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		<title>I Voted!  But not for Romney&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I agree more with Romney&#8217;s policies than Obama&#8217;s, I didn&#8217;t vote for him.  That&#8217;s partly because, thanks to our antiquated electoral college system, he shouldn&#8217;t need my vote to win Texas.  But that&#8217;s also because I haven&#8217;t seen anything to lead me to believe he actually leads with conviction, or that his policies are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion &amp; Natural Selection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurred to me today that any naturalistic argument against supernatural beliefs is inherently flawed from an angle I hadn&#8217;t considered before.  I came to this conclusion while listening to some Christmas music and reflecting on the beauty of the seasons and how well they meet the human desire for variety and our appreciation for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheism: Religion in Disguise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Christianity: No Doubters Allowed?</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=76</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent blog post of mine was the beginning of an online exchange between myself and a friend and coworker, Marcelo.  Marcelo and I disagree on the subject of God&#8217;s existence, he being a naturalist while I&#8217;m a Christian.  But we also enjoy a good, reasonable discussion, and thought that even if we don&#8217;t end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Worldview Explained, Through a Conversation with an Atheist</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=72</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an engineer, I work with a lot of smart people who are logically- and scientifically-minded.  I share this perspective, so it makes for a comfortable and enjoyable environment for me.  However, many at my workplace and in the larger scientific community hold to a naturalistic worldview akin to that espoused by its more vocal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love &amp; Freedom</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My church group is studying &#8220;The Reason for God&#8221; by Timothy Keller.  This week&#8217;s chapter was on the perception that Christianity is a &#8220;straitjacket&#8221; that compromises our freedom.  Keller&#8217;s conclusion is excellent:
&#8220;What then is the moral-spiritual reality we must acknowledge to thrive?  What is the environment that liberates us if we confine ourselves to it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith, Doubt and Civil Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve begun reading Timothy Keller&#8217;s book The Reason for God at the recommendation of a pastor friend of mine.  The following excerpt from the introduction describes exactly the viewpoint I&#8217;ve come to consider to be profoundly important for our society.  I honestly believe that the failure to take this approach in forming one&#8217;s beliefs is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion &amp; The Church</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight at the Bible study I attend, the issue of abortion came up.  Our brief discussion inspired me to expand upon some points I made in a post a year ago, which led to a valuable exchange with some friends in the comments: read it here.
I won&#8217;t reiterate that entire post, but our conversation tonight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheism: The Axe of Good Against a Tangled Forest of Religions?</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=56</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was perusing last.fm and noticed a recommended Rush music video.  I&#8217;m not sure if it was officially commissioned, but it was made by some guy named Bobby who&#8217;s obviously talented:

I must give the guy major props not only for the slick production, but also the impressive research that went into making those trees.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good &amp; Evil</title>
		<link>http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=55</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was perusing the movies and shows available for instant viewing on Netflix, I noticed that the second season of Showtime&#8217;s serial-killer drama Dexter had been added.  I&#8217;d seen the first season and a few episodes of the second with one of my roommates in college, but hadn&#8217;t finished it.  So I&#8217;d been catching [...]]]></description>
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