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Sep 8, 2017

What is a Soul?

I’ve always found it interesting that Aristotle believed plants have souls. It’s difficult for me to imagine that there is some part of a plant that is immaterial. On the other hand, if plants don’t have souls, what is it that makes them grow and flower and express such beautiful complexity? I believe the being… Continue reading

Doctrine, Panentheism

Christianity, Essay, God, Mental Health, metaphysics, Philosophy, Plato, religion, soul, Spirituality, Theology, truth
Sep 4, 2017

Is Everything Subjective?

When I was studying for my undergraduate degree I remember writing a dissertation on the subjectivity of musical meaning. My argument was that the meaning of a piece of music is encapsulated not so much in the sounds we hear, but in the context in which we listen. My argument located musical meaning in the… Continue reading

Christianity, Philosophical Dialogue

Bible, God, hermeneutics, objectivity, Philosophy, Scripture, subjectivity, Theology, truth, university
Aug 27, 2017

Creation and Creator

I found this diagram really useful in depicting the different ways people see the relationship between God and the universe: In theism, God and the universe are separate, but God can intervene in creation. In deism, God and the universe are separate and distinct from one other, with no interaction between the two. In pantheism,… Continue reading

Panentheism, Reflections

atheism, Christianity, deism, God, pantheism, Philosophy, religion, theism, Theology
Jan 11, 2017

Life’s Too Short?

It’s a saying that we’ve all heard countless times. The meaning behind the phrase is normally that we need to enjoy ourselves now because our life here on earth will soon be over. The phrase is decidedly secular and often accompanies destructive tendencies such as lusts and materialistic pleasures. Should I buy another pack of cigarettes? Yeah,… Continue reading

Christianity, Reflections

afterlife, death, eternity, ethics, God, heaven, hell, Jesus, morality, Scripture, testimony, the Bible
Dec 27, 2016

Latria and Dulia

I’m slowly working my way through ’The Institutes of the Christian Religion’ by John Calvin at the moment and am expanding my vocabulary in the process. It’s one of those books where it really helps to have a good dictionary (or a device with access to Google!) to hand. I came across a couple of… Continue reading

Christianity, Doctrine

catholicism, church, God, hyperdulia, Protestantism, Roman Catholic church, Theology, worship
Oct 24, 2016

Does God Have Foreknowledge?

The problem with claiming God has ‘foreknowledge’ is that it implies all future events are already determined. This would only be the case in a kind of clockwork universe where cause leads to effect and nothing can change the wheels that have been set in motion, presumably in the first moment of creation, as those… Continue reading

Doctrine, Panentheism

Christianity, divinity, faith, foreknowledge, God, ontology, reality, Theology

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