Tag: Mathematics
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“In the Beginning was the Word” …
These are the opening words of John’s Gospel, most probably written around 100 CE. Whoever John was, he tried to convey a late 1st century understanding of the person and significance of Jesus. In doing so, he borrowed the term logos from Greek philosophy. This can indeed mean ‘word’, but also includes a variety of…
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A Down-to-Earth look at God (i)
Following on from my previous post, I’m continuing to give thought to what can be said about God, reasonably, meaningfully, and believably. Most of us might agree with the proposition that ‘believing in’ God has more to do with faith than knowledge. There’s a difficulty, however, in that different people have different ideas about what…
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My Religious Paradigm (2) The sacred books
Continuing this series, I’m asking myself, having been a preacher, what my current religious ‘paradigm’ is, by which I mean, what do I think, and feel, I can reasonably and credibly believe? Religious literature is exactly that and, in my view, must be subject to the same historical and critical scrutiny as all other kinds…
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What do we owe the first philosophers?
We owe the very first Greek philosophers a debt of gratitude. It’s true that they learned much, in the way of mathematics, from the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Babylonia – geometry from the Egyptians and arithmetic from the Babylonians – but the Greeks introduced something new and different. What contributed to its emergence? The…
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Religion and Science
Religion and Science need not be seen as opponents. This is especially so if some of the language they use is recognised as being figurative rather than literal. Religious people can only paint ‘pictures’ of their conception and experience of an unseen and indescribable divine realm. Scientists, in exploring the unseen and indescribable sub-atomic realm,…
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