thoughtful ideas on life's big questions
The small dot in the picture is earth, viewed from far out in space. All of human history, every person’s life, the great achievements and works of art, the wars and the tragedies, all occurred on that dot (or for a very few people and days, on its moon that cannot even be seen here.) […]
Are the stories of Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel, Noah and the Tower of Babel legends or true? Can the Bible be true if they are legends?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is kind of the “next big thing”. Everyone seems to be talking about it. But is it a big deal? Is it dangerous? What does God think about it? What does AI think about God? In this post I’ll try to answer some of these questions. I wrote this post myself. I […]
The universe seems way larger than it needs to be to provide a place for us humans. Is that an argument against creation by God? What does science say?
More than a dozen stories of people who’s life journey took them in unexpected ways towards God, in three recent books.
Quantum physics challenges what we know about matter, light and the universe. Its challenge to materialism is worth looking into.
If science and philosophy can’t explain consciousness, does that show consciousness is an illusion, or that science and philosophy are not adequate to the task?
Is science is the best way to know things, “because scientific knowledge is better than non-scientific knowledge”? or is this an over-statement?
How do we know the truth about Jesus? If the evidence isn’t as clear as scientific evidence, should we believe it?
The more we learn about our universe, and the forces and particles that form it, the more weird it seems.