I father 5 kids and teach philosophy.

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I'm concluding my "never having tweeted" run, and foregoing all the smug superiority it allowed me, to say: Faith and I are starting a Substack together, entitled Pawline Epistles! We’ve got the first post up and expect to publish about one per week. pawlineepistles.substack.com…

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Faith's got a new post up about the World Cup and virtuous patriotism. Check it out! Patriotism, Solidarity, and the Beautiful Game open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…

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What do we really wish for those we love? Happiness, success…or something deeper? Read more from philosophy professor @TimPawl: bit.ly/4e9FV5F
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What You Really Want for Those You Love is Virtue. But How Do You Acquire It? templeton.org/news/what-you-…
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I've got my next Substack article up on the Deadly Sin of Wrath. Check it out OR I'LL FIND YOU AND MURDER YOUR FACE OFF, YOU $%@*^! open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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Faith's got a new Substack Post up! Go check it out! It's about time open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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Here’s the next post on my series on the Seven Deadly Sins, this one on SLOTH. Don’t put off reading it, lazy-bones! :) Sloth open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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I've got a new post out on the seven deadly sins, this time on Avarice. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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New Pawline Epistle, this time on the Deadly Sin of Gluttony. It's more than just eating too much. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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New Post on the Deadly Sin of Lust open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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How I Published Propaganda for the Chinese Communist Party The process was professional and easy. 10/10; would propagandize again. open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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What are the Seven Deadly Sins? And why those seven, and not these six or those other twelve? I've got the answers here! What are the Deadly Sins? open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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What is a Deadly Sin? open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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Here's the first post in my new Substack series on The Seven Deadly Sins. There is no way you will ever, ever guess the stream-of-consciousness steps that lead from St. Thomas Aquinas on the Seven Deadly Sins to that picture of me and FG Pawl from 2009.
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Hey friends! Here's a *second* guest post I wrote for Pat Flynn's The Journal of Absolute Truth. In it I consider a tricky topic in Natural Theology, offering an analogy from human freedom to help resolve the problem. Take a gander! -Tim journalofabsolutetruth.subst…

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Here's a guest post I wrote for Pat Flynn's Substack, The Journal of Absolute Truth. In it I consider a tricky topic in Natural Theology. A Necessary, Simple, Immutable, Eternal God’s Contingent Creation, Part 1, by @PatFlynnCOS open.substack.com/pub/journa…
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Hi Friends, Check it out. I’ve got an article up on The Conversation. It highlights some research I’ve been doing in recent years on the importance of having concepts for the character strengths we want in ourselves and those we love.
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. . . Save me from conceited chuckle At how very, very smart we all are, and how dumb as a box of rocks Those disagreeing dipshits must be. Shelter me from the circle of self-congratulatory back-pattery. . . . (Rest of the prayer at the link) open.substack.com/pub/pawlin…
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