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Here Gould threatens a ‘knuckle-rapping’ to both theists and atheists who would try to use science (in general) or the theory of evolution by natural selection (in particular) to butress their worldview. People familiar with Gould will detect the scent of N.O.M.A. (Nonoverlapping Magesteria – don’t ask me why it’s not N.M. or N.O.M.) in this, but it still seems . . . → Read More: gould: science a natural venture  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  ethics, philosophy, science, theology  atheism, belief, conflict, creation, current event, debate, evolution, faith, god, intelligent design, interpretation, life, order, religion, science, theism, theology, truth An interesting person is gaining popularity at the moment. His name is Todd Bentley. A Google or YouTube search (which I’ve not had time to do) should provide very ‘interesting’ material. Apparently, 25 (or so) people have been ‘raised from the dead’… A few thoughts: If this stuff is really happening, then for Bentley’s sake (not to mention God’s) get . . . → Read More: investigating modern miracles 20 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, general belief, conflict, current event, death, debate, discernment, faith, general, healing, Holy Spirit, miracles, religion, spiritual gifts, truth I’ve posted before on this topic, and thought I’d share a bit more about it. Hopefully, these thoughts will be helpful in aiding fruitful discussion… I’ve observed a distinction between 3 things that I feel are necessary to distinguish between in order to most helpfully discuss the topic of sexuality. Actually, these three things can, I suggest, be distinguished helpfully . . . → Read More: sexual identity – again… 38 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics belief, conflict, culture, current event, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, identity, imagination, life, morals, relationships, sexuality Do you trust? Do you believe? I’m not talking (at least in this post!) about God – I’m talking about convicted criminals! Tapu Misa has written another thought-provoking piece about –among other things– the house-arrest conditions of Bailey Kurariki, suggesting that the public needs to trust him to learn how to live in society. . . . → Read More: trust and believe… criminals!? 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, strange fleshy bundles of ego . . . → Read More: a gentler universe? 17 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, philosophy, science, theology, www atheism, belief, change, conflict, creation, current event, death, debate, discernment, evil, faith, general, god, humanity, imagination, life, religion, science, suffering, theism, theodicy, theology, truth Issues of culture, religion, politics and the like are of much interest to me. This Friday, quite an interesting complex of issues will be focused in one event in which I’ll be taking part. As a pastor of one of the churches in the Northcote area, I’ve been asked to take part in the ANZAC Day Commemorative Service, where we . . . → Read More: public service: worship and prayer included 3 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, politics belief, christianity, church, community, conflict, culture, current event, faith, general, god, humanity, life, peace, politics, relationships, religion, theism If only people in general –and Christians in particular– could grasp just a few key things that makes Jesus who He is… then I’m convinced not only that Christianity would have a better reputation, but –even further– those who aren’t Christians might be far less against the growth of Christianity… People are scared about the growth of Christianity because they . . . → Read More: good news for all the people 9 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, theology belief, christianity, church, conflict, discernment, discipleship, faith, god, gospel, heaven, interpretation, Israel, jesus, Jewish, kingdom of god, politics, prayer, religion, spirituality, suffering, theology My last post touched (if only in passing) on the relationship between two realms: the philosophical/religious and the scientific. Among other things, I was suggesting that there is both a distinction and an inter-play between the two. We are all –to an extent, of course– both scientists and philosophers. We engage in the stuff of science; for at various levels . . . → Read More: overlapping magisteria? 8 comments - (Comments are closed) philosophy, science belief, conflict, debate, faith, interpretation, life, philosophy, religion, science Tolerance… The topic of tolerance came up in the comments of my last post, so I thought I’d re-post them here to offer a focussed discussion of them… This t-word is used in interesting ways. I think it’s used far too loosely. You tolerate things (certain actions or persons whose identity is defined by those same actions) which you don’t . . . → Read More: the abc’s of tolerance 23 comments - (Comments are closed) ethics, philosophy, politics belief, conflict, culture, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, life, morals, peace, philosophy, politics, spirituality A question raised by Damian (‘Would you kill if God told you to?’) under a post at Frank’s blog recently led to various comments about God, killing and ethics. The issue is massive, and I won’t try to summarise it here, but I wanted to share an interesting historical character that I think is fully relevant to the topic. . . . → Read More: ethical violence? |
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