“2 + 2 = 5”? – The Collapse of Rationality Through the Denial of Necessary Truths

🎯 Thesis Statement Denying the existence of necessary truths — such as \(2 + 2 = 4\) — undermines any claim to objective knowledge or meaningful discourse. Through a close analysis of Aron Ra’s comments during a public debate, this essay exposes the internal incoherence of relativistic rhetoric and affirms the centrality of the law of non‑contradiction and necessary truths to any consistent worldview. I. Introduction In a widely viewed debate on the existence of God, Aron Ra, the famous atheist activist, asserts provocatively: ...

April 19, 2025 · 4 min · Manoah BERNIER

Genesis, Creation and Orthodoxy: Beyond Literalism Toward a Living Reading

Introduction In 2025, as science relentlessly dissects the universe and the human mind, returning to the opening chapters of the Bible may seem anachronistic. Yet the account of Creation according to Genesis, far from being a mere cosmological manual, remains a privileged gateway to a harmonious dialogue between faith and reason. This essay offers an Orthodox synthesis, drawing both from the richness of the Patristic tradition and from contemporary intellectual rigor, to move beyond the deadlock of exclusive literalism and propose a reading that is faithful to the letter while attentive to the spiritual scope of the text. ...

April 12, 2025 · 4 min · Manoah BERNIER

Adam Is Not Alone: A Theological Inquiry into Human Plurality and Fall Of Its Original Nature

Introduction The seemingly anecdotal question — “Whom did Cain marry?” — actually raises a major theological issue, namely the universal scope of the Genesis narrative and Adam’s place in human history. Indeed, if we limit ourselves to the linear genealogy presented in the first chapters of Genesis, it seems that only Adam, Eve, and their immediate children existed in that primordial time. Yet Cain’s plea — “whoever finds me will kill me” (Genesis 4:14) — suggests the presence of other human beings, independent of Adam’s direct descendants. ...

April 11, 2025 · 6 min · Manoah BERNIER

The Transcendental Argument for Christianity: Rational Grounding of an Absolute Truth

Introduction The central question we will address is the following: can we think, reason, and act morally without presupposing an absolute foundation? The transcendental argument does not posit God as a mere additional hypothesis within our worldview; rather, it considers Him as the very condition of possibility for all coherent knowledge and morality. Our thesis is as follows: the Christian God is the only intelligible, rational, and moral foundation upon which human thought can be firmly grounded. We will develop this idea in three stages: ...

April 5, 2025 · 4 min · Manoah BERNIER