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Is Consciousness Really an Illusion?

Published on April 19, 2026 By sirrahc

Greg Koukl and his team at Stand to Reason (STR) put out a bimonthly newsletter titled “Solid Ground”, in which Koukl (or possibly a guest-writer) addresses some biblical, theological, philosophical, and/or socio-cultural issue. Lately, he has been doing a series called “Rapid Fire”, in which he gives brief responses to multiple such questions in each […]

A Means to an End

Published on May 7, 2023 By sirrahc

“That’s insane!” — Jared Dirac, Special Forces soldier The following conversation — technically just half of a conversation — is an excerpt from the science-fiction novel The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Normally, I would be more likely to share something like this on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog. But, this section (and the book […]