Category Archives: philosophical reflection

“And What If I’m Wrong”

Posted on April 11, 2012 by PaulVK

Got this video from a friend. I thought it would be a nice piece to bounce off of on the points he makes. First an outline of the points. I’ll put my initial comments and place holders in brackets. Even … Continue reading →

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How Should Science and Religion Converse?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by PaulVK

A friend of mine put a picture on his Facebook page with a quote attributed to the Dalai Lama that says “If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, the Buddhism will have to change.” I thought this was an … Continue reading →

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Evolution and Intent

Posted on November 28, 2011 by PaulVK

I’m reading Alvin Plantinga’s latest book on the relationship between Christianity and evolution. One of the thing that comes clear quickly is that much of the disagreement between believers in theistic evolution and those who assert that evolution not only … Continue reading →

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Religions as Communal Ulysses Contracts

Posted on November 28, 2011 by PaulVK

Steve Jobs famously offered this advice in his 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s … Continue reading →

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Answering Young Steve Jobs: The Problem of Judgment

Posted on November 1, 2011 by PaulVK

The story of Steve Jobs’ last day at church highlights a number of issues, one of which is judging. Judging is a bad word in our culture today. The last thing you want to be known as is “judgmental”. This … Continue reading →

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Answering Young Steve Jobs: The Idolatry of Answers

Posted on October 31, 2011 by PaulVK

One of the things JRR Tolkien got very right in his epic “Lord of the Rings” was the pull of “mastery” on our hearts. It’s not hard to see that below our strivings with technology, our market strivings, our relational … Continue reading →

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Answering Young Steve Jobs: the Challenge

Posted on October 30, 2011 by PaulVK

On my posting on ThinkChristian.net about Steve Jobs the commenter suggested that while pastors are commenting on Job’s life, no one is commenting on the episode in Isaacson’s biography about Steve Jobs leaving the church as a young teen. This … Continue reading →

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“Salvation” In The Box

Posted on July 16, 2011 by PaulVK

People are looking for help because people are a mess, all of us. Whether we realize it or now we are all self-destructive, ardent self-salvationists. We instinctively try to rescue ourselves from what we see as threatening us and we … Continue reading →

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Divine Regard and the Search for the Historical Adam

Posted on June 7, 2011 by PaulVK

Christianity Today had a cover story on The Search for Historical Adam and the swirling controversy this has created. I thought it was a good and helpful article. I’m dubious as to biology’s capacity to “discover” who or what the … Continue reading →

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Plants in Time

Posted on February 14, 2011 by PaulVK

Here are some links to some cool time lapse images of plants. In CS Lewis’s Screwtape Letters Screwtape continues to remind Wormwood that we humans living in time and that this has consequences for our lives, our perceptions and our … Continue reading →

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