Human burial has been occurring for millennia. For example, the Qafzeh Cave in Israel contains buried Homo sapiens remains that are 100,000 years old. This time period fits into the Paleolithic period. The buried remains appear to show signs of love, care, and compassion as antlers, shells, and red ochre were placed with the bodies.Continue reading “Burying our Dead and Recognizing God”
Tag Archives: Philosophy
The Sine Wave of Belief
Lately, I’ve been doing some reading about metaphysical belief systems. We all are metaphysical. Even if one doesn’t believe in God or “the supernatural” (often poorly defined), one’s lack of belief is still a metaphysical system. I would argue that we are all metaphysical in our thought process. We often find ourselves searching for theContinue reading “The Sine Wave of Belief”
Entropy and Theodicy
Bad things are just going to happen. We can go round and round about the awfulness of natural evil and moral evil, but there appears to be no way to get around the fact that the presence of evil persists in a world that many people believe God is present in it. This is theContinue reading “Entropy and Theodicy”
Process Theology and Potential
I recently gave a talk to the IRAS (Institute on Religion in an Age of Science) as part of their monthly lecture series. I spoke to this organization because 1) it was free (so no stress about being paid for content), 2) it is important to utilize the liberal arts part of one’s brain, andContinue reading “Process Theology and Potential”
Progress and Novelty
In my recent blog posts, I talked about my awesome trip to the Galapagos Islands with my spouse. Beautiful place. Beautiful pictures. I read On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin during my trip which is a beautiful read. Thus, beautiful place, beautiful pictures, and beautiful read can cause one to think. picture ofContinue reading “Progress and Novelty”
Quick Note…I will be speaking at IRAS
Hi guys, just a quick note. I will be giving a talk at the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science this Wednesday 5PM EST, 4PM CST. It is free to attend on line, but you have to register. https://starisland-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KZRy4193TSm74JeaegFLzw#/registration Information about my talk is below.
God in Time
I’m going to link to my recent book again (“A Theology of the Microbiome“, SacraSage Press). I do this 1) because I write about these issues in detail in the book and 2) I need to market the book (right?). In my book, I go into detail about process theology which is a theological modelContinue reading “God in Time”
RFK Jr. and Evolutionary Disadvantage of Ignorance
*God is sorrowful I’m a physician and a theologian at this point in my life. I have a medical career at an academic medical center. I also have a DThM for which I have done some writing, including on this blog. One part of my career is mainly objective (medicine) and one part is mainlyContinue reading “RFK Jr. and Evolutionary Disadvantage of Ignorance”
The God of Strings
I’ve been a fan of Peter Woit out of Columbia University for some time. I know almost nothing about theoretical physics, but his critique of this field is of interest to me. In many ways, he feels a bit Popperian in that he can be disdainful of physics that have no ability to ever beContinue reading “The God of Strings”
Bohm (the Person) Confuses Me
I was doing some side reading on Bohmian mechanics a few days ago. Now that my book has been published, I have been asked to do a few talks. In such a setting, I want to understand quantum mechanics a bit better. I comprehend the concepts, and I can do some (and by “some”, IContinue reading “Bohm (the Person) Confuses Me”
Phi-The-Sci: Equilateral Musings 