A June 3rd article that appeared on Christianpost contained an interview with Dr. Bart Ehrman who is a noted author and professor of religion. Ehrman is most famous for his criticisms of the New Testament’s reliability, with various books he’s produced on the topic reaching the top of certain best seller lists. The Christianpost interview focused on his skepticism of the New … [Read more...]
A Comparision of the Ethical teachings and Impact of Jesus and Buddha
The ethical teachings of Christ vs Buddha Christ’s teachings : Love God with all your heart , soul , mind and strength. Love your neighbour as you love yourself . Love one another , as I have loved you. Loving your enemies . Holy living – in thought , word and deed. Lust of the eye is equivalent to adultery. Anger is equivalent to murder. Forgiveness of friends and … [Read more...]
Why does life have value, or does it?
As one who has lived in and studies multiple cultures around the world, I am often intrigued by how cultures observe and value life. In economically undeveloped or developing countries, life generally holds a low value. This view is not completely confined to these countries with first world countries now beginning to embrace a reduced value on human life as evident through … [Read more...]
Convince Me There’s A God – Morality 3
If you asked me when I was an atheist what I thought about serial killers, I would have said they were terrible people. If you asked me what I thought about child abusers, same answer – terrible people. If you asked me what I thought about my doing whatever I wanted to do even if other people thought it was wrong, different answer. What I did was my business. However, that came … [Read more...]
Atheism, Humans and Robots
The standard disclaimer: I am not speaking about or attacking atheists. Instead, my goal is to rationally work through the logical implications of the atheistic worldview. (Please notice how I define atheism). My conclusion is that, if atheism is true, then we need to re-imagine how we understand human beings. … [Read more...]
Incarceron and Sapphique: Escape Is Not Enough
“I spent centuries longing to escape, but who can escape themselves?” When Catherine Fisher's Incarceron begins (and continues in Sapphique), one hundred and fifty years have passed since the Years of Rage, after which all the criminals, undesirables, extremists, degenerates, and lunatics of the Realm were banished to Incarceron, a prison the size of a world. Seventy of the … [Read more...]
The Search For Truth — Agnosticism
To build an Incarnational Apologetic capable of reaching the post-modern person, it is important to understand four basic approaches in the search for truth. Rationalism Agnosticism Experientialism Pragmatism In my previous post, I outlined Rationalism. In this video post, I want to focus on Agnosticism which is defined as follows: … [Read more...]
Book Review: Creating God In The Image of Man
Creating God In The Image of Man by Norman Geisler is a book focusing on the debate about Open Theism (called "neotheism" in this book). I've been going through some of the different views on the relationship between God's sovereignty and man's free will. Open theism is one of the options that falls on the extreme side of Arminianism. The book is a short read at 145 page … [Read more...]
Blind Men and the Elephant
There is an old known as “the Blind Men and the Elephant.” In this story, there are 4 blind men who are asked to determine what an elephant looks. The first blind man feels the leg of the elephant and says, “The elephant is like a tree because it is large and round like a pillar.” The second man feels the tail and says, “The elephant is like a rope because it is small and … [Read more...]
What Shall We Make of Richard Dawkins?
Traditionally I am not one to write on the New Atheists, but one individual in particular has always been of keen interest in my studies regarding atheism, science, religion, and topics akin to the like. There is plenty of literature in response to the New Atheists and their anti-religious claims, with even more literature regarding an exhaustive analysis of each individual’s … [Read more...]