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    Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony
    Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony
    Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony
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    Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony

    By Hiram R. Diaz III

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    Philosophy is a means to an end - so if your intention is to be an enemy of God, your philosophy will follow. Yet, as Hiram's testimony demonstrates, there is a price to pay for suppressing the truth about God in unrighteousness.


    In Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony, join  Hiram R. Diaz III as he details his conversion from atheism, apostasy, and intellectual insanity to faith in the Logic of God, Jesus Christ the crucified, resurrected, and exalted Savior of sinners.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScripturalist Publications
    Release dateAug 11, 2017
    ISBN9781537860169
    Non-Neutrality: A Personal Testimony

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      Non-Neutrality - Hiram R. Diaz III

      NON-NEUTRALITY

      A Personal Testimony

      Hiram R. Diaz III

      SCRIPTURALIST PUBLICATIONS

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      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2017 by Hiram R. Diaz III

      Published by Scripturalist Publications

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      ISBN: 9781537860169

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      1. Conversion, Deconversion, & A Family Death

      2. A Metaphysical Conundrum

      3. My Very Brief Stint as an Existentialist

      4. Difference & Repetition: : Before Grandpa Died or Ayden was Born

      5. Substance Abuse

      6. Underground Philosophizing

      7. A Logical Conundrum

      8. An Awakening

      9. Cold Turkey, Kinda

      10. A Brief Exposition on the Subject of Guilt

      11. Genesis 3: A Failed Attempt at Deconstructing the Scriptures

      12. Comfort, Nothing, and Fear in Death

      13. Evidentialism and Kierkegaardianism

      14. Fear, Trembling, and the Cross of Christ

      Appendix A: What is the Gospel?2

      Appendix B: Genesis 33

      Appendix C: Romans 1-5

      Notes

      More by Hiram R. Diaz III

      1. CONVERSION, DECONVERSION, & A FAMILY DEATH

      PRIOR TO BECOMING A FALSE convert I was immersed in questions about the fact of evil in the world, appearances vs. reality, the tenuousness of human life, the problem of induction, the question of whether or not God existed, the problem of personal identity, and various problems of epistemology. These questions haunted me day and night, so much so that at the age of eleven I began smoking and drinking, albeit lightly, in order to alleviate some of the stress I incurred from thinking on such matters. By the time I was sixteen, I was intoxicated, in one form or another, more or less all day. And that is when I had a false conversion experience that I mistook for a real solution to the philosophical and emotional turmoil I was facing daily.

      My conversion was not really to Christianity, however, but a Christianized emotionalism I had concocted from bits and pieces of theology I had picked up in youth group and church. As time passed, my desire to be a Christian waned. Sure, Christianity had forced me to take school seriously. It had also introduced me to apologetics and, by extension, philosophy. Yet it proved to be too stifling to my freedom as a depraved teenager who merely wanted to indulge in worldly pleasures. So I began reverting to the atheism of my youth. Only this time, I thought I had good reasons to reject Christianity.

      I lived in a haze of marijuana smoke, muscle relaxers, and malt liquor for several years, only to be rudely awoken by the death of my beloved grandfather. At this point in my life, my wife (who at the time was only my girlfriend) was pregnant with our first son, Ayden. The convergence of life and death struck me as profound, but I couldn’t put my finger on why. This was a nuisance for me, as I professed to

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