Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Faith
Did Jesus frequent the pub or the bar? After all, he did mix with the sinners, the tax collectors and the prostitutes, didn't he? Wasn't he, being a rebel, just like one of them? There are two quite opposite views on this question. Some people who may not even believe that Jesus ever existed nevertheless invoke … Continue reading JESUS IN THE PUB
How do you lead people to conclude that there's only one truth, without showing them any real evidence? Answer: you keep them from all dissenting alternatives... I was listening to a BBC radio discussion on the subject of parasitism recently (1), the panel being a gathering of very learned and highly credentialed evolutionary scientists. One of the … Continue reading THE INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE OF SCIENCE
As I washed more eggs off the back of my vehicle, one of which almost scored a direct hit on the "Make America Great Again" sticker, I mused the motive of the deliverer of those ovulatory projectiles. Was it tolerance? Was it peace? Was it brotherly love and inclusion? Hmm... Just for the record, the vehicle is twenty-one years … Continue reading TRUMP-HATE: WHAT IT’S REALLY ALL ABOUT
How do Biblical adjectives which describe God as "a consuming fire" and as being "dreadful" square with John's declarations that: "God is Love" (1 John 4:8) and: "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5 NIV)? There's no getting away from the fact that the Biblical God, while being loving, … Continue reading GOD OF TERROR, part 2
Sometimes God really is "terrible". In fact, in some ways He's the ultimate terrorist... Don't worry, fellow believer, I'm not about to intentionally engage in any kind of blasphemy. I'm sure it's true that, God is light; in him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5 NIV). However, in contrast the Bible warns us that: It is … Continue reading THE TERROR OF GOD
