July 16, 2009
An important axiom pertaining to those who rule is simply stated as “a King is not above the Law”. While it certainly has been abused and some have flaunted their lawlessness, the general agreement is that a King, Ruler or Read more…
July 14, 2009
One of the basic tenants of scripture that I was taught was the Perspicuity (clarity) of Scripture. As Hodge stated, “Protestants hold that the Bible, being addressed to the people, is sufficiently perspicuous to be understood by them, under the Read more…
July 13, 2009
Many people have asked me why I am an atheist and how I could possibly turn my back on Jesus Christ, after all he has done for me. I hesitate to give a personal story since personal experiences are largely Read more…
June 16, 2009
The Pew Research Center recently (April 14-21 2009) conducted a survey of 742 American adults (The Religious Dimensions of the Torture Debate) asking them the following question: Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order to Read more…
June 6, 2009
Recently articles dealing with Intelligence and Religion have been published on various web sites such as Breaking: Intelligence and Religion – Negatively Related and Godless Science. In these articles the authors try to make that case that there is a negative correlation Read more…
April 23, 2009
A study recently published by JAMA (Religious Coping and Use of Intensive Life-Prolonging Care Near Death in Patients with Advanced Cancer. The Journal of the American MedicalAssociation 2009, 301(11): 1140-1147) looked at how religious faith impacted whether near death cancer Read more…
April 8, 2009
Recently Newseek published the result of its poll on religion in America (One Nation Under God?) and found that “A nation facing problems of biblical proportions appears to be looking less and less to religion for answers.” According to a Read more…
April 1, 2009
Michael Spencer recently published an article in the Christian Science Monitor entitled: The coming Evangelical Collapse (March 10, 2009). In it he gives 7 reasons why he sees this collapse coming within 10 years and “Within two generations, evangelicalism will Read more…
March 24, 2009
The BBC news has reported: Pilot Jailed for Sicily Air Crash. What was his crime? Instead of doing his job, he thought it would be better to pray: An Italian court has jailed a Tunisian pilot who paused to pray Read more…
March 18, 2009
I just finished reading Dr. Bart Ehrman’s newest book, Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). This is an extremely powerful and well written book. Anyone who has an interest in Read more…