Tag: Plato
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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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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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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’ […]