The Aristophrenium

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Mathew Hamilton

Looking for purpose in a seemingly purposeless world, Mathew – as a young adult – was drawn to Christianity because its advocacy of a fallen world best matched – and made the most sense of – his own experience and understanding of why the world is the way it is. Since then, Mathew has become progressively amazed at the intellectual integrity found within Christian theology and philosophy, and of its standing as a historically grounded faith, pursuing these fields with a keen layman’s interest. While Mathew’s interests extend out to Christian apologetics, he particularly enjoys pitting the Christian worldview against the prevailing secular ideologies that seek to erode time-honored social values and ethics. These latter areas are where he is most commonly expending his writing efforts, upholding pro-life, conservative family values and the preservation of religious liberty and free speech. Mathew writes from Melbourne, Australia, and also sporadically maintains his own blog titled thoughts out !oud where you’ll occasionally find fits of poetry, light-hearted reflections on Christian living and other musings.

Duane Proud

Duane is not formally trained in theology, apologetics, philosophy, history or any of the sciences, but takes a great interest in all of these fields for the purpose of influencing others for Christ and for helping those who are already followers of Christ to better understand the hope they have in Him. In short, Duane is in the disciple-making business (Matthew 28:19) and wants to influence your thinking so that you will come back to a relationship with God—serving, loving and glorifying Him as you were originally created to do. Duane’s motivation is his love for Jesus Christ and his desire to obey Him, always being ready to provide answers to those who seek God’s Kingdom. The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever” (1 Cor. 9:25). Duane would like to share in that training and hope with you. Duane Proud is based in Sydney, Australia and is a married father of four.

David Smart

David Smart is a growing Christian, professional craftsman, and skeptical philosopher who is endlessly fascinated with exploring and understanding the realities of the human experience. Along with associates Mathew and Duane, David helped found and develop the Aristophrenium over the course of several months in late 2009. His principle areas of interest and study, in which he invests the majority of his writing, are philosophy, apologetics, and theology. David studies intensely, writes proliferately, and has a passion for deep contemplation. He has a particular interest in the discipline of critical thinking which governs all his thoughtful pursuits. He writes on philosophical issues as a student of presuppositionalism, on apologetics as a student of revelational epistemology, and on theology as a student of the Protestant Reformation. It is his goal to one day become a published author, but for now he is still searching for his thesis. Until that day, he continues to blog in order to refine his writing, and continues to debate in order to refine his arguments. He is convinced that every person he meets in some way influences and shapes the contours of his life, and he hopes he can provide others the same dynamic. David resides in British Columbia, Canada.

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