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• Review: The Exorcist: Believer

  

  by Stuart Gray (Some spoilers) I am wondering whether David Gordon Green and Peter Sattler understood the subject matter before sitting down to write “The... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding to Jehovah’s Witness Anti-Trinitarian Theology

  

  by Stuart Gray Introducing the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Former evangelical Charles Taze Russell founded the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1880, and his... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding to NDE Skeptics

  

  Introduction The term Near Death Experience (NDE) was first proposed by Dr. Raymond Moody in Life After Life. It relates to an event occurring in three... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Is Christianity Compatible With Deathbed and Near-Death Experiences?

  

  Are you interested in what happens to us after our bodies die? If so, then this book is a great resource. We’re going to bring many assumptions to this subject. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Three Arguments for the Non-Locality of Consciousness

  

  Consciousness is hard to understand. I’m conscious as I write this, and you are conscious as you read. But it is very hard for scientists to understand just wha... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Buddhist Philosophical Difficulties

  

  I’ve been reading about Vipassana Meditation this week.[1] This is a practical approach to finding peace and freedom from suffering in life. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Nine Arguments for the Early Authorship of Luke-Acts

  

  The Acts of the Apostles (Acts) is a New Testament book that helps us to understand early Christian beliefs and practices. But when was it written? Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Did the First Christians Communicate Jesus’ Resurrection?

  

  The New Testament reports the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth occurred and some scholars date this event to AD30, others to AD33. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, It is Arrogant to Think Humanity Occupies a Privileged Place in...

  

  In their video, Plumbline Pictures claim it is arrogant to think that we occupy a privileged place in the universe – Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, It is Arrogant to Think You Have the Only True Religion

  

  Christianity claims to be the only, ultimately true religion. Jesus is recorded as having said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, Your Christian Beliefs Are Simply a Crutch

  

  Why do religious believers believe? This question is asked by Plumbline Pictures in their video – Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe? (ORIGINAL) – YouTube. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, You Know What It’s Like To Be an Atheist for All God’s Except You...

  

  I’ve been thinking about the claims made by the video, “Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?”[1], which is often beautiful in its depiction of human cultures.... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, What Are the Chances Your Beliefs Are Correct and All the Other...

  

  How does one know their exclusive belief claims are true? “Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?”[1], is made by Plumbline Pictures and it poses this question.... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, You’re Beliefs Are Only Due to Your Place of Birth

  

  The striking video, “Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?”[1], is often beautiful in its depiction of human cultures. You can watch it here – Dear Believer: Why D... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• NDE Experiences Complement Biblical Teaching

  

  What happens when we die? So far in this series I have explored some interesting evidence from Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that seem to suggest we go on – we... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Troubling Brain Scans and NDEs

  

  What happens when we die? We’ve been talking in this series about the evidence for Near Death Experiences (NDEs). This evidence suggests people have retained... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Shared Near-Death Experiences

  

  People who experience near-death experiences (NDErs) describe a process where they apparently leave their body and observe their surroundings externally – an... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• NDE – Responding to the Dying Brain Hypothesis – Part 2

  

  In my first blog post, I described the NDE phenomena and argued a physiological explanation does not adequately account for the testimony of NDErs. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Near Death Experiences – Responding to the “Dying Brain” Hypothesis

  

  Medical science today can bring people back from the brink of death. In the last fifty years, doctors, philosophers, and theologians have been studying a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thoughts on Dune and Messiahs

  

  Denis Villeneuve and his team have finally begun to bring Dune to cinema in a way that is fitting. It is years since I read the book, but experiencing this... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2021 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY