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GOD being GOD: Questions of Ontological Veracity Questions of Ontological reality In this article, we shall briefly, though importantly, address the notion of ‘God’ as the ground of being rather than as a determinate entity; in other words that the creation, though not purely the product of chance and necessity, was not the ‘design product’…

Did God really do that? Contrary to the view that, due to the disobedience of the pair (see Genesis 3) at a point in time, God brought about a dramatic change to the whole of creation so that the created order went from—a utopian paradise, in which there were no harms, to a hell on…

Taking Kathleen Home? Taking Kathleen Home… (an excerpt from ‘Beyond Personal Pronouns’) Kathleen Ann White, (1936-1956). Kathleen was the first of six—born into, what would have been considered a lower-middle-class family—‘owner-occupiers of a semi-detached property in the newly created suburbs of the City of Southampton. Dad’s first love was music but, in order to pay…

I Tell You… One of the criminals hanging on the cross next to Jesus kept ridiculing him, saying, “What kind of Messiah are you? Save yourself and save us from this death! ”The criminal hanging on the other cross rebuked the man, saying, “Don’t you fear God? You’re about to die! We deserve to be condemned.…

A Message of Encouragement for Dr. Jordan Peterson et al A message of encouragement for Jordon Peterson et al… Dear Dr Peterson, I fułly understand your cynicism when considering the ‘mountains of contradictions’ you have observed, both in your reading of the (Judeo/Christian) history of belief and praxis and in your observation of its apparent…

And he (Jesus) said to all, ’If anyone wishes to come along after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his SOUL will lose it; but whoever loses his soul for my sake, this one will save it. For what profit is there for…

Beyond ‘The Realm’ of Darwinism [THEODICY]Most ‘Post-Darwin,’ attempts at a defence or theodicy avoid any notion of the prevailing state of affairs being the result of any major shift in the order of creation. Few, if any, offer an Adamic Fall as the reason for the existence of predation, plague and parasitism though some offer…

Heaven is a Wonderful Place I have desired to go where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green well is the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea. (Gerard Manley Hopkins)…

‘Jesus & Extra-terrestrials’ There are a number of nouns that are synonymous with the word extra-terrestrials: Little Green Men, Space Beings and Martians come to mind. Oddly Angels are, most often, not included in this category though sceptics may suggest that, however, defined, these creatures are too ‘anthropomorphic’ to be taken seriously. Though we get…

I am pleased to announce the publication of the book I’ve been working on since the beginning of the 2020 Covid-Lockdown. The book is entitled ‘another EDEN: Gaining a Fresh Perspective on Evil, and The Purposes of God’, and is available on Amazon. Essentially, the book is a further development (though less academic in its…