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Steven Colborne's Philosophical Theology Blog

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Jul 28, 2020

The Insanity of the Envy of the Circumstances of Others

Some thoughts occurred to me while watching a video today. When the video loaded, and displayed a tranquil scene of a cabin in the wilderness, lit by lamps, with an open fire, and with the rain beating down outside, it triggered an emotion in me. That emotion is difficult to describe precisely, but it was… Continue reading

Philosophy

brain states, Christianity, envy, faith, Free Will, God, neuroscience, psychosis, religion, science, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 26, 2020

Describing God

I’ve been thinking a lot about ways of describing God recently. I think it’s a really useful spiritual exercise to try to put our understanding of the being of God into words, and that is exactly what I will try to do in this article, before inviting your suggestions as to the same. There’s a… Continue reading

God

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Jul 9, 2020

When a person says, ‘I’m bored’, what do they really mean?

For many years now I have felt an aversion to ever describing myself as ‘bored’. For the purpose of helping myself to understand why this is, I decided to write this blog post looking in depth at what the phenomenon of boredom is. Continue reading

Reflections

boredom, civilisation, Counselling, faith, freedom, lockdown, Mental Health, Philosophy, relationships, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Jun 18, 2020

Imagining Pluralistic Religion

Imagine how your spiritual life would look if you loved every person (both friend and stranger) unconditionally, rather than with the condition that they must alter their beliefs to accord with your own worldview if they are to meet with acceptance within your community. Imagine a spiritual life where your religious activities are not motivated… Continue reading

Interfaith

Christianity, church, faith, Hinduism, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Philosophy, religion, religious pluralism, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Jun 5, 2020

A Conversation with Sandra

What follows is a made-up dialogue between myself and my fictional Christian friend, ‘Sandra’. I hope that after reading it you will understand my predicament surrounding the Christian faith a little more clearly. Continue reading

Christianity

apologetics, Bible, conversation, dialogue, discourse, faith, Free Will, God, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Theology
Jun 2, 2020

God is the Cause of Both ‘Evil’ and ‘Sin’

For today’s post in my Praise and Prose series, I’d like to discuss how our use of language might change in order to reflect the truth that God is in control of everything that happens which Christians (and people of other faiths) describe as ‘sin’ and ‘evil’. First, I will present a series of scriptures… Continue reading

Praise and Prose

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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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