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• RESPONDblog: Aha! But Who Made Your God, Then?

  

  It is the age-old school playground argument. “You believe God created the world? Ha! Who made God then? Huh? Can’t answer that one, can you? Gotcha.” In other... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblog: Why God Isn’t a Harsh Or Critical Task Master

  

  Why does God seem to demand so much from his followers? The Bible suggests that God demands us to love him – and to love him with all our hearts, minds…and our... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblog: Locking Eyes With People – and Seeing Christ

  

  I am part of a small group of people who run a toddler group for Dad’s at Kingfisher Church in Tredworth, Gloucester. The group is called Dad’s Only – cos our... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblog: Why the Bible Cannot Be Classed as Myth

  

  Oliver:             You do know that “The Three Musketeers was a fiction, right? Written by Alexander Dumas? Gary King:      A lot of people are saying that... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Does Human Reason Point Toward God’s Existence Or God’s Absence?

  

  Originally posted on RESPOND: Human anatomy is a mind bogglingly amazing thing. For example… The cardiovascular system threads through your body. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Does Human Reason Point Toward God’s Existence Or God’s Absence?

  

  Human anatomy is a mind bogglingly amazing thing. For example… The cardiovascular system threads through your body. Hundreds of miles of plumbing carry 5... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblogs: FAITH Isn’t Pretending to Know Something You Don’t Know

  

  A poll was done recently which suggests that when Christians use the word faith – Skeptics think they mean “believing something even though its not supported... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblogs: Can the Human Heart Change for the Better?

  

  Originally posted on RESPOND: I’m preparing to visit sub-Saharan Africa next week. Specifically, I’ll be spending time in both Malawi and Mozambique –... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblogs: Can the Human Heart Change for the Better?

  

  I’m preparing to visit sub-Saharan Africa next week. Specifically, I’ll be spending time in both Malawi and Mozambique – two of the world’s poorest... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why the WHY Question Matters

  

  I once heard about a conversation between the brilliant evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins and Prince Philip (the Queen’s husband). The Prince approached... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Living in Easter Saturday World

  

  stuartgrayuk:Great post – insightful and true. Let’s get thru Saturday together – cos Sunday’s coming! Originally posted on Hope's Reason: Holy Week is... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPONDblogs: Biblical Jesus = Retelling of Pagan Myth?

  

  Imagine someone looks at you earnestly and says the following. I don’t believe Jesus existed, I don’t believe he was real. Why? Because there is this guy i... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• RESPOND Blogs: Why I Believe in the Supernatural

  

  Originally posted on RESPOND: It has been said – Miracles are simply the stuff of fiction. Belief in Miracles – or the Supernatural – can be traced back t... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus Resurrection – As Unlikely as Alien Abduction Claims?

  

  Originally posted on RESPOND: In 1961, the first big Alien Abduction claim hit the public consciousness. Barney and Betty Hills, from Portsmouth New Hampshire,... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding When Life Gets On Top of Me

  

  Once upon a time, I saw the land of peace           from a mountaintop of my own making. And it appeared to me that what I needed to sustain me on this path... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jesus Resurrection – As Unlikely as Alien Abduction Claims?

  

  In 1961, the first big Alien Abduction claim hit the public consciousness. Barney and Betty Hills, from Portsmouth New Hampshire, reportedly had a Close... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Challenging the Blind Watchmaker

  

  “The only watchmaker in nature is the blind forces of physics…the blind unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Christianity Compared to Racism?

  

  I’m wondering whether Chris O’Dowd was caught on an off day. He was recently quoted by GQ magazine as saying he reckons following a religion will eventually... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014

• Artificial Cells and the Evolution Myth

  

  I’ve got a soft spot for the Stanley Kubric movie that Steven Spielberg finished after Kubric’s death – AI. Some people hate on this movie – mainly because of... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014

• Wouldn’t “Designed” Eye Balls Work Better, Tho?

  

  “My eye balls could work better, of course.”  This is sometimes the response to the,  “Eyes are so complicated that God must have designed them” type of... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014