These are a few of the things I've recently found interesting, but don't have the time to properly blog on. I don't necessarily like or agree with the links here, I just think they're interesting. And just in case you do, too, enjoy.
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From Christianity.ca Review by Denyse O'Leary: "Editor Bobby Maddex, working under the Fellowship of St. James, which also produces the ecumenical thinkrag Touchstone, has tossed out the usual dull faith-and-science stuff. He has produced a magazine o
Short post today. I just wanted to point to a brief and fascinating roundup of arguments for the existence of God from a cosmological/mathematical viewpoint:
God by the Numbers
Coincidence and random mutation are not the most likely explanations for some things.
by Charles Edward White
The article summarizes the evidentiary value of three numbers in mathematics that seem to point to an intelligent designer of the universe:
In “The Ultimate Issue” Brian logged an interesting and thought provoking post on “designing your own God.”
Likewise, the hundreds of differing beliefs that people have about God, and the fact that people dearly want them to be true, do not make them true. God is who he is. God is the authority on God. We cannot design God. We have to deal with God as he is. We have to face reality, like it or not.
I like it. That’s good stuff.
Yet, I think there is a tension between having the right beliefs about God and having a personal knowledge of God—which will always be unique to at least a degree.
To make a comparison: Knowing God is like studying the stars. There are facts that can be known: among other things, stars are hot; are primarily composed of