Bruce Charlton's Notions

"Why didn't God make everybody Already-good?" is actually a deep and tough  question that cuts to the heart of Christian theol...

There is not the slightest doubt that the forthcoming Amazon Tolkien TV show will be very, very bad indeed -- but that is actually a Good Th...

As someone who wishes you well and to see you prevail - since you seem to contain most of the real Christains in the RCC; I suggest that you...

Why do atheists preach atheism? Well, I was an atheist for most of my life from about age six to nearly fifty - consciously, explicitly and ...

Because the reason I bang-on about theology and metaphysics is that I am so desperate for Christian harmony - harmony among Christians of al...

"Where does evil come from" is a simple question, and an obvious question!  Christians ought to be able to answer the question, in...

"Why has our communication to and from God apparently broken-down?" This vital question is discussed by Francis Berger in a clari...

[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All thin...

Continuing the theme of yesterday's post - I will try to show why there can be no agency or 'free will' within the mainstream, ...

There is a lot of talk in my corner of the interweb about the need to build 'alternative institutions' - and that from these we can ...

It seems to me that most Christians are not, and never have been, sufficiently 'bothered' by the absolute requirement in Christianit...

I may be a bit strange this way; but there are few subjects that excite me as much as thinking !  I have come to regard thinking as an-end-i...

Ramer is a Tolkien  alter ego  in the unfinished novel from The Notion Club Papers.  Evidence that the above boulder is the origin of Ramer...

This seems like a key question for Christians - maybe The key question; and it lies behind discussions as to the nature of 'The Church...

I have been engaged in a discussion in comments at the Orthosphere  during which I was invited/ challenged to describe my metaphysical belie...

At least from the 20th century onwards; I find the results of 'spiritual techniques' to be so unimpressive as to suggest that they a...

The introduction to a talk Virtual reality and the paranormal ,  given by Rudolf-Steiner-expert Stanley Messenger in the 1990s, provides a c...

One of the ways in which Christianity has been effectively sabotaged through the centuries, is by the false teaching that a Christian ought ...

I've just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which I have read many times before. It really is a superb novel - e...

I regard all metaphysics and theology (including those I believe) as ultimately wrong, in the same way that all scientific theories are ulti...

I don't think there is just one answer.  Some of Them want to destroy it by shrinking down to a much smaller (and with many fewer people...