Photo by Palo Cech on Pexels.com Part 1 of this mini-series ended with a discussion of God not being the only agent of choice in the world.…… Read more “Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 2: Two Examples Without Divine Reason”
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Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 1: Divine Purpose Revisited
Photo by Ravi Roshan on Pexels.com “Everything happens for a reason” is a statement I’m sure you’ve heard dozens if not hundreds of times in your life.…… Read more “Everything Happens For A Reason, Part 1: Divine Purpose Revisited”
Caesar Augustus, The Decree, and Quirinius: Does Luke Get It Wrong? (Luke 2:1-7)
Luke 2:1-7, NKJV And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This…… Read more “Caesar Augustus, The Decree, and Quirinius: Does Luke Get It Wrong? (Luke 2:1-7)”
Shedding Light on “Shedding Light on the Light of the World”: Refuting Secular Humanism
Of course, Christ had followed a long procession of man-gods in the ancient world, many of whom were said to have performed prodigies and who shared with…… Read more “Shedding Light on “Shedding Light on the Light of the World”: Refuting Secular Humanism”
“Poor Midianites”? Why Dawkins’s evaluation of their slaughter in the Old Testament is half-baked
It’s a common tactic to see skeptics point to the slaughtering of nations while overlooking the nations’ immorality and the divine justice against them.