Category: Christianity
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Καλή Ανάσταση! (On the irrationality of the modern belief in death)
Happy Easter! (“Καλή Ανάσταση” in Greek literally means ‘Happy Resurrection’) And let not the irrationality of the miracle of resurrection hinder you from believing. The most important things in life we anyway do not understand. Our self. Being. The cosmos itself. And yet we are defined by them. And we live by them. Yes, the…
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How many scientists are Christians? (Does it matter?)
Statistics of religiousness are a hot topic. A friend recently initiated a discussion regarding science, religion and the ‘war’ between them. One of the basic elements of the discussion was the number of scientists who are Christians and of course the actual number of christians in the world to-day. The discussion heated up, with many…
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Outside the Church!
We usually forget what is obvious. This photo won a Pulitzer Prize, depicting a priest holding a soldier who dies in Venezuela (details here). We tend to go to church to remember that we are Christians. To light a candle, to pray, to feel mentally uplifted. And yet, Christianity is not the buildings. Not even…
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Coronavirus, Christianity, Death, “sissies”…
There is a lot of discussion about the new coronavirus affecting the world as we speak. Harmonia Philosophica usually does not deal with such news since our focus is philosophy and not everyday matters. Our subject is the eternal, not the ephemeral. And yet, as we have said many times here, the ephemeral is sometimes…
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