Now Writing on Medium
I am now writing on Medium. See Merle Hertzler – Medium You will see my latest writings there. I will probably shutdown this site next year.
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The Mind Held Captive
If you search for my site, The Mind Set Free, you are likely to first find a book and sermon by Jimmy Evans, A Mind Set Free. Evans promises mental freedom. Yet he relies on the theme verse, “Casting down arguments, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every
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Adventures in Psienceland
Recently I ventured into a place with different ideas, ideas that are sometimes referred to as woo. All this takes place at Psience Quest, “a discussion site for everyone who’s interested in psi, evidence of survival after death and related subjects.” I had learned about the site when somebody there posted links to two of
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If Only Souls Had a Brain
“For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.” — Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 (NASB)
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Prophecy Strikes Out
Jeremiah steps to the plate. Here’s the pitch. Jeremiah swings–“After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place”–and he misses. Strike one! It was not looking good for the home team. Yes, the inning had started with hope. The home team, the Jews, were basking in great promises.
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Billions of Angels Did It!
In a recent discussion of my post, Flood Geology, AV1611VET argued that the Earth was created in 4004 BC. The evidence indicates otherwise. How can he explain the evidence? Miracles. Billions of miracles. Regarding the fossil record, for instance, he proposes that, after Noah’s flood, God deliberately buried all the debris and carcasses in a
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Flood Geology and Scientific Creationism
In a recent online debate (here), Inquiring Mind asked me to consider a different view of geology. Perhaps most of those rock layers and fossils down there had been formed in a single global flood in Noah’s day. Really? Do we still need to answer this argument? Flood geology, as this view is often called,
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How Can Molecules Think?
I think with my brain. My brain is made of molecules. Therefore, molecules, when arranged in a certain way, can think. But how can that be? After all, you are alive, and you feel what it is to be alive. You are experiencing conscious awareness. How can this awareness be nothing more than the result
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The Bible and Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is important. We need our self-esteem to be positive; else, we might become depressed. We also need our self-esteem to be realistic; else we could make bad decisions based on our misunderstanding. Sometimes those goals are conflicting. But I find it possible to achieve both. My self-image is based on naturalism and humanism. This
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Are there Credible Witnesses to the Resurrection?
For years I have debated at the Christian Forums website using the name Doubtingmerle. My favorite thread was titled Are there Credible Witnesses to the Resurrection Part 2. There was a huge predecessor thread to this one. Rather than make you struggle through that lengthy, repetitious first thread, I will summarize the necessary background material
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