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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
Mar 8, 2018

Determinism and the Nature of God

Often technical terminology can be headache-inducing, so I usually try to avoid it. But philosophical terms can be helpful if they encapsulate something profound and meaningful that relates to our lives and our understanding of reality. I believe that determinism is one such term which can provoke us to think deeply about the relationship between… Continue reading

Free Will, God, Theology

big bang, Christianity, determinism, faith, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, theism, time
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
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 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
Jan 27, 2018

A Bit of Humour

I thought you might appreciate this recent comment from one of my readers which was posted during a discussion about God’s sovereignty and free will. This particular reader was responding to my insistence that God is in control of everything that happens. Appreciate your good and gracious spirit, Steven. I might opt to exercise my… Continue reading

Free Will

belief, Christianity, debate, faith, God, humour, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology

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