Tag: Religion

THE SPARROW FALLING

THE SPARROW FALLING

One day recently I was driving a large vehicle at considerable speed, when two small birds – swifts - flew across the road in front of me. One of them managed to avoid the truck but the other didn’t. I heard a little thud from the body of the truck over me. As before when … Continue reading THE SPARROW FALLING

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE FROM SOUP

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE FROM SOUP

THE THEORY Most of us have been told for decades that the Miller experiments proved how life originated in that primordial soup (you know –Darwin’s favorite food). In the 1950s Stanley Miller, Harold Urey and a team experimented on the elements that "must have" existed in abundance on the early earth, (Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen, … Continue reading THE ORIGIN OF LIFE FROM SOUP

IF THERE IS NO GOD…

IF THERE IS NO GOD…

If there is no God there's no lasting meaning to life. We live, we quickly get sick and die, and beyond our transient, ephemeral pleasures (which many never get the chance to enjoy) there's no satisfaction, no future and no hope.

THE MEANING OF LIFE ACCORDING TO HAMLET, PAUL AND DEEP THOUGHT

THE MEANING OF LIFE ACCORDING TO HAMLET, PAUL AND DEEP THOUGHT

What is the meaning of life? This question has been asked for as long as humans have been around... I’m told that in this post-modern age the question of the meaning of life is no longer an issue, since nothing is regarded to be objectively "true", and evolutionism has sucked any spiritual meaning out of life. I think the … Continue reading THE MEANING OF LIFE ACCORDING TO HAMLET, PAUL AND DEEP THOUGHT

IS GOD A TEAPOT?

IS GOD A TEAPOT?

I once had an interesting conversation with a woman who prided herself on being intelligent, open-minded, inclusive and tolerant - which is fine depending on our definition of those words- who told me that people should be free to believe anything they want to believe.... Up to a point I agree with her, and so does my God. … Continue reading IS GOD A TEAPOT?