Tag: theology

The Good, the Bad and the Pitilessly Indifferent

The Good, the Bad and the Pitilessly Indifferent

If there's no God to decide what's good and what isn't good, who decides what's true and what isn't? Who decides what's right and what's wrong? In a world where God doesn't exist there can be no absolutes: there is no ultimate right or wrong except what humanity decides is so. "Good" and "bad" are entirely subjective concepts, and open to change. To paraphrase a certain president from not long ago, "Truth is fluid".

GET READY TO NOT BE RAPTURED!

GET READY TO NOT BE RAPTURED!

For the first twenty-eight years of my Christian life I believed the Pre-Tribulational view of the Rapture, being convinced that my favorite Bible prophecy teachers must be right about its timing in relation to other prophesied events.  In fact, I was unwilling to even try to see it any other way, and there were certain Bible … Continue reading GET READY TO NOT BE RAPTURED!

TWO THINGS THAT MAKE GOD LAUGH

TWO THINGS THAT MAKE GOD LAUGH

I’ve heard that Shirley MacLaine once stood proudly on the sea shore shouting “I am God, I am God!”. I imagine that made God laugh. Conversely, there is a legend that Canute, a Viking who became king of England, sat on the sea shore commanding the tide not to come in. He apparently did this … Continue reading TWO THINGS THAT MAKE GOD LAUGH