Spiritual
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Our Lived Life
Should we base our life on abstract ideas, or should our “lived life” dictate those abstract ideas? Off the cuff, many of us say, of course, our lived life should dictate those ideas.…
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Four Features of a Mystical Experience
What is the role of consciousness in the study of the universe and our life here on earth? We take our everyday consciousness as our default setting, thinking it gives us the proper…
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Subjective and Objective Knowledge
In our modern scientific era, we don’t pay much attention to “subjective” knowledge; instead we prefer “objective” knowledge. That is knowledge that is fact based and empirically verifiable. If we can’t demonstrate a…
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Quantum Physics and Kierkegaard
I realize this is a strange combination: Quantum Physics and Danish existentialist philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), but I think Kierkegaard’s ideas in relation to proving God’s existence are relevant to how we interpret…
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Natural Law and the Trinity
In my last article I showed the connection between Natural Law and the notion of an Intelligent Universe. In this article I would like to show how Natural Law is also related to…
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Is Something Good Because God Says So?
In Plato’s dialogue, Euthyphro, Socrates asks just this questions: “Do the gods love holiness [the good] because it is holy [good], or is it holy [good] because the gods love it?” The Divine…
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Marx Embraced Capitalism
The above title may sound strange to some people. Didn’t Karl Marx hate capitalism and seek its overthrow? Yes, he did, but he also saw it as a needed step on the way…
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Do Christians Really Believe in Free Will?
Allan Watts asked the question, many of us do, “Are humans free beings or determined beings?” Christians maintain that human beings have free will, however corrupted and fallen we are. On the other…
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Quantum Physics and Intelligent Design
In my last article I explored the philosopher and mystic, Alan Watts’ view of intelligence in the universe. He defined intelligence as patterning. claiming there were two types of patterning: Organic and Mechanical.…
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The Universe is Intelligence Itself
I was listening to a talk by Alan Watts the other day and he asked the question, “How do we know if there is intelligence in the universe? What are its signs?” Watts…
