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…or evolutionary teleology – here – worth reading (post & comments). This relates to the so-called ‘problem’ that if God used evolution to create (only!?) humans, then all of the extinct species were ‘wasted’. How anthropocentric! What was God doing, we are asked, for the over-whelming majority of the universe’s supposed 13+ billion years? The reason this problem is not . . . → Read More: diverse goal Announcing “Faithful Science“… A one-day Science & Faith conference – coming August 1. Speakers and topics: . . . → Read More: faithful science This post over at ‘Just Thomism‘ is short, sweet and very thought-provoking. I’m thankful for pain. Not generally at the moment I experience it, but when I think about it, yes I’m glad (for example) that my body tells me when I’m burning my hand on the stove-top. It’s a painful message that my body sends, but it’s one I . . . → Read More: pain bears a message With expectations low (but not low enough to keep us away!), Damian and I headed to the debate (link to series here) tonight between William Lane Craig and Bill Cooke. I think we both left having heard little or nothing we hadn’t heard before, but nonetheless having enjoyed watching it all unfold. What follows is not a full, detailed review . . . → Read More: craig cooke debate: impressions  7 comments - (Comments are closed)  christianity, philosophy  atheism, belief, christianity, culture, current event, debate, ethics, evil, evolution, faith, god, heaven, humanity, jesus, life, morals, philosophy, religion, science, spirituality, theism, theodicy, theology The other day, a friend of mine at Carey college was sharing with me and a few others how grieved he’d been lately (due to various tragic things happening to people close to him). He mentioned lying in bed and trying to pray, not knowing what to say, and eventually just offering an extended, rumbling, inward groan to God… Now, . . . → Read More: the groaning language of prayer 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 |
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