May

28

Blurry lenses and the quest for objectivity (!)

May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Prolegomena, Theology 

We all have presuppositions we bring to the bible. We all are tainted by our culture, beliefs, emotions, faults, and lack of understanding. It’s a mistake to think we can approach the bible objectively. We can’t… we’re not God! Whenever we read something, we have to interpret it. And that interpretation has to go through […]

May

19

Christian Philosophy?

May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Christian Philosophy, Prolegomena 

I love philosophy. I can’t express just how much it has affected me as a person, especially in my faith. The one thing that someone can say that frustrates me is, ‘you can’t prove Gods existence, you just have to have faith’. I don’t think there is a more destructive statement when it comes to […]

Nov

19

Galileo on the Use of Reason

November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Christian Philosophy, Prolegomena 

Catholic Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who’s findings, while condemned by the church (blush), forged the backbone of modern astronomy as he discovered that the earth moved around the sun, not the sun around the earth, had this to say concerning the Christian’s use of the mind and science:
I do not feel obliged […]

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