life Archives — Robert L. White

Staring Into The Void

Mar

2

2023

I have stared into the Void. That’s the best way I can describe my journey. I feel like I’m the side character in a space adventure movie that looked out into the inky blackness too long and is a bit “off” from then on. I struggle with emotional detachment from it. I have a close ...

Some Thoughts On Homeschooling

Aug

3

2021

Homeschooling is an umbrella term and every experience—and every parent and child—is different. So bring your shaker of salt when reading the below. I originally wrote this pretty quickly as a response to a question from a friend about my homeschooling experience. I certainly have edited it since that initial draft, but I did avoid ...

Welcome to the RLW podcast!

Oct

15

2018

You can find The RLW Show on any major podcasting platform, including Apple Podcasts. Although it’s starting simply as an audio version of my Introduction to Epistemology videos, I have some ideas of where I’m going to take it in the future, not least to host my Robert Interviews an Atheist series I already have been planning. Let ...

Boundaries

Mar

8

2018

This is now a video (and podcast) episode. So if you’d prefer to watch/listen instead of read, check it out! “Boundaries” is a concept that is talked a lot these days, in Christian communities not least because of the aptly named book by Cloud and Townsend, but also due to a range of self-help books dealing ...

On Bias 6

Oct

25

2017

Hi there. It’s been a while since I’ve done a philosophical post, but all the more reason to jump back in! After my debate with Manny, and subsequent reading of the book he recommended, Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God, I’ve been on a bit of a theism vs atheism kick, and decided to read probably ...

The Great “Offended” Debate 2

Jun

9

2015

The notion of “being offended” is something that is talked a lot about these days. There seems to be a large group of people who are always getting offended by things and then conversely an equally large group of people who say the first group needs to just chill out. Often to humorous effect, the ...

How To Listen To Someone, Really 3

Feb

27

2015

I once read that people with my Myers–Briggs personality type (INTJ, though sometimes I register as an E) always think that they’re right. They forgot to mention that there is one of us who actually is: me. (Just kidding) But this fact about my personality type has always sort of haunted me, mainly because I ...

Being grateful without being in denial 5

Jan

21

2015

The Problem In the past year I’ve seen multiple articles posted on social media about the importance of having gratitude if you want to be happy. Most self-help books would probably say the exact same thing; after all, it really seems obvious that gratitude is important for happiness. At the same time, for me and ...