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• When Was Jesus Born?

  

  If Jesus wasn’t born on the 25th December (see https://respondblogs.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/was-jesus-actually-born-on-25th-december/), then when WAS Jesus... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Was Jesus Actually Born on 25th December?

  

  December 25th has, for so many people on the planet, been the date when the celebration of Christmas happens. The celebration of the birth of Christ. BUT – was... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Are the Gospels Trumpian – Getting Some Details Right, But the Story All Wrong?

  

  At Christmas time, the Christian churches return to the gospel accounts of Christ’s birth and re-read the events as they are described. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Five Conversations to Have With Your Kids After Seeing Frozen II

  

  Elizabeth Urbanowicz points out five interesting themes you could dig into after enjoying the movie. Of course…in my experience…EVERYTHING doesn’t always begin... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Does God Let a Child Die?

  

  When my wife miscarried our first child, we did not know why it happened. When I sat with my parents as my sister died of cancer, I saw in their eyes the same... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Can You Reject Christianity Based on Religion’s Possible Benefit to Survival?

  

  Sometimes I’ll hear people try to discredit Christianity by saying religion has only natural causes and, so it simply gives you survival benefit. That is why... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Machines, Personhood and Sarah Connor

  

  Contains mild spoilers. The latest Terminator movie has stumbled at the box office. I feel that’s unfortunate because this was a genuinely fresh and... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Rise of the Machines?

  

  This summer, I had lunch with Doctor Mihretu Guta at Biola University. Mihretu specialises in the areas of metaphysics and the philosophy of mind. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Faith of the Scientist

  

  I’ll often hear people say things like, “I have no time for faith. I live my live on reason, observation and evidence.” Really? I see. Well – let’s see how... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why I Blog

  

  It occurred to me again this week WHY I write this blog. My purpose, and the point of this blog, is to insert rational and logical arguments for the historic... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Faith Under Fire

  

  Why is it that Christianity’s critics often don’t seem to bother to understand what Christian belief actually is, but mistakenly assume they already know? Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Must the Cause of the Universe Be a Person?

  

  In my previous posts here and here, I’ve outlined the Kalam Cosmological Argument, and I explained some of the scientific evidences that support its... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Can We Avoid a Beginning to the Universe?

  

  Can you prove the universe is eternal, and never had a beginning? Some scientists think so. But this is a very old idea they are working on. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Two Ways Scientists Justify the Big Bang + Why This Matters

  

  An important philosophical argument for God’s existence is called the Kalam Cosmological Argument. It is deceptively simple to describe: 1 – Whatever begins to... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Doesn’t God Save People From Natural Disasters?

  

  If God exists, then why do people die in natural disasters? It is always a heart breaking tragedy when people die as a result of tornadoes, earthquakes and the... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

  

  It’s a bit of a head scratcher. Can we answer this question? In the 18th century, German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz observed that the answer... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Was the New Testament Canon Assembled Hundreds of Years After Jesus?

  

  Often folks think the New Testament was written and assembled hundreds of years after the fact. I have been responding to the Newsweek article from 2014 that... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Were There Lost Christianities?

  

  It’s a bit of a long one, this time! So, maybe the best thing is to just pick one or two headings that jump out at you? This book has had such a negative... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Three Reasons Why the Gospels Record History

  

  I’ve noticed that folks usually think before the New Testament Gospels got written down, a long time passed where people told taller and taller stories. Those... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Were There Many Christianities To Begin With, Or Just One?

  

  I’m exploring the claims of a Newsweek article that portrays the Bible as the result of controversy, disagreement and powerplay. My first blog in this series... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2019 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY