thoughtful ideas on life's big questions
December 15th, 2020
These are fertile days for conspiracy theories. Who believes them and why? Are christians more prone to believe them?
November 28th, 2020
We all want a good life. We want to flourish. We want to be free to pursue our own choices. But what does it take?
November 8th, 2020
Christians are supposed to be following Jesus, but do their lives match up to his teachings?
September 25th, 2020
Cosmologist Luke Barnes, an expert on the scientific evidence for the fine-tuning of the universe, has published an argument for the existence of God.
September 6th, 2020
How do we explain the universe? Are there reasons to believe God made it, or it appeared out of nothing? Or should we give up on finding an explanation and say it just is (a “brute fact”)?
August 26th, 2020
The Covid pandemic has affected all of us, and has shaken many foundations. What are we learning about ourselves, our culture and the meaning we give life?
August 10th, 2020
Would you like to live forever? Silly question? Could eternal life be boring or impossible? Or could it be wonderful? And is it possible?
July 25th, 2020
Are wealthier people happier or healthier? What actually makes people happy? Which countries are the best to live in? Check out some statistics.
July 12th, 2020
Who is right about near death experiences (NDEs), the true believers or the sceptics? Or neither?
June 27th, 2020
It was just a short conversation over coffee….. …. when the conversation turned to brains. “My neurobiology lecture this morning was pretty challenging. It was about theories of how the brain does logical reasoning. They still don’t really understand it. Left me wondering about how the brain can think logically at all.” “What do you […]
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