Boing Boing: Dawkins: Why There Almost Certainly Is No God
I grow weary of continual “he said, she said” rhetoric. It’s a major part of why I’ve more or less tuned out politics, why I’ve even, to some extent, tuned out of religious and philosophical discussion recently. This is more of the same.
It’s interesting to me that [...]
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Finite to Infinite
I’ve been delighted that a friend of mine has joined the ranks of bloggers. He never fails to stimulate my thinking, and his entry from the other day is no exception:
As to another application, while studying philosophy here in seminary, I’m curious about Plato & Natural Theology. Philosophy has always been ‘searching’ for a conception of [...]
Hold the Line
It could be I am simply overworked and weary right now, but I find that I have little more than an apathetic interest in the broad view of the world right now. It is a fine line that one must walk, an acrobatic tightrope of sorts. On the one hand, the broad view is necessary [...]
Relating to the Powers-That-Be
My Bible study from a couple of days ago wanted me to write out what I have learned about submission from a series of verses. This was the second one on the list.
^5^Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.
Romans 13:5
There wasn’t much to [...]
Voice in the Wilderness
Another atheist blog got added to my blogroll today. Obviously, I don’t agree with the vast majority of this young lady’s opinions, but I do find that her articles are articulate and very thought-provoking. I also find myself deeply saddened (though, I’m sure she would probably say that there is no reason for me to [...]
Finite to Infinite
Science and rationality cannot disprove the existence of God, just as they cannot prove the existence of God because God is far larger than anything that exists. Nothing that we have available to us can ever explain something that large. It’s just like the way the created can never be anything but less than the [...]
It’s Not About Christians
It’s always sad when the Body of Christ drives its members away. I’ve written at length in the past about the state of the American church and how we need to strive to refocus it toward the ideals that Christ taught, spurning the lackadaisical attitudes that have become so common in our culture.
But I want to [...]
Lust: Defining It, Understanding It
Ben asks another very good question:
Everyone decries it, but no one really explains. I spent some time today trying to find someone, somewhere on line who had a good handle on what it is. Obsessive sexual desire, or just sexual desire? To hear some, you’d think the latter, but I can’t believe that. The investigation continues.
The [...]
Pointless Speculation, Revisited
What about questioning the existence of God, the legitimacy of the Bible, whether or not one should be living to bring glory to God? Are these also questions one should speculativly ask? #
Absolutely. I think everyone asks these questions at some point in their life, and probably more than once. Growing up I was raised in [...]
Just a Single Data Point
It’s always a little bit frightening (read ‘scary’, ‘nerve-wracking’) to discover you are being read, and then that you are being taken at least somewhat seriously (but then again, isn’t that exactly part of why we write?). Frankly, I find this fact to be both humbling and gratifying at the same time — humbling in that my [...]