About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
Longtime reader St. TY asks: Some commentators, atheists and anti-Christians, go so far as to say (mockingly) the writer of the Book was under the strong influence of some hallucinogenic substance. How should a thoughtful Christian interpret the prophesies in … Continue reading →
Continuing from where we left off from last time... 3. God knows the future Another set of biblical passages indicate that God knows the future, not just the past or present. Leaving aside the passages which teach the general doctrine … Continue reading →
For my previous posts arguing that God is not temporal: I: Metaphysics, II: Special Relativity, and III: General Relativity. In the next few posts, we'll examine the Scriptural arguments for this position. While I don't think it's illegitimate to use … Continue reading →
A reader asks this question, testing the boundaries between physics culture and religious belief: How hostile do you think a learning institution would be to someone in their Physics department looking at the Horizon problem via the Universe being an … Continue reading →
Aron, How is it possible that God is in control of all things and their will is always done, assuming that we are free? —Kevin First, why are we free in the first place? Because God wants us to be … Continue reading →