Okay, so let’s jump right into it! (Oh and by the way, you can read my opening essay here ) I.                   We’re all in this together! So, once again, I would like to thank Mar for agreeing to engage with me in this written debate. I am much more grateful than ever before, especially now that I’ve read his opening essay/reply . In discussing huge issues like the existence of God (or more accurately in the case of this debate, whether or not the first cause is God), he is exactly the right conversation partner. He’s honest and zealous in knowing the truth. Discourse will be better if all people have those traits. Before I answer his objections, it’s important to reiterate for all readers that our agreements and disagreements are now clear. Allow me to restate our common ground: both I and Mar agree that causal finitism is true and therefore there is at least one first cause . Mar stated in his opening essay that these agreements “(put) a tremendous amount of argumentati

Healing Our Musical Wounds Now that we know the problem, somebody has to think of a solution. The following paragraphs that you will be reading here are my personal assessment and advice to you, reader. I will still grab ideas from the intellectual giants I admire and respect, but they will be conjoined with my conclusions here. Learn to listen Once again, pop music is a mere background sound, that’s why people can “listen” to it without actually paying attention. This is another good summary of the modern life: a life that doesn’t pay attention, because it’s busy doing its own work. This is something we should never practice when it comes to music. We should be eager to listen. Stop caring about the pop star or the performer and pay attention. While doing so, ask yourself: what is this song trying to tell me? What is it trying to tell the world? How should I react? (This also means not caring much about music videos, because however much you try to focus on the music when you