You don’t have to be schooled in philosophy to appreciate that one fundamental question in life is “why is there anything here as opposed to just nothing?” If one is patient or perhaps pride-filled enough to attempt an answer one …
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Moral vs. Legal authority
Mr. Errol Greene is my respected Baptist brother. I registered denominational pride as I watched him on TV news last night (July 21, 2019) addressing a Lay Magistrates’ gathering and raising questions on the moral authority of police persons to …
Hope: Fundamental but Fragile
Whether it is Peter Bunting or Peter Philips re the leadership of their political party or anyone of us in our daily lives, all humans are creatures of hope.
But what really is hope? In a nutshell, hope is confident …
THE LORD’S PRAYER and THE POPE
So right after this Jamaican mother taught her twins the Lord’s Prayer, her son queried: “Mom, why ask for daily bread; why not ask for a whole year’s supply?” Before his mother opened her mouth, his sister chimed in: “So …
The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence (An Introduction)
“The heavens declare nothing really, the firmament showeth nothing really, day unto day uttereth nothing really and night unto night showeth nothing really. There is no speech or language from them, full stop, end of pre-scientific rubbish.”
Such would be a …
Michael, Be Fair to God
My esteemed Friend Dr. Michael Abrahams in his column elsewhere in the press (Gleaner, September 7, 2015) contends that God in the Old Testament is not merciful. I am countering with some philosophical and legal pointers.
If being merciful is not …