This article addresses some contemporary issues between science, philosophy and religion, and more specifically, issues of right and wrong, or in the more spiced-up version, good and evil; human consciousness; the body/mind and mind/soul...
There is a curious but crucial omission in Day Two of Genesis that appears in each of the other Days; only in Day Two are the words “And God saw …” missing. But as...
Einstein famously said that “The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.”[1] The former Royal Astronomer of Britain, Martin Rees, says that Einstein was “expressing his amazement that the laws...
Before addressing the science in Day Two of Genesis it is useful to recall the methodology adopted in Day One. Day One started with “the heaven and the earth”, which were described as being...
Much has been written about the Kingdom of God, ranging from ridicule to the ‘Hollywood spectacular’ of chariots and trumpets. I can’t claim to be familiar with all interpretations and criticisms, but I am...
Last week the first inquests opened into the deaths of the British citizens killed in the Tunisian massacre. On Friday, a minute’s silence was held across the UK during which British Prime Minister, David...
The SCOTUS decision recognizing gay marriage did not surprise me, and neither did it bother me. Marriage has become a farce for millions of people across the Western world in the last few decades....
The account of Day One in Genesis gives two fundamental principles essential for an ordered universe capable of sustaining life. The first is the basis of mathematics – the equation. Genesis demonstrates how one...
I have written that philosophy is at risk of rendering itself an extravagant academic indulgence. By that I mean it risks becoming so obscure as to be of no relevance to our everyday actions...
