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Dec 23, 2019

I spent many years as a practicing Christian, …

I spent many years as a practicing Christian, and there are still certain modes of mind that I experience that have been strongly influenced by the Bible and by the behaviour of Christians. For instance, many times every day I feel the urge to pray. Prayer is a curious thing. When we pray, we are… Continue reading

Christianity

faith, Free Will, God, Jesus Christ, Panentheism, Philosophy, prayer, reflections, religion, The Lord’s Prayer, Theology, truth
Nov 9, 2019

Life: Tragedy or Comedy?

The book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible talks about how everything that happens has already happened before, and that there is nothing new under the sun. If this is true, it might be immensely frustrating for God. For if God cannot do anything new, how can He remain inspired, excited, and stimulated for billions upon… Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, eternity, existence, faith, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, reality, religion, science, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 15, 2019

Your Past Does Not Determine Your Future

A popular idea within the scientific community is that what happens in the present moment is the result of a chain of causes and effects. This deeply ingrained idea is what prompted scientists to come up with the ‘Big Bang’ theory — the idea that a single event, at the beginning of time, is the… Continue reading

Philosophy, Theology

big bang, blog, cause and effect, Christianity, determinism, faith, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, religion, science, the cosmic animator
Jul 25, 2019

What is Causing Our Thoughts? (video)

Hello and welcome to the latest instalment in my Deep Thoughts About God series. Today, we’ll be covering the very important (and often overlooked or misunderstood) topic of thought. What is thought? What causes thoughts to arise in our minds? How do our mental experiences relate to God? Answering these questions is the focus of… Continue reading

Reflections

faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, neuroscience, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the human mind, Theology, thought, video, video series
Jul 18, 2019

Modes of Mind (video)

In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I offer some reflections upon the various types of mental experience we have and how they relate to an omnipresent God. When we closely examine what constitutes our ‘character’ or ‘personality’, we can see that they are a combination of different types of mental experience which I… Continue reading

Reflections

Consciousness, faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, mindfulness, modes of mind, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, religion, Spirituality, Theology, theory of mind
Jun 6, 2019

Determinism and the Nature of God (video)

Welcome to this week’s episode of my Deep Thoughts About God series. In today’s video, we’ll look briefly at a few of the different types of determinism, considering whether the events that we experience in the present moment can be attributed to a series of physical processes that started with some kind of ‘Big Bang’… Continue reading

Reflections

determinism, faith, Free Will, God, hard determinism, Philosophy, physics, science, scientific determinism, soft determinism, Spirituality, theological determinism, Theology

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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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