and writing. You'll generally find him hiding away somewhere with his nose in a book.

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