| God (we like to kep it small here at Exploration....) |
| Is there a God--An all-encompassing greater being? If so, what is He (or She) like? |
| Redwing's Response: If you have read other things of mine, then you probably know that I do believe in God. Some people might actually think that this is odd: all through high school I was interested in the sciences, and scientific types aren't supposed to be religious. These same people would probably think it odd that I am currently prusuing a major at college which is half Physics and half Philosophy. How could those two subjects possibly go together? I plan to talk a bit about that below in the "science and religion" paragraph. There are a lot of ways to look at the question "does God exist," and there are a lot of issues that get discussed along the way, so I'll "divide and conquer". In each paragraph, I will try to address a single point of view or line of reasoning that people have used to discuss God's existence, and describe my views about it. 1) Whitehead's 6 reasons for including God in his philosophy (COMING SOON)) 2) go figure: genetics 3) go figure: worship, worship everywhere.... 4) the wager 5) go figure: friendly Universe? (COMING SOON ) 6) science and religion--can't we all just get along...? (COMING SOON)) 7)creation or evolution? EVC Forum--this is a discussion group about Evolution and Creation which is open for anyone to join 8)The question of free will --this is my answer to the question "do we have free will". This question was posted on the philosophy page, but I thought it had relevance here, so I have included this link. Also coming soon: 9) so, what can we know about God (other than that maybe He--or She--exists)? --male or female? neither? both? --personality: what can we know of God's nature? --God's relationship with man: how does the big picture fit together? 10) Good Reads: Fun Fiction for Further Reading: --Good Omens --Incarnations of Immortality (Series)--Piers Anthony (you'd have to start from the beginning of the series to get the whole picture, but they're all good books....) --Imajica (with reservations) --Movie: Dogma **must see** --Paradise Lost (I have not read it in full, just the beginning, but I do plan to read it. this is a classic.) --Time Quartet (series) by Madeleine L'Engle (not about God but about Good and Evil and what they are like--I highly recommend it.) Excellent Nonfiction: --Mere Christianity, by CS Lewis. A very well done book about the most basic beliefs of the Christian faith. --Just about any book by Harold S. Kushner --The God We Never Knew, by Marcus J. Borg |