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Apr 11, 2018

Encountering a Cult

George’s memorial service drew to a close and an old school friend, Chris Jenkins, offered me a lift back to the home of George’s family for the reception. Twenty minutes or so later we pulled up and parked a couple of streets along from the house, got out of the car, and began walking up… Continue reading

Book Extracts, Spirituality

Christianity, cult, enlightenment, faith, India, meditation, Philosophy, Ratu Bagus, religion, shaking meditation, The Philosophy of a Mad Man, Theology
Mar 29, 2018

Swimming in God

In this week’s Thursday Theology post I want to share with you a video that utilises an excellent metaphor for the omnipresence of God. Many of you will know that I am drawn to the view of God known as panentheism, which means that all of creation exists in God. The idea that God is… Continue reading

God, Panentheism, Theology

Christianity, faith, Islam, Judaism, omnipresence, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality
Mar 15, 2018

The Free Will Problem

In last week’s Thursday Theology post (here) we looked at different theories of determinism. We saw that determinism is the idea that the past determines the future in a literal ’cause and effect’ way, so that theoretically, given the entirety of history and all the laws of physics, there is only one possible future in… Continue reading

Free Will, Philosophy, Theology

Christianity, compatibilism, determinism, faith, God, Islam, Judaism, libertarianism, Panentheism, religion, science
Mar 9, 2018

A God Unlike His Creatures

In today’s Friday Philosophy post we’re looking at another presocratic thinker. Each week we look at one meaningful idea by a philosopher from history, and offer some reflections on that idea. This week the spotlight is on Xenophanes of Colophon and his thoughts about the divine. Who Was He? As with many of the presocratic thinkers,… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, God, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, philosophers, presocratics, religion, Spirituality, Theology, Xenophanes
Mar 8, 2018

Determinism and the Nature of God

Often technical terminology can be headache-inducing, so I usually try to avoid it. But philosophical terms can be helpful if they encapsulate something profound and meaningful that relates to our lives and our understanding of reality. I believe that determinism is one such term which can provoke us to think deeply about the relationship between… Continue reading

Free Will, God, Theology

big bang, Christianity, determinism, faith, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, theism, time
Mar 2, 2018

Reality as Numbers

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’re going to stay with the ancient Greeks and look at an idea by a man who we all know from mathematics lessons. Pythagoras of Samos lived around the mid-sixth century BC (we don’t know the exact dates) and like Thales who we looked at last week was a presocratic… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, God, mathematics, Nostradamus, numerology, presocratics, Pythagoras, religion, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
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