Age is often equated with wisdom. This belief is based on the idea that knowledge is something which is accumulated, but I dispute this. I don’t believe knowledge and experience are things that are stored up, as many people believe, in the cells of… Continue Reading “What is Wisdom and Who is Wise?”
Category: PhilosophyTags: Christianity, epistemology, faith, God, knowledge, neuroscience, old and wise, religion, Spirituality, the cosmic animator, the human brain, Theology, wisdom
Posted on Jul 30, 2020
by Steven Colborne
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I’ve been thinking about the way our thoughts and feelings relate to the external world, and considering the nature of our reactions to external things and how those reactions occur independently of the nature of the objects we perceive. Allow me to elaborate a… Continue Reading “The Nature of Forms: Where Plato Went Wrong”
Category: PhilosophyTags: ancient Greek, enlightenment, faith, God, hermeneutics, language and symbols, Mental Health, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, self-enquiry, Spirituality, Theology
Posted on Jul 28, 2020
by Steven Colborne
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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… Continue Reading “The Insanity of the Envy of the Circumstances of Others”
Category: PhilosophyTags: brain states, Christianity, envy, faith, Free Will, God, neuroscience, psychosis, religion, science, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Those who are familiar with my philosophical outlook will know that I describe human beings as puppets under the control of an omnipresent God. It’s important to mention that I use the word puppets rather than the word robots to describe human beings, and… Continue Reading “I Don’t Even Exist”
Category: PhilosophyTags: Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, metaphysics, ontology, Plato, puppets, sovereignty, Spirituality, the soul, Theology
Posted on Jun 2, 2020
by Steven Colborne
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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… Continue Reading “God is the Cause of Both ‘Evil’ and ‘Sin’”
Category: Praise and ProseTags: blog, Christianity, faith, good and evil, language, linguistic philosophy, linguistics, Philosophy, prayer, religion, satan, sin, Theology