An article in the New Statesman, "The Social Cell" by Daniel Dennett (April 13, 2012), is an interesting work on the effects of information on some social systems. One of these is religion. The writer believes that the free flow of information challenges religion (most certainly) and will likely lead to its extinction (most "doubt"-ful). …
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Belief versus Doubt versus Disbelief I
People always like to contrast Faith and Doubt. I think that this is in error. I believe (and I am not alone in this assessment) that faith is empowered by doubt. Doubt is simply honesty... and honesty is not bad. We are limited in knowledge (we don't know everything). We are limited in time and …
In Praise of Little Faith
So I saw the following quote once or twice, Little faith says, “God can do it.” Big faith says, "God will do it." But great faith says, "It is done, for nothing is impossible with God." What should my response be? Being a navy officer in the past, as well as a mechanical design engineer, …
Answering Your Child’s Questions. More Important Than You Think
My son is now a college student studying Psychology. Today he said to me, “You know Dad, I was reading an article that said that children ask a lot of questions but that as they move on into adolescence and beyond, they ask far fewer questions. I don't know. I think I'm different. I really …
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