{***EDIT: The review discussed below – allegedly by Antony Flew of ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins – is of uncertain origins. I’m awaiting an email response to clarify the source. Discerning how much Flew’s age is affecting his critical thinking is a difficult thing. Poor memory doesn’t – automatically – mean poor logical thought. … Continue reading flew’s brain still works
Tag: change
the story of stuff
watch it here (worth all 20 minutes of your time). Note: The scope of this thing is so huge, please don’t fault it for making sweeping statements – to cover what it does in 20 minutes, it has to make its statements as general as possible.
oh baby…
Now that we’re out of the 12-week ‘danger zone’, I can (happily) share that my wife and I (well, really just her!) are expecting a baby in late Jan / early Feb!!! The little guy (we actually don’t know the gender – and might not choose to find out before birth – but I’m going… Continue reading oh baby…
science
1a (or ‘1’). How should it be defined? 1b (or ‘2’). Is ‘science’ inherently ‘naturalistic’? If so why? 1c (or ‘3’). What is the relationship between philosophy and science?
i heart the internet…
I mean… really… Don’t get me wrong… the internet is great… but the by-line for this online ‘friend’ site… ‘be who you wanna be’… scares me. Online Identity… yikes. I hope humanity doesn’t forget… how to have a simple meal together… sharing food… sharing time… sharing conversation… sharing LIFE with each other. That would be… Continue reading i heart the internet…
a gentler universe?
Consolmagno has done it again… Yet another poignant and wise article, helpfully navigating the intersection of faith and science… Here’s a sampler: …there’s the world of nature, the world I study as a scientist, nice and neat and well described by some beautiful equations, elegant in their simplicity. And there’s the world of human beings,… Continue reading a gentler universe?
harder than it looks…
I’ve got a quick thought to share… It’s easy to distance ourselves from people like Hitler and Stalin. We can’t imagine such horrible evils. I mean really, what was the rest of the world doing, right? Why didn’t someone stop him sooner? I guess they just stood by and said, ‘Who are we to say… Continue reading harder than it looks…
building for god’s kingdom
I won’t embarrass myself, but just know that I could share many stories of times I’ve done things ‘for’ someone and found myself eventually having to apologise and say, “Sorry, I was just trying to help!” However well-intentioned our actions may be, they can be un-helpful or even harmful. Even sincere people can be sincerely… Continue reading building for god’s kingdom
jesus, the rebel prophet
The prophet of all prophets, Jesus, had a message that was… well… to say the least… uncomfortable for many of his day. Exactly as James would describe God later, Jesus ‘opposed the proud’ and gave ‘grace to the humble.’ Jesus was well aware that prophets weren’t usually ‘popular’ people. His own home crowd rejected him… Continue reading jesus, the rebel prophet
changing our thinking about change
Change. It has happened. It is happening. It will happen. Spiritually, It has happened… If your faith is genuinely in Christ, you are not what you once were. There are many passages in the Bible that talk about this. Jesus had a conversation with Nicodemus about being ‘born’ a second time. (John 3) Jude writes… Continue reading changing our thinking about change