12+ hour, 32+ min ago  (311+ words) Here I continue discussion of the book How to Think about God by Mortimer Adler. If you have read Part Two (chapters 4 and 5) feel free to comment. If not, feel fee to question. In about one week I will take…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (375+ words) We blogged about Harper's editor Christopher Beha's'book Why I Am Not an Atheist.' Journalist David Brooks reviews it in Comment Magazine in a piece entitled More Than Evolution Allows. Brooks tracks with Beha's pilgrimage out of atheism to Christianity.' Drawing…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (765+ words) The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me" (Pense's, #206). "So said Blaise Pascal in 1657." That was before we knew just how vast the universe really is, with its millions of galaxies millions of light years away from each other....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1421+ words) What if humanity has misunderstood God entirely? What if "God" is not a supernatural ruler somewhere outside the universe, but the deeper consciousness from which the universe itself emerges? And what if human consciousness is not separate from this divine…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1487+ words) In April's conference, President D. Todd Christofferson said: That sounds like a lot." When I was a child, I frequently felt overwhelmed at church." Like Nephi of old, I was born of goodly parents who did all in their power to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (871+ words) What if the ultimate mystery isn't out in the universe, but right inside your own head? Image of Michael Pollan created by Gemini. What is consciousness? Where does it originate? Does it reside in the brain or somewhere else? Is…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (242+ words) John Piper's Essay about Biblical Inerrancy "The Bible is'without error in the original manuscripts" Since there is a wide diversity of opinions on the meaning of "error in such an affirmation, it is appropriate that I give my understanding of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (343+ words) Two weeks ago, I set the stage for my next several posts by engaging with a lecture by Notre Dame professor Meghan Sullivan on the topic "Ethics, AI, and Human Flourishing." During that lecture she introduces a framework for thinking…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (586+ words) When Repentance Becomes Societal Rather Than Personal Patheos When Repentance Becomes Societal Rather than Personal Additionally, the emphasis on necessity through phrases such as "must be fulfilled" or "the Messiah is to suffer" reveals an understandable effort by early Jesus…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (772+ words) If the totality of the human person is uniquely and intricately connected to our embodiment, if our intelligence/psychological/spiritual "software" can only be played on our biological and physical "hardware," then AI by definition cannot replicate what it means…...