Tag: Mystery

• God Problem

  A problem with ‘God’ is that it’s a three-letter word; a pattern of printer-ink dots on a piece of paper; a display of pixels against the background of a computer screen; a vibration in the air produced by vocal chords and transformed into sounds by electro-chemical processing in human brains; an idea that exists in…

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  22nd Feb 2023

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Old Testament, Religion

  Consciousness, Deities, Folk Tales, God, Meaning, Metaphor, Mystery, Mythology, Symbols, Theology

• “The Great Mystery”

  “The Great Mystery” rightly says the also great physicist and thinker, Albert Einstein. But there are still too many people who imagine they alone know everything about it. That’s a hubristic folly, that can sometimes discount and even menace the rest of us. A lot more humility, width of receptiveness, and open-mindedness would better serve…

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  13th Jan 2023

  Buddhism, Christianity, Consciousness, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Einstein, Folly, Hope, Hubris, Humility, Life, Mystery, Open Mindedness, Physics, Religion

• The Wonder of Water, a Greek Philosopher, a Scottish Writer

  Around two-and-a-half thousand years ago, in a Greek city in what is now Turkey, Thales of Miletus was captivated by the wonder of water, thinking it to be the single substance that was the origin of all things. In those pre-scientific days, this wasn’t such a crazy idea. After all, liquid water can change to…

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  2nd Mar 2021

  Environment, Literature, Philosophy, Science, Scottish

  Atoms, Cairngorms, Fertility, Miletus, Mystery, Water