Tag: Plato

• Abraham and Child Sacrifice

  In Genesis 22, there’s a disturbing story about God ordering Abraham to sacrifice his son. A ram is provided as a substitute, but only at the last possible moment. As readers we’re told that, “God tested Abraham“, but the man himself is given no such explanation, and God rubs salt into the wound by reminding […]

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  26th May 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Old Testament, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion

  Abraham, Genesis, God, Kierkegaard, Plato, Sacrifice

• Where does Consciousness come from?

  Materialism continues to be the view of ‘how things are’ for a great many people. They see themselves as material beings who live in a world of material things which obey the laws of physics, and can be weighed and measured. They seem to forget that there are ‘things’ that aren’t things. There are thoughts […]

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  16th Mar 2021

  Consciousness, Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Consciousness, God, Materialism, Mind, Panpsychism, Plato

• Adam’s ‘Other Half’

  Many English translations of Genesis 3:21 tell us that God took one of Adam’s ribs and made it into a woman. The Hebrew word is tsela’, but it never carries the meaning ‘rib’ elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible. It means ‘side’, and is used for the sides of hills and buildings etc. The translation ‘rib’ […]

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  23rd Jan 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Old Testament, Religion

  Adam, Eve, Myth, Plato, Ribs