Category Archives: Bible

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Brilliant painting by Briton Rivière

I’d never heard of this artist (Briton Rivière) before, I’ve never seen this picture before (Daniel in the Lions’ Den). 

There’s a video about it titled: ‘This Painting Is an Absolute Masterpiece’

It really is brilliant! 

Interesting that it was particularly popular in Victorian times.

8-minute video here.

Why Science is Fundamentally Meaningless

Article by Todd Hayen.

Excerpt:

It is a rather bold statement.

Notice, however, I was careful to use the word “meaningless” rather than “useless.” “Usefulness” is usually determined by the intention behind the knowledge or action.

Considering my article title, I could have qualified even that statement with “beneficially meaningful,” but then the title would be too long.

So, then you might ask, “beneficially meaningful to whom?”—us (humans), animals, the planet, the universe? I may touch on this dilemma a bit in this article, but that question is more for philosophers and theologians. Briefly, I would say what is beneficially meaningful to any one of these things (humans, other animals, the planet, the universe) is also beneficially meaningful to the others.

Continue reading here.