Category Archives: God

God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 3: Behold, I have become God – and I mean that very humbly What have we said? The mind of God is – sorry, can be – the same as our mind. Rather than thinking I have destroyed God, or, at least, terribly demeaned him with this idea,Continue reading “God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 3”

God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 2: I’m sad to say goodbye to the God who is separate to me – but perhaps it’s not so bad really In this sense, “God and I are one” – which sounds lovely, but does it take us into more troubling territory? We seem to have madeContinue reading “God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 2”

(A theological reflection in 7 parts) God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 1: What does it mean to say that my mind is one with God? A new thought occurs to me. The essential thing for me about God is that he should be real; he should be there. What do I mean byContinue reading “God and me: a like-minded pair? Part 1”

What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? 7) Summing up What constitutes the sum total of reality? If there is just the physical realm, then God cannot exist (except as a psychological state in the human mind). However, if there is also the metaphysical realm, then GodContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 7”

What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? 6) God really does need his “omni” qualities. If any sort of God exists, such as we are positing, then it is not unreasonable for him to hold all the omni qualities that we expect of him. In fact, itContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 6”

What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? 5) Life after death – is this possible; is it essential? If God is a spiritual reality apart from the material universe, then it would be entirely possible for there to be life after death. In fact, it would beContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 5”

3) The problem of evil and suffering There need to be good reasons why God does not keep intervening to achieve good outcomes, yet still be justifiable reasons why sometimes he does. The existence of evil and suffering has been called the “rock of atheism” and is the number one reason why people give upContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 3”

2) God is able and willing to change outcomes in the world. For many people, God is not much use if he can’t do anything to help us. So, the interaction that God is able to make with people, as well as involving forming a relationship with people (entailing an interior life within the person’sContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 2”

(A theological reflection in 7 parts) I have recently explored how faith in God might look if the term “God” was defined in very different ways from how he is traditionally understood to be. I now want to give an overview of what would be necessary if we were to continue to believe in GodContinue reading “What would have to be true for the God of classical theism to be real? Part 1”

Who is God? Part 12: What if God is not? An atheist might complain that I am not facing up seriously to the possibility that there is no God. I challenge them to respond to my claims that it is reasonable and beneficial to have faith in God, but am I open to their claimContinue reading “Who is God? Part 12”