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A question of identity (written by Margret Holding- date unknown)

October 19, 2022 by Peter Holding

My father was for me a kind of guru. Guide, sage, an abstraction of all-knowing goodness- his belief became my moral philosophy, his views were scrupulously embraced as a pathway to leading an honourable life. His was a voice form beyond the grave, my devotion to his principles was self-imposed. But my fidelity to his […]

Filed Under: family, philosophy, religion

Religion, almo y el sentido de uno mismo

September 30, 2020 by Peter Holding

No todos pensamos como personas religiosas. Pero hay un sentido en el que los ateos todavía “sentimos” lo mismo que las personas religiosas. ¿Cómo? Bueno, todas las religiones abrahámicas sostienen que tenemos un alma, un yo interior, un “yo” que está separado de nuestro cuerpo y cerebro en funcionamiento. Los no creyentes no están de […]

Filed Under: In Spanish, philosophy, religion

Religion, the soul and the sense of self

September 7, 2020 by Peter Holding

 We do not all think like religious people. But there is a sense in which we atheists still “feel” the same as religious people do. How? Well, all the Abrahamic religions hold that we have a soul- an inner self, a “me” that is separate from our having a functioning body and brain. Non-believers disagree. They hold […]

Filed Under: philosophy, religion

Attraction and Evolution

December 4, 2019 by Peter Holding

Summary: Even if there are some evolutionary influences on what we find attractive, like happiness, attraction is not static. It depends, at least in part, on things we do, think and say. Both in the present and in our lived past. And this occurs in a cultural/social context as well as an evolutionary one. Chemistry? What causes […]

Filed Under: philosophy

La historia del Génesis y la interpretación agustiniana del pecado original

July 10, 2019 by Peter Holding

El pecado original sostiene que todos nacemos pecadores. Todos tenemos la necesidad de hacer cosas malas y desobedecer a Dios. Según la enseñanza, el pecado original es la condición espiritual y psicológica normal de los seres humanos. Incluso un bebé recién nacido, que no ha hecho nada en absoluto, está dañado por el pecado original. […]

Filed Under: In Spanish, philosophy

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