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Overwhelmed with indescribable stressI lay under my duvetPraying helplessly. I thought it was real –The interplay in my mindBetween my father and I. Today’s revelation:These episodes of interactionAre all in my mind.Why didn’t someone love me enoughTo get to know meAnd let me know? No, we’ll inject him was poison. That’ll ‘heal’ him. On one Continue reading
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Everyday Mysteries
True philosophy is about a fascination with all that is mysterious in life. That’s why I have studied, and continue to study, philosophy; because I find it ceaselessly intriguing thinking about why we are here, what reality is, why we suffer, the nature of God, and other such questions that tap into the heart of Continue reading
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Hearing Voices or Hearing God?
Have you ever heard a Christian say, “God placed it on my heart” to do such and such? Let’s take a brief look at what a statement like this might mean, and what it says about the relationship between God and human beings. Continue reading
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Some Truths About God
There is only one God, who is omnipresent, and therefore all that exists. The entirety of creation is God’s self-expression, and there is nothing that exists that is not a part of God. Every created thing is sustained by God, and under His direct control. All creatures are like puppets in the metaphorical hands of Continue reading
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Fighting stigma: Are things really changing?
I recently took part in an anti-stigma photoshoot for The Sun newspaper. The shoot was in connection with the Time To Change campaign, a major initiative from the mental health charities Mind and Rethink. The idea is to get people talking openly about mental illness, in the hope that open conversation about the reality of Continue reading
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‘Neuroscience and Philosophy’ by Bennett, Dennett, Hacker and Searle (book review)
Neuroscience and Philosophy is an academic book that will be of interest mostly to professionals working within these disciplines. The book assumes a high level of understanding in terms of the technical language used when talking about the brain and about philosophical matters. At the outset, then, I can say that I would not recommend Continue reading

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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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