Philosophy

Dec 5, 2020

Why Did God Choose to Create?

Greetings, friends of the blog. Today, I’d like to share some thoughts in relation to the question of why God might have chosen to create human beings and other creatures. In my book God’s Grand Game: Divine Sovereignty and the Cosmic Playground I speculated that one reason why God might have chosen to create could Continue reading

Philosophy

Bible, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, God’s attributes, Jesus Christ, loneliness, omnipresence, Panentheism, Spirituality, T D Jakes, Theology
Nov 16, 2020

Your Regrets vs God’s Will

Quite often, when people talk about things that they regret having happened at a certain time in their past, they will use phrases such as “I messed up” or “I did my best” or “I can’t believe I did that”. Using such phrases is a widely accepted and commonplace manner of speaking, but in this Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, election, faith, foreknowledge, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, puppet master, salvation, Scripture, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Aug 19, 2020

What is Wisdom and Who is Wise?

Age is often equated with wisdom. This belief is based on the idea that knowledge is something which is accumulated, but I dispute this. I don’t believe knowledge and experience are things that are stored up, as many people believe, in the cells of our brains. I don’t believe that in any given moment a Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, epistemology, faith, God, knowledge, neuroscience, old and wise, religion, Spirituality, the cosmic animator, the human brain, Theology, wisdom
Jul 30, 2020

The Nature of Forms: Where Plato Went Wrong

I’ve been thinking about the way our thoughts and feelings relate to the external world, and considering the nature of our reactions to external things and how those reactions occur independently of the nature of the objects we perceive. Allow me to elaborate a little. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato believed in what he referred Continue reading

Philosophy

ancient Greek, enlightenment, faith, God, hermeneutics, language and symbols, Mental Health, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, self-enquiry, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 28, 2020

The Insanity of the Envy of the Circumstances of Others

Some thoughts occurred to me while watching a video today. When the video loaded, and displayed a tranquil scene of a cabin in the wilderness, lit by lamps, with an open fire, and with the rain beating down outside, it triggered an emotion in me. That emotion is difficult to describe precisely, but it was Continue reading

Philosophy

brain states, Christianity, envy, faith, Free Will, God, neuroscience, psychosis, religion, science, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
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

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
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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Philosophy

Why Did God Choose to Create?

Your Regrets vs God’s Will

What is Wisdom and Who is Wise?

The Nature of Forms: Where Plato Went Wrong

The Insanity of the Envy of the Circumstances of Others

I Don’t Even Exist

About Me

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