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Ben Carson’s Argument against Muslim Presidential Eligibility

On the September 20, 2015, Sunday morning television news program, Meet the Press,* moderator Chuck Todd asked Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, “Should a president’s faith matter? Should your faith matter to voters?” Carson replied: “Well, I guess it depends … Continue reading

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Some Logical Reflections Related to a Supposed Alawi Doctrine

0. In his August 19, 2015, article, “Iran’s Support for Syria Pragmatic, not Religious (or, Who are the Alawites?),” posted on Juan Cole’s essential blog, Informed Comment, Ari Heistein draws our attention to the challenge outsiders face in understanding the … Continue reading

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The Latest by the Philosopher/Maverick on Islam

0. As I indicated in “The Maverick and the Philosopher,” my post of January 4, 2015, my respect for the thinking of the philosopher, named Bill Vallicella, who writes for the blog, Maverick Philosopher, has as a counter-balance my despair over … Continue reading

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The Inconsistency of the Doctrine of (the Distinction of Divine Persons and so That of) the Trinity with Monotheism

Introduction. In my immediately previous post, the “Thomas Aquinas: Beyond Aristotle’s Aristotelian Conception of the Numerical” of April 1, 2014, the discussion of Thomas Aquinas’s understanding that numerical or arithmetical terms such as “three” have application to non-physical reality quite naturally … Continue reading

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