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The fanatic virtually always seeks to defend some kind of orthodoxy against intelligent critics and dissenters. The fanatic defending it defends not principles but conventionality - not because he seeks to champion a cause, but because he seeks a cause to champion.

This 87th essay of "A Rational Cosmology" warns of the dangers of today's hyper-specialized and intolerant scientific orthodoxy, which prevents the progress of human knowledge and inhibits the emergence of new Renaissance Men.

In the late 1980s, the "mainstream" Objectivist movement featured a rising star, David Kelley, who was cruelly ostracized by Ayn Rand's "official heir," Leonard Peikoff, for thinking that different ideas and their proponents ought to be tolerated and treated civilly.

Discussion of the Islamic mystic Mansur al-Hallaj, executed for his proclamation "I am the Truth"

Why is it that the same conservatives who can forgive Mitt Romney's flip-flopping on just about every significant issue can't get past McCain's deviation from conservative orthodoxy on campaign finance, immigration and tax cuts?

Church-State separation is a contentions topic. Does it really mean state sanctioned atheism?

G. Stolyarov II has published the fourth essay in the "Orwell's Warning" series. This work explores the fallacious foundations of the "doublethink" mentality of Orwell's projected society. Doublethink is a behavioral framework of protective stupidity derived from relativism.

Mr. Stolyarov advocates an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary approach to changing the political and cultural status quo; he suggests that friends of liberty and reason try to focus on the fringe issues which few people in the mainstream notice.

Citing loss of moral way and other factors, church joins other US churches in aligning with Nigerian Anglican branch instead.

The curriculum I have designed is written for a college/adult level church history class.

I want help you to understand principle of Islamic criminal law and describe Islamic crimes and punishment (penance). Islamic criminal law has five categories of crimes: (haad, ghesas, diyat, ta’azirat, deterrent punishment).

Science and religion have always caught the fancy of the common man for being so pervasive and being so delusively steadfast. The short writing here is an objective investigation into the two contrasting faces of human existence.

This article utilizes scripture taken directly from the Torah as well as discussions from past Rabbinic Councils to wrestle with modern Judaic approaches to homosexuals in the community. Reference to the film "Trembling Before G-d" (dir. Sandi Dubowski) is also made.

discusses what the early Christians took from the customs and traditions of Rome

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence. It is worth noting that the declaration does not suggest a right to happiness itself; merely a right to pursue happiness.

An essay discussing the idea of generational deity in Greek mythology, as compared to the monotheistic beleif system of historically parallel Israel.

Religious and Biblical Imagery and their social and political allusions in Faulkner and Wright's work.

The 21st century is quickly shaping up to be a collision between Western-style liberal democratic capitalism and Islam's right-wing. What should we think of this duel we find ourselves forced into, how do we recognize it, and how do we react to it?

An analysis of the difference in opinion over natural theology expressed by Karl Barth and Emil Brunner.

Who is Barack Obama? He is maybe our next President, if one believes certain, swooning pundits. He is certainly a big headache for another next President of the United States.

A brief look at God plan of salvation through the seven dispositions

This paper investigates the use of music and song in Shakespeare's plays. It is useful as a source document for students of English literature.

The author offers a critique of Nakamura Hajime's purportedly historical biography of Buddha.

The author proposed a two-part approach to the study of religious conceptions of death and afterlife, based upon the works of Vermeule and McGee.

Nikita Minin, later Nikon, became one of the most influential figures in Russian history. It can be concluded that the adoption of the name Nikon was a symbolic rebirth of this man who wanted to devote himself to God.

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was one of a few women to serve as a physician in the Civil War, she received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and was an advocate for increased rights for women whose actions alienated her fellow suffragists and led to arrests.

Over the years I've discovered that the political left and the political right are much closer together when it comes to common sense and daily life than the insulated talking heads like Ann Coulter will ever realize. Three cheers for the real people.

Deborah Sampson is a real-life Americanized Mulan. She not only disguised herself as a man and fought in the Revolutionary War, but she was also one of the first self-made American celebrities.

This paper examines Robert D. Kaplan's travels through the Tartary region, as outlined in his book, Eastward to Tartary.

The theme of these years True Fourth Of July can be summed up in one
word...IMPEACHMENT.

A critique of LDS scholars Stephen Robinson's definition of deification, and his identifying the early church fathers as "Mormons"

There have consistently been a few questions that have timelessly taunted man and science: "What is the meaning of life?", "What is the meaning of death?" and "What comes next?" Reincarnation answers the last question and sheds light on the other two...

If you're looking for a historical attraction in the Nation's Oldest City, St. Augustine, Florida, you don't need to look any further than Spanish Quarter Village, a wonderfully restored group of homes showcasing life in 1740.

A look at Nintendo's new console, and why, regardless of one's affiliation in the "console wars," everyone should be excited by the Wii.

Compares the transitioning attitudes of the Japanese people in regards to the relationship between the state and relgion, and historical implications of the Yasukuni Shrine.

Takes a contemporary look at Japanese dipomacy and foreign relations during the Meiji era. A detailed look into the goals and assumptions of Japanese diplomats; recurring themes, and how the general public came to accept such policies.

Detailed look into the educational process of the Emperor Hirohito and the curriculum destined to make him an active political figure in contemporary Japanese times.

In order for the Catholic Church to win the stuggle for leadership against other early Christian sects such as the Gnostics, it had to establish order and authority.

Village Prose, a Russian literary style arising in the mid-twentieth century, while expressing distaste in the policies and momentum of the Communists, also expressed the nationalist sentiments later involved in the Soviet downfall.

A brief examination of the Leveller movement in the English Reformation, its tenets, its failure to take hold in English society and its influences on future governments.

Many respected organizations and institutions of higher learning have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there exists a strong liberal bias in American universities. Here is one way that conservatives seek to bring balance to academia.

It is difficult for the modern reader not to draw psychological inferences in a study of the early life of the young Rousseau and his later accomplishments and this essay seeks to explore his influences as they relate to his texts.

A brief summary of the spread of Christianity from the time of the Book of Acts until the 20th century

Art has always been a vehicle for people to express their ideas, their beliefs, their values and themselves. Throughout time it has been used to serve a myriad of varying objectives ranging from decoration to education to pure expression of ideas.

The problem with Pensacola is a lack of foresightedness and the staunch belief that if it worked in 1945 it should work in 2005.

Every person cannot properly understand Satanism, and it isn't meant to be. However, it is undoubtedly a religion that is here to stay.

If you look now on a modern map you will not find Transylvania and so you'll be rather inclined to believe that this is a fairy tale land created by the Irish novelist Bram Stoker as the main scene where his famous character "Dracula" lives.

With Old-School Country Star Merle Haggard in tow and Fast-Rising Crooner Amos Lee Opening the Night, Bob Dylan brings his Endless Tour to Denver for a Classic Night of Music.