This episode moves through a wide landscape of ideas — from Christianity and Gnosticism to Naturalism and Buddhism — to confront what we really mean when we talk about God. I explain why I still believe God exists while wrestling with the problem of revelation, miracles, and the limits of anthropomorphism when we call God […]
001: My Problem with God Read Post »
There is unmistakable design in the universe—and wherever there is design, there must be a Designer. Even Richard Dawkins concedes that “the living results of natural selection overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design, as if by a master watchmaker.”1 Evolution may describe how life adapts, but it does not explain the origin of
Design Requires a Designer Read Post »
The meaning crisis deals “with the decentering of human life from its cosmic significance, a decline in our sense of purpose, and a sensation of having lost the soul that gave earlier human societies their adaptiveness and vitality. It seems we are left with a feeling of having lost our place in the world along
Understanding the Meaning Crisis Read Post »
To understand our inner dialogue, we first need to understand how the mind works. Our minds are filled with pre‑programming from our past. Some of that programming is positive, and some of it is negative. When the negative programming starts to play, people often want to label it as the devil or a demon. When
God Is Not Speaking to You Read Post »
Richard Dawkins, an expert on the theory of evolution, states, “Evolution is actually a fact—as incontrovertible a fact as any in science.”1 But it’s just a theory, right? The word theory does not mean the same thing in science as it does in general conversation. In science, a theory is “a hypothesis that has been
What is Deistic Evolution? Read Post »
How do you know that what you believe is true? That is the question known as epistemology or the “theory of knowledge.” I don’t think we can know very much for certain. We have to give up that search. But I do think we can discover how probable a claim to truth is. I will
A Simple Epistemology Read Post »
