Do Persons Survive Death?
Do I disappear at death? My body? Sure, it’s gone. But my awareness? Does my consciousness end forever? What could be more frightening! Is there any hope here?
How To Think About God’s Existence
God exists? God does not exist? I find flaws and fallacies in both sides. So I step away from “arguments” about God and ask how to approach God’s existence. What’s the process?
What’s Real About Time?
Time seems natural and absolute: the flow of moments one following another from the unknown past to the knife’s edge present to the unknowable future. But this is not so. Einstein shocked the world by showing that time was “relative.” What’s the latest about time?
Is Theism Coherent?
“Theism” is the belief in God. But atheists claim that theism is not coherent, meaning that God as a concept is riddled with conflicts, Inconsistencies and contradictions. Theists respond.
Why is the Universe Breathtaking?
I look up and I look down and I chill with awe. I look up to the universe and envision hundreds of billions of galaxies. I look down to the atom and imagine minuscule, infinitesimal particles and forces. This is reality.
Can Religion be Explained Without God?
Most people believe that God exists and religion is God’s revelation. But some claim that religion needs nothing supernatural; that religion, without God, can flourish because personal psychology and group sociology drive religion.
Is Evil Necessary in God’s World?
If I seek God, I cannot avoid evil. Can the enormity of evil ever be compatible with an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-good God? Couldn’t God have created the world without such evil?
Does Consciousness have Meaning?
How has “inner experience” radically emerged from cosmic dust? Is consciousness only an accident of biology? Or does consciousness have deeper meaning?
Asking Ultimate Questions
I like pushing boundaries, trying to discern existence, searching the foundations of reality, knowing all that can be known. Overly ambitious? Sophomoric? I don’t care. I do it anyway. Here are ultimate questions.
What’s Beyond Physics?
Are there revolutionary discoveries yet to be made? Radical revelations and shocking secrets? Does physical reality go beyond what we know today? Far beyond?
Arguing God from Miracles & Revelations
I search for God but keep clear of miracles. Believers exhort me to accept that miracles are real, to recognize that miracles demonstrate the existence of a supernatural Being. I resist.
What is God’s Judgment?
Every religion thunders its day of reckoning, and to examine God’s judgment is to probe God’s character and perhaps assess God’s existence. If God does not exist, God’s judgment may expose it. If God does exist, and assuming God is merciful as well as just, maybe we’ve missed the meaning of God’s Judgment.