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		<title>The Problem of Evil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This semester, I am taking a course that is new to my college&#8217;s catalog: Philosophy of Religion. It is an introductory Philosophy course, and in it we cover various topics pertaining to problems within theistic religion. The first topic of discussion is the Problem of Evil. The syllogism is as follows:

If God exists, then God [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2008/01/16/the-problem-of-evil/</link>
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		<title>Michael Crichton: Ethical concerns on global climate change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a paper that I wrote for my ethics and values class about Michael Crichton&#8217;s views on global warming and the ethical implications of his views. I know I havn&#8217;t written anything in a very long time due to classes and stuff, so I thought I&#8217;d post at least something that I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/11/08/michael-crichton-ethical-concerns-on-global-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t recall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Alberto Gonzales is resigning, effective September 17. He hasn’t given a reason, nor has a replacement been chosen.
I&#8217;m sure you all remember his testimony to congress about the firing of all those district attorneys, when he had to choose between coming clean about it or lying; thus exposing his incompetence. Or maybe you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/08/27/i-dont-recall/</link>
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		<title>On principle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Texas megachurch has backed out of providing a service for a deceased Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because he was gay.
It&#8217;s okay though. Their justification for doing this has me convinced that it was the right thing to do.
We did decline to host the service — not based on hatred, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/08/12/on-principle/</link>
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		<title>Our not-so-distant cousins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are primates really that closely related to us? I have had people tell me that it is demeaning to even consider the idea that we are related to any animal. Myself being an animal, I have no problem believing we came from a different animal. But how different are we from primates, really? Is it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/08/10/our-not-so-distant-cousins/</link>
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		<title>Back to the Future 4: Jesus Christ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what year was Jesus born? Many would say somewhere around the year 0. It&#8217;s way more confusing than most people realize.
Well, there was no year 0, but the historical equivalent is AD 1. AD 1 immediately precedes 1 BC on the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Got it? Okay.
Now, once Jesus was born, the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/08/08/back-to-the-future-4-jesus-christ/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby scoots free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Horrible plays on words aside, this is obscene. You know &#8220;scooter&#8221; Libby? That guy that was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice? Yeah, he doesn&#8217;t have to serve the thirty month sentence that was ordered by a federal judge. Bush rescued him.
Who in the world do the administrators think they are? He was convicted. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/07/02/scooter-libby-scoots-free/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Playing God&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To the regular readers that I probably don&#8217;t even have, I am sorry for my lack of activity in the past two months. My summer job has been keeping me very busy. I might write about that later.
A few days ago, I saw this article, and found it to be very interesting. Apparently, some scientists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/07/01/playing-god/</link>
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		<title>The science of death</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, one of my friends forwarded me to this article on Newsweek. It discusses some new discoveries in the physiology and cell mechanics of the human body. Apparently, once someone has died&#8211;that is, their heart has stopped beating&#8211;their cells aren&#8217;t really dead. Clinically, their body is declared dead, even though their cells are not. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/05/02/the-science-of-death/</link>
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		<title>I am alive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize that it has been nearly two weeks since my last update. The main reason is that I am just kicking off finals week. Sadly, rugby is over. But on the plus side, I don&#8217;t have to dedicate much time to that anymore and I can concentrate on my studies. Finals shouldn&#8217;t be too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/04/29/i-am-alive/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be sexist&#8211;broads hate that</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chances are good that a modern feminist chosen at random would have you believe that certain words in the English language are a derivation from the male root, and make it seem like women are inferior. Words like female and woman seem to be based off of a male root word, with a prefix to indicate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/04/16/dont-be-sexist-broads-hate-that/</link>
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		<title>Those Jews make it sound so bad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



On March 26th&#8217;s countdown with Keith Olbermann, Tom DeLay once again passes under the idiot spotlight when in his new book, he compares his investigation of election manipulation and money laundering to Hitler&#8217;s great lie. He is convinced that those damn liberals are out to get him. &#8220;Liberals have finally joined the ranks of scoundrels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/04/11/those-jews-make-it-sound-so-bad/</link>
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		<title>The best April Fools&#8217; joke ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The bulk of yesterday was spent by me hating April Fools ‘ Day. I could hardly read the news on digg without suspecting every story to be a joke. I&#8217;m happy to say that I didn&#8217;t have any pranks pulled on me, and I didn&#8217;t pull any on anyone else. It continued like this until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/04/02/the-best-april-fools-joke-ever/</link>
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		<title>Drugs!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think really hard to yourself for a minute. Why do you suppose some drugs such as ethanol, caffeine, ibuprofen, and nicotine are legal&#8211;while others such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, found in cannabis), seratonin (LSD), and dopamine (cocaine) are not? Be sure you&#8217;re able to give logical reasons&#8211;and don&#8217;t let the drugs that are currently legal fit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/28/drugs/</link>
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		<title>DNS issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I forgot to pay my domain name bill. When I did this, my webhost parked my domain on another server until I was able to pay my bill. I paid it, and it took a couple of days for all of the DNS servers to resolve to the proper domain. The Wayne State servers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/27/dns-issues/</link>
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		<title>Free speech&#8230;sort of</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We should just run the Bill of Rights through a paper shredder. We won&#8217;t be needing it any more.
This article is a bit old, but I just saw it today (the article was published on February 23, 2007). It deals with the freedom of speech assured by the first amendment to students in public schools. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/20/free-speechsort-of/</link>
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		<title>Fred Rogers: killing machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today in my Intro to Sociology class, we were discussing an article written by Gwynne Dyer and entitled Anybody&#8217;s Son Will Do. The article discussed the re-socialization of potential military men, and how the system was organized to change the role they play in society. In the midst of dialogue, a student interjected with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/15/fred-rogers-killing-machine/</link>
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		<title>Our next president</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a longer post than usual. This is the first presidential election that I have paid any mind to, and I think it is important after spending the past six years wondering when we were going to get rid of Bush. It is my firm belief that we need a strong [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/14/our-next-president/</link>
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		<title>Legislating astronomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since when was it the government&#8217;s responsibility to legislate astronomy? Yesterday, Wired posted an article about a Republican representative form New Mexico named Joni Marie Gutierrez who proposed a bill to make Pluto a planet &#8220;as [it] passes overhead through New Mexico&#8217;s excellent night skies&#8221;. The absurd notion that New Mexico has its own sky [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/10/legislating-astronomy/</link>
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		<title>My spring break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I have decided to diverge from my normal topics and write about my life. This week is my spring break, and I am home alone all week. It can&#8217;t go much better than it has been. I have been working on two different websites; one for a class and one for a paying client. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.kellanstec.com/index.php/2007/03/07/my-spring-break/</link>
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