The Problem of Evil
How could a loving God permit this...A question has been posed, and Christians must answer it, because it is the one brought up most often against the existence of God. Whether the argument comes from...
View ArticleProve it!
div { font-family: Calibri, "Times New Roman", Arial; font-size: 15px; } We've all heard it before at one time or another (or some of us have even used this line), "If God exists, then prove it!" Yet...
View ArticleCivil Unions & Church Failure
div { font-family: Calibri, "Times New Roman", Arial; font-size: 15px; } From the Huffington Post:Excerpt:"HONOLULU — Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to allow civil unions for same-sex...
View ArticleHey Luther, still can't do no other?
div { font-family: Calibri, "Times New Roman", Arial; font-size: 15px; } So it's been 465 years since Martin Luther's death in 1546. For those who don't know him too well, he's the guy who really set...
View ArticleClass Discussion
div { font-family: Calibri, "Times New Roman", Arial; font-size: 15px; } Today in my religion class (entitled "Christian God & Human Experience") we had a group discussion that took up the...
View ArticleOn Religious Pluralism
Before we even get started talking about religion and getting to know God and all that other stuff that we'll talk about, it is important to look at a belief that permeates through this 21st-century...
View ArticleTheology Matters
Here's an interesting video that I found a while back:http://player.vimeo.com/video/8788549Very simple, organic, yet profound. Theology--proper theology--matters. For if we as Christians want to have...
View ArticleA Liberal Shot in the Foot?
Here's an interesting article from Georgetown University's News Magazine:The Kids Aren't All RightEssentially, the writer, Julie Patterson, exclaims that she finds children repulsing, even the thought...
View ArticleOn Flame and Blame
Alternative titles include:Love Me or Burn in HellChoice and FireWTH God?!What in Hell is Going OnIt's probably one of the more prominent questions seekers and skeptics alike will ask: What kind of...
View ArticleThe Ground Which Morality Stands Upon
So for the past day or two I've been conversing with someone about the nature/ontology of morality. He argues that the Christian Theist's position is incoherent in their "grounding" of objective moral...
View ArticleHell - That Challenging and Unlovely Doctrine
"It is one of the weaknesses of a great deal of contemporary Christianity that we do not speak of the last judgement and of the possibility of being finally lost."(Lesslie Newbigin)Then He will also...
View ArticleReligious Scholarship Funding - Supreme Court Casts Protera
From The Christian Post:The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that dollar-for-dollar income tax credits for donations to private religious schools are constitutional.In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court...
View ArticleIs Good from God? The Debate is On...
Perhaps I'm a latecomer for blogging on this, but to reiterate for the sake of dispersing information, William Lane Craig (defending a Christian theist position) will be debating Sam Harris (defending...
View ArticleMoral Landscaping and Foundations Part 1
Disclaimer: This is not a post-debate analysis. As stated in my previous post, I will be responding/analyzing Sam Harris' proposal to answer the "Value-Problem" by way of human flourishing....
View ArticleMoral Landscaping and Foundations Part 2
Disclaimer: This is not a post-debate analysis. As stated in my previous post, I will be responding/analyzing Sam Harris' proposal to answer the "Value-Problem" by way of human flourishing....
View ArticleOn the Consistency of Ideas
(H/T: Stand to Reason)Yeesh, I'd hate to be that professor. It's a provocative piece nonetheless, showing the consistency of actually living out one's worldview and all that it entails.
View ArticleEarth Now Considered a Person; School Bans Home Lunch; and Flip Phones Fail
...You have got to be kidding me! Giving the Earth human rights? Well, it was bound to happen.Excerpt:...[The UN document] also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an...
View ArticleBachelor's Degree...NOT Worth It?
A college degree? Not for my kidExcerpt: My view is that a college education no longer has the value it once did. Many young adults (as well as their parents) are realizing several things: that...
View ArticleOn Animal Rights
So...Do animals have rights (or should they)?Excerpt:Animals having rights is a contentious notion, and there is a strong argument against it: Rights belong to moral agents, and animals lack moral...
View ArticleFederal Reserve and 1984
(H/T: Vox Day)So the Federal Reserve is going Big Brother now.Excerpt:Two weeks ago, the media's heart went aflutter when it learned that the president had borrowed a page right out of ole' Joe...
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