There’s a lot of certainty in scientific circles about how science and religion can’t go together. In fact, consensus that empirical science has made God unnecessary, and that religion, with its strange elements of faith and ritual, is irrational and harmful. If you’ve been listening to our series, you’ll realize we don’t walk down that
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What we’re trying to do in our new series here is offer a scientific analysis of spiritual phenomena, especially looking at mental illness and demonic possession. But not the demonic possession we see in the movies. Rather, we delve into the negative diabolical influence that’s a factor for all of us everywhere in our modern
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Welcome to Episode 17 – our final episode – of the Modern Relevance of God Podcast Series on Thinking with Somebody Else’s Head. I’m Richard Lloyd Jones. You know, as I think about it, 17 is kind of an odd number for the final episode in a series about spirituality, isn’t it? It’s not particularly
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We’ve been attempting here to make the scientific case for the relevance of a more theological consciousness in our everyday lives. I’ve been impressed with the idea Dr. Joseph Ghougassian elaborated in the preface he wrote to Keppe’s, Glorification that if we have religions in the world, this must be because of a metaphysical dimension in us.
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Can God and science exist together? I think that’s a fundamental question. I’ve heard some of the more vocal scientists proclaiming that a belief in God is the sign of a weak mind. Well, one thing I’ve discovered: the deeper I delve into the theological and philosophical knowledge, the more I encounter rather brilliant minds,
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