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Feb 6, 2013

Building a Church for Everyone

My plan, after I am discharged from psychiatric hospital, is to keep taking my medication and attempt, if the divine wills it to be so, to begin bringing together people of different faiths in order to initiate discussions that may eventually lead to the creation of a new church. Regular readers of this blog will… Continue reading

Mental Health

agnosticism, Christianity, church, Hinduism, inter-faith, Islam, Judaism, multi-faith, Philosophy, religion, Sikhism, steven colborne, TUCOAG
Sep 16, 2012

Karma

Many Indian religious traditions, including Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, have the idea of karma as one of their core beliefs. Although there are nuances and variations in the way karma is perceived between these different religions, the key ideas about karma are common to all of them. Karma is the idea that there are consequences… Continue reading

Eastern Philosophy

Buddhism, ethics, Free Will, God, Hinduism, India, karma, morality, Philosophy, Theology
Aug 12, 2012

The Agony of God

After many years of spiritual struggle and honest searching, God has revealed a new understanding of the nature of suffering to me, and I now feel it is an important part of my life’s work to share that understanding with the rest of humanity. There are two significant ways in which I believe God suffers. … Continue reading

God, Reality, Suffering

Epicurus, Hedonism, hell, John Stuart Mill, loneliness, Philosophy, reality, suffering, Theology, Utilitarianism
May 13, 2012

The Nature of God

Over the centuries, philosophers and theologians have often struggled to understand the nature of the God who we so often discuss. God doesn’t reveal His nature to everyone all the time, but instead different people are given different understandings and insights into the way God is, at different times in their lives. I believe that… Continue reading

God

Allah, belief, christian, Christianity, deism, existence, faith, Jehovah, Panentheism, pantheism, Philosophy, Theology, Yahweh
Apr 27, 2012

An Eternal Hope

For centuries theologians have debated what happens when we die. In Christianity, the idea of salvation is prominent; by giving our lives in faith to Christ we are somehow saved and given the promise of eternal life. But it is difficult to say, beyond mere speculation, what the doctrine of salvation really means. After all,… Continue reading

God, Suffering

afterlife, Christianity, eternity, heaven, humanity, judgment, Panentheism, Philosophy, salvation, suffering
Apr 18, 2012

‘Why Do We Suffer?’ by Daniel Liderbach (book review)

I am currently reading for an essay entitled ‘Does God Suffer?’, and I have been somewhat sidetracked as I keep finding interesting looking books about human suffering, rather than God’s suffering. Of course, the two subjects and closely linked, and the problem of human suffering fascinates me almost as much as the essay question. In… Continue reading

Book Reviews, Suffering

Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Daniel Liderbach, G.K. Chesterton, God, Karl Rahner, Philosophy, religion, St. Paul, suffering

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