Monthly Archives: January 2011

In the recent post on Occam’s Razor, we touched on this topic, instigated by Boz. There seem to be two types of answers to this question. And I think that is the root of a certain degree of frustration with … Continue reading →

One I have a model of mental processes that I use a lot. It views the mental life of an individual as being made up of smaller elements: you might call them ‘modules’, or ‘agents’. I tend to refer to … Continue reading →

I’ve often wondered about atheists use of Occam’s Razor in theological discussion. And particularly as a way of battering anti-scientific theists. It seems to me to be an incredible irony. Occam’s Razor is expressed in many different ways. It suggests … Continue reading →

Shane over at AnswersInGenes has been posting about the Transfiguration. He posted three synoptic accounts there. I thought it might be interesting to show the accounts in their normal form as a synoptic parallel. Here in the NRSV (because I … Continue reading →

Today two Christian hoteliers were found in court to have discriminated against a gay couple whom they refused a double bedroom. The Christian couple had a long standing public policy that only married people were allowed a double room in … Continue reading →

We do not perceive time at a constant rate. As we get older, time appears to speed up: days, then months, years and finally decades begin to fly by. I propose a formal unit of perceived time to quantify this. … Continue reading →

Sorry the site was down for a while today. My credit card on file with the domain name guys had expired. Normal service, I hope, resumed.

Please don’t take the title as pejoratively as it sounds. I’m working on my always-in-progress-but-never-done systematic theology project. I could do with knowing if there are any ways in which you can think that monotheists (particularly Christians) understand God as … Continue reading →

And he appointed the twelve: Simon (whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (whom he gave the name Boanerges, the sons of Thunder), and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew … Continue reading →

There’s been a few posts recently about using probability theory to illuminate questions of biblical historicity. It reminded me of a review I wanted to post on last year, but didn’t get time for. In this review (via clayboy) of … Continue reading →