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Gerald R. Baron

Is Physicalism Today’s Alchemy?

Alchemy today has negative connotations. It’s bogus. Those pursuing things like the Philosopher’s Stone and turning base metals into gold…

Nov 3

Is Physicalism Today’s Alchemy?

Nov 3

Evolution vs. Creation — The False Binary

Words matter. The question of how life began and evolved is an important one, as it is foundational to our worldviews. Are we created…

Oct 29

Evolution vs. Creation — The False Binary

Oct 29

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What the Snail Can Teach About Soul Care

A beautiful fall morning in the Pacific Northwest. The morning sun is peeking over the top of the low foothills of the Cascade range. I’m…

Oct 24

What the Snail Can Teach About Soul Care

Oct 24

Evolution Is Real, But Incomplete

The process of mutations and natural selection goes very far in explaining the history of life. But, despite what has been taught for many…

Oct 12

Evolution Is Real, But Incomplete

Oct 12

I’ve Been Here Before: Does the Psychedelic DMT Open a Door to Reality?

I’ve never been into psychedelics. As a university student starting in 1969, drugs were all around me. I never touched even marijuana until…

Oct 8

I’ve Been Here Before: Does the Psychedelic DMT Open a Door to Reality?

Oct 8

Time and Eternity, Part 1

Our experience of time moving from past to present to future is so embedded that it is difficult, if not impossible, to think of life and…

Sep 25

Time and Eternity, Part 1

Sep 25

A response to comments about the myths of physicalism

Comments on my post about physicalism in a discussion with a secular humanist questioned my position. Here is my response.

Sep 18

A response to comments about the myths of physicalism

Sep 18

Does Science Destroy or Enhance Spirituality?

In-depth interviews with scientists from around the world about their spirituality may surprise those who believe that science kills…

Sep 8

Does Science Destroy or Enhance Spirituality?

Sep 8

Can There be Purpose without a Purposer?

Does the universe display purpose in its creation and operation? Is it coherent to think of purpose, or its appearance, in the universe as…

Aug 25

Can There be Purpose without a Purposer?

Aug 25

Can science tell us what is real?

Scientists replaced religious authorities as the reliable source for what is real and true, leading many to believe that all we need to…

Aug 5

Can science tell us what is real?

Aug 5

Gerald R. Baron

Gerald R. Baron

Dawdling at the intersection of faith, science, philosophy and theology. Military historian. Author of "It Was My Turn" and "A Fighter Pilot in Buchenwald."

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