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idols & fruit

Another observation about some of the theological (as in, not biological) features of the text of Genesis 1…

pre-fall death

On the 5th day, God filled the skies and seas with all kinds of sky-life (‘every sort of winged bird’) and sea-life (’swarms of living creatures’).  Everything that flies through the sky.  Everything that lives in the sea.  A few points:

lazy bash

There’s a nice parallel between Dawkins’ less-than-informed rant against theism in The God Delusion (God would have to be very, very complex, because I, Richard Dawkins, zoologist, say so) and the recent apparently less-than-informed ‘refutation’ of evolutionary theory by Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini in What Darwin Got Wrong.
Will the people defending Dawkins (a la ‘Must he [...]

activist theologian

I picked up a copy of Gustavo Gutierrez’s ‘A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation‘ for a) my growing interest in the biblical theme of ‘Freedom’/’Liberation’, and b) the ‘Themes in a Missional Spirituality’ block-course I’ll be taking this semester at Carey Baptist College – with guest lecturer – and author and theologian – [...]

ruse on dawkins

explaining

One way to explain a clock is to talk about how its physical parts (sprockets, springs, wood, metal, etc.) function, etc.  This will involve telling a story of how the design came about.
Another way to explain a clock is to talk about what its parts are composed of.  This will involve telling a story about [...]

who made god – again

A popular response to the idea of a God as the ultimate final explanation for all things is to ask, “Who made God, then?”  It’s always hard to know how seriously the question is being put forward.

origin

Always looking for a more compact/clear way to say things, here’s a current version of what I take to be the only logical possibilities (in no particular order!) for the origin of ‘all things’/’universe’/’multi-verse’/’everything’ (A.T.U.M.E.), with my comments in parentheses.

A.T.U.M.E. has no origin, because A.T.U.M.E. is an illusion (Thanks to Descartes for his observation — [...]

freedom

I’m really appreciating how significant the theme of freedom is in the Bible.
Freedom is opposed to compulsion, captivity or slavery.
Utterly free of compulsion, God freely acts to create and sustain a free creation, particularly free and dangerous human beings, which constantly, continually and consistently become enslaved, manipulated, captive or otherwise enslaved to and by various [...]

negative theology

‘Negative’ and ‘Positive’ are opposite terms, just as ‘negate’ and ‘posit’ are.
I remember the first time I heard someone use the words ‘posit’ (a statement seeking to suggest/describe what the nature of a thing/idea/etc. is) and ‘negate’ (a statement seeking to suggest/describe what the nature of a thing/idea/etc. is not).
Often referred to as the via [...]

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