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May 8, 2018

Who am I? 10 Fun Facts

Who’s the man behind the blog? In this post, I share 10 bite-sized insights into my life, my background, and my passions. Enjoy! Continue reading

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Apr 20, 2018

All Things Have Purpose

Welcome to the latest instalment in my Friday Philosophy series. Each week we look at a significant idea from a renowned philosopher from history. In recent posts we covered the presocratics of ancient Greece (like Xenophanes and Heraclitus), then went on to look at the Academics (with Socrates and Plato). This week, we’re covering the… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Aristotle, catholicism, Christianity, church, faith, Islam, metaphysics, religion, science, teleology, Theology
Apr 13, 2018

Plato’s Realm of Forms

Following on from last week’s Friday Philosophy post about Socrates, this week we continue our series looking at the big ideas of influential philosophers with Plato. A student of Socrates and founder of what may have been the first school of philosophy, the Academy, Plato is perhaps the most influential Western philosopher of all time.… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, God, Greek philosophy, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, realm of ideas, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 11, 2018

Encountering a Cult

George’s memorial service drew to a close and an old school friend, Chris Jenkins, offered me a lift back to the home of George’s family for the reception. Twenty minutes or so later we pulled up and parked a couple of streets along from the house, got out of the car, and began walking up… Continue reading

Book Extracts, Spirituality

Christianity, cult, enlightenment, faith, India, meditation, Philosophy, Ratu Bagus, religion, shaking meditation, The Philosophy of a Mad Man, Theology
Mar 29, 2018

Swimming in God

In this week’s Thursday Theology post I want to share with you a video that utilises an excellent metaphor for the omnipresence of God. Many of you will know that I am drawn to the view of God known as panentheism, which means that all of creation exists in God. The idea that God is… Continue reading

God, Panentheism, Theology

Christianity, faith, Islam, Judaism, omnipresence, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality
Mar 15, 2018

The Free Will Problem

In last week’s Thursday Theology post (here) we looked at different theories of determinism. We saw that determinism is the idea that the past determines the future in a literal ’cause and effect’ way, so that theoretically, given the entirety of history and all the laws of physics, there is only one possible future in… Continue reading

Free Will, Philosophy, Theology

Christianity, compatibilism, determinism, faith, God, Islam, Judaism, libertarianism, Panentheism, religion, science

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m an author, musician and counsellor from 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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