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Why DIY funerals are a bad idea

by Phil Braham | Mar 28, 2022 | Atheism, General, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Social commentary

Imagine a time, say, in an English village around the thirteenth century. Life revolved around the church and services were held on sundays and holy-days. For better or worse the priest was the guide and mentor. Death was common and unlike today the format of the...

Ideas on Consciousness

by Phil Braham | Mar 23, 2022 | Philosophy, Religion and mysticism, Science, The universe

A new Approach to the Consciousness-Mind-Body Problem by Philip Braham Introduction In modern philosophical theories there is an assumption that consciousness is an activity of the brain. One accepted theory is that the brain is a machine and that what we call...

The laws of the universe

by Phil Braham | Nov 10, 2021 | Atheism, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Science

Out of body experience Some years ago I was listening to an interview with an atheist researcher (I forget her name now) who put volunteers who could initiate out of body experiences into an MRI machine whilst monitoring their brain activity. She asked one of the...

The holographic universe

by Phil Braham | Apr 29, 2021 | General, Religion and mysticism, Science, The universe

The universe as a brain The concept that the universe is like a hologram is not new. In fact it is the title of a book by Michael Talbot. A hologram is a three-dimensional photograph taken using lasers. Making a hologram A laser beam is split so that one path is...

Why Darwinism can’t explain evolution

by Phil Braham | Apr 20, 2021 | Atheism, General, Scepticism, Science, The universe

The Darwinian view of evolution The classic Darwinism theory of evolution is very simply explained as follows: Every organism in the process of reproducing produces random mutations. These mutations may result in no apparent affect to the offspring up to an affect...

The thread that connects us to the divine

by Phil Braham | Mar 10, 2021 | General, Religion and mysticism, The universe

The galaxy and the divine spiral For most people what they think of as their consciousness is really their ego. We are ruled by sensations and the reaction to these sensations: what we like or don’t like. In general, people seek out what they enjoy and run away...
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