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• 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

• Is It Likely That Evolution Gave Us Working Proteins and Eyes?

  

  I remember having a conversation where my friend and I were discussing the origin of life. Where did we come from? And he had no problem at all looking at the... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014

• It is Evolution’s Daddy’s Birthday.

  

  Today is Darwin Day – in other words, it’s the big boy’s birthday. He would have been 205 years old if he had lived! Charles Darwin was born on this day in... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014

• Alvin Plantinga on Evolution and Christianity

  

  stuartgrayuk:Fascinating discussion about Theistic Evolution. Originally posted on Hope's Reason: View Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014

• A Curiosity Snap

  

  This might surprise you. Above the door to the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University is not a pithy quote from a forefather of Experimental Physics or... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014

• Mind the Gap

  

  I can’t help it – something inside of me cringes when I hear well-meaning Christian believers acting out as aggressive anti-evolution apologists. After all –... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014

• Breaking Bad

  

  The end justifies the means – according to Walt.   Life hasn’t gone as it should have. He’s brilliant but unrecognized. His career began with such promise and... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014

• It’s OK to Change Our Minds!

  

  Imagine the most hardened atheist – someone who utterly dismisses the mere possibility of the existence of God or a creator behind the Universe. We might not... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014