There is no attribute of God which is not either borrowed from the passions and powers of the mind, or which is not a negation. Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Infinity, Immutability, Incomprehensibility, and Immateriality, are all words that designate properties and powers peculiar to organised beings, with the addition of negations, by which the idea of limitation is excluded. An oft-quoted…
Polite conversation does not move onto religious subjects. And for good reason. It is one of those areas where people simply cannot put aside their personal perspective and debate rationally. Big call? Hardly! Wars have (and are) fought over minute differences in theology, while political decisions are inevitably flavoured by views/preferences/prejudices that are either hegemonically or overtly sourced from morals…
Why is it so hard for we happy little human beans to think objectively? When confronted with something we disagree with, why do we feel an urge to think, respond and act defensively? These thought occurred to me when reading a popular science magazine (i just realised how silly ‘popular’ sounds in this context… science magazines – even glossy picture…