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Mar 2, 2018

Reality as Numbers

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’re going to stay with the ancient Greeks and look at an idea by a man who we all know from mathematics lessons. Pythagoras of Samos lived around the mid-sixth century BC (we don’t know the exact dates) and like Thales who we looked at last week was a presocratic… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, God, mathematics, Nostradamus, numerology, presocratics, Pythagoras, religion, Theology
Mar 1, 2018

Christian Morality and AI

The world in which we live today is so different in many ways to the world that the authors of the Christian Scriptures inhabited. This being so, Christians must continually reinterpret the moral lessons of the Bible so that we can heed their guidance in the 21st Century. One area that presents a problem in… Continue reading

Christianity, Morality and Ethics, Reflections

AI, artificial intelligence, biology, ethics, faith, implants, morality, religion, science, technology, Theology
Feb 23, 2018

Is Everything Made of Water?

Excuse the bizarre title and bear with me; it’ll make sense in a minute. This is my first Friday Philosophy post, and each week I’m going to be looking at a key idea from a renowned philosopher. We’ll start back in 620BC, which was the approximate birth date of Thales of Miletus, an ancient Greek… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, God, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, nature, religion, science, Thales, Thales of Miletus, Theology, water
Feb 22, 2018

Primary and Secondary Causes

The extent to which we are free to act independently of the will of God is a central concern in Christian theology. I have recently been listening to some Calvinists really struggling to defend a position that to me makes no sense – that God is in control of our lives and yet we have… Continue reading

Christianity, Free Will, God

blog, calvinism, faith, freedom, judgment, Philosophy, religion, salvation, Spirituality, Theology, truth
Feb 16, 2018

The Simple Life

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long did it take you to catch them?” The American asked.… Continue reading

Reflections

capitalism, Christianity, faith, happiness, Heinrich Böll, life, Minimalism, motivation, Philosophy, religion, story, Theology, truth
Feb 12, 2018

What is ‘God’s Decree’?

The decree of God is a notion I’ve found puzzling since I first heard it while watching Calvinists discussing theology on YouTube. I simply didn’t understand the term. To me, a decree is a kind of command or order. But this didn’t seem to be the meaning of the term conveyed by Calvinists when using… Continue reading

Christianity, Doctrine, God

calvinism, faith, God’s decree, John Calvin, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology

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