Paul Hazelden's Articles (136)

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We need to find beliefs which work - beliefs which work sufficiently well and sufficiently often, without any need to pretend that they are 100% effective in all situations. We need beliefs which we can engage with as beliefs rather than proven trut
An emergent property is a property which is present implicitly in the components, but which can only be seen when it emerges in the larger system; once you see the emergent property, you understand how the interaction of the components produces it.
When we say that something is immoral, are we only saying, as some people suggest, that we disapprove of it? Is morality just a statement of personal or group preference? And, if not, then what is it?
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office. This was clearly never going to happen but, as I said (probably, far too often), ending the war was one promise I believed he was able to keep. The war i
If we want to prevent future genocide, it seems to me that memory is just the first stage: we also need to understand what happened, and then act to prevent it from happening again – we need to understand the many genocides, with all their varying de
The unity of the Body of Christ is central to our identity and therefore to our activity: there is only one Body, so we need to learn how to live in the light of this truth. We are all part of one Body, but that Body is made of many different parts;
Where does power lie in the modern world? We need to know. Quite often, we need to know in order to survive, to navigate the ever-changing challenges life throws at us. And we need to know if we want to change the world, to make it a better place.
I talk with a lot of people, and - possibly as a consequence - I am asked this question on a fairly regular basis: why don't people join the church? On the basis of no formal research whatsoever, but simply looking back at conversations over the pas

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