“‘Everything that is in motion must be moved by something.’ Gregory of Nazianzus, responding to Aristotle’s identification of God as a “fifth element” alongside the traditional four stoicheia, asked: ‘What...

By: Jay Dyer I started this out as a long comment, but I decided it would make for a good post, as I’ve been seeking an educated atheist to debate...

By: Jay In over eight years of higher education, a thread I was able to see emerging was the “new atheist”/atheist trend.  Part of the reason for that was embarking...

By: Jay Dyer A major problem for the philosophy of science and religious traditions is the question of observational neutrality and rational theory choice.  Can one’s observations be independent of an...

By: Jay What is “reason”?  Dr. Bahnsen made a great point several years ago about the mass equivocation on the subject of “reason.”  It’s a common word, used by everyone,...

By: Jay Dyer When considering the question of “proofs” for the existence of God, the history of argumentation has often been lacking.  The dialectical relationship of the empirical/materialist tradition debating...

Author and historian James Kelley returns to JaysAnalysis to discuss his groundbreaking research on the history of the Frankish empire and its relationship to various developments in western theology and...

γνῶθι σεαυτόν By: Jay Dyer Certain snotty critics in a forum posted a criticism of my Thomism article, where I looked at the flaws in Thomism that led to, I believe, to Enlightenment scientism.  That’s...

How would Thomism possibly lead to Enlightenment Deism/Atheism? By: Jay In my twenties, I was completely invested in the fortified religio-philosophical system known as Thomism.  Catholicism was a massive castle of...

Download a higher quality mp3 here. Right click, save as In this interview, I quiz the Collins brothers on their claim that the alien mythos is manufactured by the power...

By: Jay Dyer When contemplating the present zeitgeist, I am constantly struck by the never-ending stream of inane retardation that assaults my senses on a daily basis.  From the perspective...

By: Jay Dyer [Note: This is an old historical position paper I wrote, arguing that the Olivet Discourse and Apocalypse are not about present day events, but the destruction of...

By: Jay Dyer (c) copyright The ontological argument of Anselm of Canterbury has long since captivated the minds of many philosophers and apologists. Not long after Anselm published his Proslogion, his...

By: Jay Dyer These 80s cult classics do well for analyses. Vitrually all the classics children of the 80s like myself grew up with were loaded with deeper, esoteric symbolism,...

By: Jay Dyer See Also: Batman: The Dark Knight Rises – Esoteric Analysis Batman Begins marks a substantive renewal for the popular franchise. Taking the story in a much more...

An Example from Linguistics By: Jay Dyer (2010) Several recent discussions I’ve had demonstrate the importance of thinking in terms of a worldview, which amounts to ultimately adopting transcendental argumentation. This is...

By: Jay Dyer (2010) (c) copyright, all rights reserved. A.J. Ayer and other logical positivists have contended that the problem of perception is a central issue in modern epistemology and...

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Local Novus Ordo Priest has Communist Prayers and Genderless Creed By: Jay It is a bad thing to be a red-blooded male and attend a Novus Ordo liturgy locally. Before...

By: Jay Dyer I propose a modified form of the transcendental argument for God’s existence. Not that it’s different, but it’s an aspect to the argument I’ve never seen previous...