Why Do We Believe?
Exploring the Origins of Religion
Welcome to a World of Curiosity
Exploring the questions that connect science, faith, philosophy, and the human experience. Welcome! I’m Halvor Kvandal, a philosopher, researcher, educator, and curious explorer of the world around us. I have always been fascinated by the questions that shape our understanding of life. Why do we believe what we believe? What makes...
Beyond Faith and Science: Meet Halvor Kvandal
Philosopher, husband and father, traveler, reader of books, lover of museums, and a curious podcaster.
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What art thrusting that thief-catcher into my face?
I believe I have broken a finger here against his cursed jaw ain’t those mincing knives down in the forecastle there, men
The great excavation lay far from the plaza
Far from the plaza and in an untenanted portion of the great dead city I had little trouble in reaching the hills beyond.
The sunset faded to twilight
I began walking, therefore, in a big curve, seeking some point of vantage and continually looking at the sand.
We Are Testing A Pagination Here
I can compare it to nothing but a large door mat, ornamented at the edges with little tinkling tags.
A great thing made of gold. Down the hill I saw it.
I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realised that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians’ Heat-Ray now that the college was cleared out of the way.
