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Steven Colborne

Jul 17, 2020

I Don’t Even Exist

Those who are familiar with my philosophical outlook will know that I describe human beings as puppets under the control of an omnipresent God. It’s important to mention that I use the word puppets rather than the word robots to describe human beings, and there’s a significant difference between the two. Robots are pre-programmed and… Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, metaphysics, ontology, Plato, puppets, sovereignty, Spirituality, the soul, Theology
Jul 9, 2020

When a person says, ‘I’m bored’, what do they really mean?

For many years now I have felt an aversion to ever describing myself as ‘bored’. For the purpose of helping myself to understand why this is, I decided to write this blog post looking in depth at what the phenomenon of boredom is. Continue reading

Reflections

boredom, civilisation, Counselling, faith, freedom, lockdown, Mental Health, Philosophy, relationships, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 7, 2020

What Motivates a World Leader?

It’s interesting to consider what causes a person to wish to be a head of state and world leader. One might consider positive motivations, such as having the intention to create a more compassionate society, and then negative motivations, such as fear of confrontation and physical harm. It’s interesting when someone moves from the world… Continue reading

Theology

America, capitalism, democracy, European Union, faith, fear, human rights, leadership, Philosophy, politics, punishment, torture, United Kingdom
Jun 18, 2020

Imagining Pluralistic Religion

Imagine how your spiritual life would look if you loved every person (both friend and stranger) unconditionally, rather than with the condition that they must alter their beliefs to accord with your own worldview if they are to meet with acceptance within your community. Imagine a spiritual life where your religious activities are not motivated… Continue reading

Interfaith

Christianity, church, faith, Hinduism, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Philosophy, religion, religious pluralism, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Jun 5, 2020

A Conversation with Sandra

What follows is a made-up dialogue between myself and my fictional Christian friend, ‘Sandra’. I hope that after reading it you will understand my predicament surrounding the Christian faith a little more clearly. Continue reading

Christianity

apologetics, Bible, conversation, dialogue, discourse, faith, Free Will, God, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Theology
Jun 2, 2020

God is the Cause of Both ‘Evil’ and ‘Sin’

For today’s post in my Praise and Prose series, I’d like to discuss how our use of language might change in order to reflect the truth that God is in control of everything that happens which Christians (and people of other faiths) describe as ‘sin’ and ‘evil’. First, I will present a series of scriptures… Continue reading

Praise and Prose

blog, Christianity, faith, good and evil, language, linguistic philosophy, linguistics, Philosophy, prayer, religion, satan, sin, Theology

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I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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