In my current philosophical wanderings through the thicket of faith and reason, I’m starting to see some themes emerge. The following is a gross over-simplification, but it may serve as a helpful theological lens through which to view the postmodern turn in philosophy.
The modern (Enlightenment) view of reason ignored the category of sin. The belief was […]
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Here’s a little nugget prompted by my current reading in philosophy: which is more fundamental, the noun or the verb?
Another way of asking this: are you a human being or a human becoming?
Let’s just say that I’m beginning to understand that the difference between these two has some massive implications for doing philosophy…
I was walking and thinking yesterday evening (I know that, as a man, this was a dangerous straining of my multi-tasking capabilities) and out of my thought-stream came a thought or two about Christian apologetics.
Apologetics is all about defending the Christian faith against its critics, and it’s been going on almost right from the beginning of […]
It’s incredible what a short visit home will reveal to you about yourself. I’ve been gone from Manitoba for the past year and a bit (except for a Christmas visit) and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with friends and family. But as I’ve already alluded to, it’s interesting how a return such as […]
My last post was about a number of reasons why arguing for the existence of God may be futile. At the same time, I feel like measuring the validity of arguing for God’s existence may be too narrowly defined by its success in making converts. Allow me to explain.
By and large, we live in a society […]
The issue of arguments for (or against) God’s existence continually crops up in my thinking. Sometimes I wonder if they’re a misguided use of time and energy. At other times it seems like the very continuation of faith in our culture depends upon it.
It can easily be understood that, in a pluralitstic society that embraces relativism, […]
