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Feb 12, 2015

Suffering, Death, and the Afterlife

When I was a Christian I had great faith that there would be a place in heaven waiting for me when I died. This faith gave me the confidence to live more freely and fearlessly. There are many things I miss about being a Christian, and this confidence in a blissful afterlife is one of… Continue reading

Life After Death, Suffering

Christianity, Consciousness, death, faith, Free Will, God, prayer, suffering, theodicy, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Feb 8, 2015

A response to ‘Stephen Fry on God’

You may have seen a recent video clip that went viral in which Stephen Fry makes some very stark criticisms of God. I have embedded the clip below this article in case you haven’t seen it. In the clip Fry is answering the question of what he would say to God if he came face… Continue reading

Reflections, Suffering

Christianity, evil, Free Will, God, omnipresence, Philosophy, Stephen Fry, suffering, theodicy, Theology
Feb 4, 2015

‘Revolution’ by Russell Brand (book review)

This is the first book by comedian and author Russell Brand that I have read. This book appealed to me more than his previous three titles because I’ve become more aware of what Russell believes over the last few months. Through his YouTube channel “The Trews” and a BBC 3 documentary entitled “End the Drugs… Continue reading

Book Reviews

anarchy, book review, Books, God, Messiah Complex, My Booky Wook, Naomi Klein, Russell Brand, Spirituality, The Trews
Sep 28, 2014

Pray for a Miracle

There is too much suffering in the world. There is the suffering that makes the headlines; conflict in Iraq and Syria or the Ebola virus for instance. Then there is the suffering that we don’t read about in the newspapers; the homeless woman in central London or the young man with cancer. Every day there… Continue reading

Christianity, Suffering

death, evil, faith, God, helplessness, pain, Philosophy, prayer, religion, suffering, theodicy, Theology
Jul 28, 2014

Dimensions of Reality

It is possible to view reality as though there are two separate dimensions. The first we will call the God dimension, and the second the human dimension (other creatures experience life in their own dimensions). The God dimension represents absolute awareness, which we can presume that God has all the time. Everything in the universe,… Continue reading

Book Extracts

Books, faith, God, God Beyond Religion, new books, Panentheism, Philosophy, reality, religion, steven colborne, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Jul 11, 2014

Life After Death

I believe that consciousness is eternal. What I mean by this is that there never was or will be a time when you were/are not alive. Just because we don’t remember being babies doesn’t mean we weren’t once babies, and in the same way, I believe we existed long before birth, but do not have… Continue reading

Life After Death, Reflections

Christianity, Consciousness, dying, faith, God, heaven, hell, reincarnation, religion, resurrection

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