The Blank Slate

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Tabula Rasa One of the keys to understanding how current Western culture works is knowing John Locke’s principle of tabula rasa or blank slate. What this means is that essentially, everybody is born neither good nor evil. Their mind – which of course drives their behavior – is written on by outside influences. Good and…

Just Who I Am

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We have all kinds of excuses for sin. We blame it on our parents. On our friends. On our community, church, entertainment… The list goes on and on. But one of the most insidious and increasingly frequent excuses for sinful behavior goes like this: It’s just who I am. This works for everything. Homosexual? I…