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STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Alice Hau moves into new duties as the TechCongress Fellow for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Alice received her MA in Philosophy and BS in Computer Science from Stanford University. Check this out from her official biography: “As a software engineer, data scientist, and co-founder and operator who raised…
Read MoreSome Thoughts on Unexplained Details, ‘Long Story Short,’ Red Ferraris and the Authenticity of the Gospels
You’ve no doubt had the experience of conversing with somebody who, while telling you about something exciting or puzzling or perhaps sad, adds an interesting but otherwise not obviously relevant detail: “So I decided to head on over there to see for myself and there’s this really long red light where I saw a guy…
Read MoreFOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Do Children’s Rights Cancel Out Parental Rights?
Many HillFaith readers may find it hard to believe but there are actually people in this world — powerful and influential people in government, corporations and non-profits — who seek to totally divorce children from the authority of their parents. If you doubt that, let your ears perk up and listen the next time you…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ Up On The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Becky Huryk takes up duties of District Field Representative and Staff Assistant for Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). Becky previously was an Intern for Rep. Andy Kind (D-NJ). Becky’s BS in Political Science and Government was awarded in 2020 by Boston College. The new Deputy Press Secretary for Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY: Can Christianity Be Forced on Somebody?
In an age that professes to believe tolerance is an absolute that can never be compromised, it’s not uncommon to hear somebody declare something along the line of “don’t try to force your religion on me.” The irony of that declaration is that it implicitly says tolerance does not go so far as to allow…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: Katie McNiffe moves into her first full-time job on Capitol Hill as Staff Assistant to Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), after serving a stint as an Intern in his office and before that in the office of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). Katie’s BA in Political Science and Philosophy is from the University of…
Read MoreFOR HILL AIDES ONLY: Do You Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist?
Do you have enough faith to be an atheist? Now, you may be saying to yourself “wait a minute, atheists don’t have any faith, so that’s gotta be a mis-print or some other kind of mistake.” And it’s true, atheism is popularly understood to be the opposite of faith. But the reality is that the…
Read MoreThis Is Not How Christianity Started (Part 3) There is No Credible Evidence Paul had PTSD
Besides the resurrection itself, one of the most challenging aspects of Christianity for critics is explaining the conversion of the Apostle Paul, who claimed to have encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus. But what if Paul suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Contrary to Paulogia, there is no credible evidence Paul had…
Read MoreHow Christianity Probably Didn’t Begin (Part 2): Peter Only Hallucinated the Resurrection of Jesus?
Peter only hallucinated the resurrection of Jesus. Yes, that Peter, the one who denied knowing Jesus three times before the cock crowed — was so distraught by the death of his Master and so exhausted by the horrors he had witnessed as a result that the former Galilean fisherman suffered a grief-driven hallucination. That hallucination…
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