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Mar 30, 2018

Good Friday | Reflections

Later today I will publish my scheduled Friday Philosophy post, but I just wanted to write a quick message to all my Christian followers acknowledging Good Friday. This is such a special day for followers of Jesus, as the crucifixion is at the very heart of the gospel. The crucifixion raises very important questions for… Continue reading

Christianity

Easter, faith, Good Friday, Happy Easter, Jesus, Jesus Christ, religion, Theology
Mar 23, 2018

Do Ideas Exist in Reality?

In the last few Friday Philosophy posts we’ve been looking at the presocratics (that is, ancient Greek philosophers who lived and taught prior to Socrates). This week we’re moving on to a new category: the Eleatics. These philosophers are also presocratic, but are often grouped together separately as they all lived in the ancient town… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Eleatic school, faith, Greek philosophy, logic, metaphysics, Parmenides, presocratics, reason, religion, Theology
Mar 22, 2018

The Cosmic Animator

Wherever there is activity in the universe, there must be a power that is causing that activity. Even scientists, who are very successful in describing how things happen, generally agree they cannot say why things happen. This is because there is an all-powerful cause of everything that happens. This cause is not a scientific law… Continue reading

Book Extracts, God

Books, faith, Free Will, God Beyond Religion, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, steven colborne, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Mar 16, 2018

Rivers of Change

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post. Over the last few weeks we’ve been looking at some of the most famous presocratic philosophers (that is, ancient Greek philosophers who lived prior to Socrates), and we will finish this mini-series of presocratic thinkers with Heraclitus, who lived between approximately 600-540 BC. Who Was He? Heraclitus was a… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

change, faith, God, Heraclitus, mathematics, Panentheism, presocratics, reality, science, Spirituality, Theology
Mar 13, 2018

From My Heart, to God

In all honesty, Lord, my main desire in life is to limit suffering as much as possible. I am most concerned with limiting my personal suffering, but I also care for all other sentient beings and don’t want them to suffer either. You have given me a taste of suffering through mental breakdown, torture, depression,… Continue reading

Christianity, God, Prayers

faith, Free Will, heaven, hell, peace, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, suffering, Theology, truth
Mar 9, 2018

A God Unlike His Creatures

In today’s Friday Philosophy post we’re looking at another presocratic thinker. Each week we look at one meaningful idea by a philosopher from history, and offer some reflections on that idea. This week the spotlight is on Xenophanes of Colophon and his thoughts about the divine. Who Was He? As with many of the presocratic thinkers,… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, God, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, philosophers, presocratics, religion, Spirituality, Theology, Xenophanes

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