RoderickE

If by religious it is meant that this site advocates and promotes some specific ideology or world-view; then yes, this site and most all sites are "religious". But perhaps the difference in this site and some other sites that also promote ideas and world-views; this site is clear and open about it. For example, a liberal, left-wing site is also a "religious" site except that the religion it is promoting is liberalism, and often without openly admitting to it. However, all ideas strongly... Read Full Story

How would it affect your faith if the existence of aliens was proven without a doubt? Sure, this is a highly speculative question but so have been questions that Christians in the past had to face. How did Christianity handle the idea that there was more to the world than Europe, Asia, and Africa? How did Christianity handle it when flight was finally possible? How did Christianity handle it when we finally left earth's orbit? read more Read Full Story

Although I'm using the past-tense, "was" here, it is possible that a case could be made that heretics should still be killed but I'm not the one making that case. I guess we first must ask; What makes a person a heretic? Typically you will hear that heresy is simply going against the predominant view, in this case against whatever expression of Christianity is dominant. This is where a person may claim that everyone is a heretic to someone else over some issue or another; thus making... Read Full Story

If we believe God is in control of all things; good and bad then even those people who seem to escape justice will get their due in time -- sooner or later. Psalms often addresses the apparent injustice in the world and how God will eventually make recompense. We see this in Psalms 7:1-17 for example. I have been meditating on this theme more and more lately as I have become disillusioned by fake "leaders" of the faith who compromise with and coddle error. But as Psalms 7:3-5 says, let... Read Full Story

Sure, there is that little old lady in the congregation that looks down on everyone else while she gossips about people, but that's not who I'm talking about. When I think of "stuck-up Christians" I think more about the elitist snobs that run around acting like they alone are the protectors of all things "orthodox" . Now, don't get me wrong, I'm the first to promote correct doctrine; so much so that some people have labeled me a "heretic hunter" . But I'm not even talking about people who... Read Full Story

In a world so neutered, so sissified by political correctness; so "tolerant" of the most debase thoughts and activities where does a person go to find strength against such impotence? Modern Christianity is often portrayed as a refuge for people barely able to function in life. It is considered the refuge for the weak and dysfunctional. So, where can a person go to find strength, boldness, and confidence? Christianity used to provide this. It used to be a religion that made people "more... Read Full Story

With the recent website blackout protest of the proposed SOPA/PIPA bills ( see here ) I wanted to visit the idea of freedom of thought. Sometimes we hear people claiming their supposed United States Constitutional "right to free expression" . But in reality the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights speak of "free expression" . The actual phrase is: FREEDOM OF SPEECH. - Bill of Rights 1 Perhaps we would argue that expression is speech, yet expression is more vaguely defined. Speech has been... Read Full Story

It is often common today to say things like "I'm sorry" or "I apologize" when you have somehow wronged a person in some way. But these phrases don't carry the sense of remorse the phrase; "Forgive me" carries. To say "I'm sorry" could mean many things, such as; "I'm sorry I got caught" or "I'm sorry you don't like it but..." . Similarly, the word apology actually means "to make a defense" , such as in the concept of Christian Apologetics. Someone who is truly remorseful for what they have... Read Full Story

Well here is my obligatory New Year's message. Typically, such a message is supposed to be full of platitudes and overly optimistic ideas. We're supposed to talk about the blessings of the previous year and the hope for the dawning. But are we naive to think the new year will be any different than the previous if we do nothing different? This is where we are usually urged to make a resolution; a resolution to do or not do something in the new year. read more Read Full Story

In my ongoing study of epistemology -- how we know what we know -- I was reading some comments by a "Clarkian" (a person who follows Gordon Clark's epistemological model), who was arguing that a phrase such as "the sky is blue" is an axiom that can neither be proven or disproved. He argues against the classic Christian epistemology which starts with "God is", or "God exists" hence the entire point of the "I AM THAT I AM" statement from God when Moses asked Him his name in Ex 3:14. Couple... Read Full Story