Posts by Mark Tapscott
IRREDUCIBLE MIND (Part 2): What Consciousness and Colors Like Yellow Have in Common
If that headline makes no sense to you at first glance, that is precisely the point. If you had to describe for a blind person the color Yellow in such vivid terms that they would immediately recognize it if they regained sight, what would you say? See what I mean? You can relate your experience…
Read MoreIRREDUCIBLE MIND (Part 1): How Do We Get Consciousness If We’re Just Material Objects?
Ever hear of the “Hard Problem of Consciousness” in science? If you Google that term, you will quickly see that topping the list of unanswered questions about human beings and life is this intellectual challenge: If we are made up of nothing other than physical material, how can we also have non-material minds and thus…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: How Could Jesus So Accurately Predict the Fall of Jerusalem Four Decades Before It Happened?
When the Roman Legions poured through the massive walls around Jerusalem and proceeded to utterly destroy the great city in 70 AD, they did so just as Jesus Christ had told His disciples more than four decades before. The evidence that demonstrates how amazingly accurate was Jesus’s prediction isn’t just in the Bible. As Kyle…
Read MoreGOOD QUESTION: Why Is It So Hard To Live The Christian Life?
Please don’t think the headline on this post is intended to limit the readership only to those who are professing Christians. To the contrary, it is even more important for those who aren’t to have an accurate concept of what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ as your eternal Lord and Savior.…
Read MoreCONTRADICTIONS: Where Were Joseph and Mary From, Nazareth, Bethlehem, or Somewhere Else?
Some critics claim the New Testament is not a trustworthy source of information about Jesus or any of the details of His life, death and resurrection because of alleged contradictions. One example of such allegations is the claim the Gospels of Matthew and Luke offer conflicting versions of from where Joseph and Mary came and…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Is Pornography Really Just Harmless Fun?
Whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit America is awash in pornography of all kinds, from the so-called “soft” stuff to the rawest, and increasingly more often, violent acts of sexual contact, both hetero and homosexual. It was the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, whose character Dimitri Karamazov famously said “if…
Read MoreWHAT WOULD YOU SAY? If You Died Tonight And God Said …
It’s not pleasant to think about but it comes to all of us sooner or later, so it’s a question each and every human being has to confront: What would you say if you passed away tonight and then, when you appeared at the gates of Heaven, God asked you “why should I let you…
Read MoreHILL STAFF NEWS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: VICTORIA ELLINGTON lands as Deputy Chief of Staff for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) after serving as Director of Operations for the DeSantis presidential effort. Victoria has previously worked as a Special Assistant to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and before that as Scheduler for Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas). Victoria earned her BS…
Read MoreDATA SAYS: Gen Z Is In Danger of Becoming A Lost Generation
Interesting analysis this morning from Axios in a “Deep Dive: Inside the Mind of Gen Z.” The piece pulls together a bunch of data points and quotes from experts to provide a snapshot of a generation that is in deep trouble (that’s my conclusion, not of the Axios writer). Here’s the key graphs from the…
Read MoreThree of the Most VIP Books I Always Recommend (And They’re Free to You!)
It was quite a long time ago that I stopped counting all the books that I’ve read (or, for whatever reason, only partially read), but probably like most of you reading this post now, along the way a select few have stood out as especially profound, insightful, memorable or useful. There is, of course, the…
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