1.0Sgwrs Tei Bowhttps://www.clarkeroberts.co.uk/cyClarke Robertshttps://www.clarkeroberts.co.uk/cy/author/clarke-roberts/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wi4laPBGVI"><a href="https://www.clarkeroberts.co.uk/cy/2012/09/28/why-god-exists/">Pam mae Duw yn bodoli.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.clarkeroberts.co.uk/cy/2012/09/28/why-god-exists/embed/#?secret=wi4laPBGVI" width="600" height="338" title="“Why God exists.” — Bow Tie Talks" data-secret="wi4laPBGVI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.clarkeroberts.co.uk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>Evening folks. The title of this one may have you asking: “What on earth does Clarke have to be doing (or incidentally, not doing) to possess him write such a piece at 1am?” Well I’m not out partying for a start, and seeing as though I’ve had such a long day travelling to and from Harrogate – not for fun, I’m on work experience at my old secondary school – I fell asleep earlier after a feast of Dominos and tea and thus, I’m not tired anymore. I mentioned my work experience. Nothing overly important, I’m working with the illustrious Olly Davies, my old Religious Studies teacher. For those of you who don’t know him, or me or who have never heard me rattle on about him, he is the man that is responsible for me being where I am today – he inspired my passion and love of theology and philosophy and it’s to him I owe a lot of my academic success. Slightly off-topic (in true Olly fashion some may say – I’m not a fan of using emoticons on my blog, but I feel a “winky” face to denote a cheeky remark is needed there), the reason I want to discuss the existence of God is because I’ve spent the last few hours throwing together a presentation to use for the GCSE group I’m helping with that goes into the four main philosophical arguments for the existence of God. It got me thinking, many people don’t actually realise that I do believe in God; I thought it would be interesting for me to explain why. This image here epitomises the image I have of God. Shortest blog in history right? No. I’m joking of course, I just like to use light-hearted images in an attempt to liven up what would instead, be a very dull and heavy topic. I think it’s important for any theologian or philosopher to first set out the position they’re ‘doing their theology or philosophy from’ – sorry, I just need to take a second to figure out why Justin Bieber is infecting my ears; there we are, sorted – as I was saying, I need to set out the position I’m coming from before I continue with my ‘theology’ (so I’d like to call it, because then I can pretend I’m important). I’m a liberal, and a radical liberal at that. I enjoy the work of John Hick and sympathise with it probably 98% of the time; something the boffs at the local York Minster would more than likely cringe and revile at. Us liberals like to reinterpret and rethink archaic and ancient ideas in an attempt to make them consistent with what we now know about the world in which we live; so yes, I’m afraid to say it, science does play a part in shaping a liberal theology. We also place primacy with the sources of reason and experience above those of tradition and scripture when constructing a theology; there are probably numerous […]http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/jdo/lowres/jdon48l.jpg