11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an…
First of all, there are some rational and well-meaning agnostics out there. They try to think things through in a logical and consistent manner. However, there are some that can twist Scripture as good as the latest prosperity preacher. Sometimes the attempt at trying to “de-bunk” the Bible is so…
I like to read The Consumerist blog from time to time, although some of the language used in the comments is a bit of a turnoff. According to a recent article “National Pork Board Attempting To Halt Sales Of Canned Unicorn Meat“, the ThinkGeek site recently posted a parody that…
I was listening to a message this morning, and it got me thinking about beginnings. The argument behind intelligent design (ID) is that the universe is so intricately woven together that it requires a design. A design, of course, requires a designer. And yet, there are those who will say…
22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (Romans 1:22, King James Version) I came across a rather odd Richard Dawkins quote: Time and again, my theologian friends returned to the point that there had to be a reason why there is something rather than nothing. There must have been…
An oldie but a goody. Every once in a while, you hear the claim that the NT wasn’t written until decades after the Apostles all died. Sometimes, you even hear claims that it was centuries. The Good News in the November/December 1997 edition has the article “When Was the New…
“If only I could know. If only there were more evidence.” How many times have you heard these statements or ones similar? Seth Godin published an article on Seth’s Blog that “Too much data leads to not enough belief”. His point is that you gather data and then more data,…
“If God exists,” goes the argument, “then why is there such evil in the world?” Some might replace “evil” with “suffering” or “wars” or the like. However, the implication is that the condition is wrong. Indeed, isn’t that what evil really is? Wrong? And, there then is the problem with…
So, why is the question, “Do children, whatever their age, who curse at their parents deserve the death penalty? YES OR NO?” a trick question? The troll’s insistence upon “whatever their age” stands out like a sore thumb. The insistence of phrasing it this way in spite of repeated commentary…
“We are the nuclear waste from the fuel that made those stars shine.” That comment out of context may sound cynical, but it should be humbling in its proper perspective. Science has answered a lot of questions. However, it cannot answer all questions. For all of our knowledge, it becomes…