Rapture in 2011!…?
“The thing about apocalyptic cults is that they portray the apocalypse in such a way that everything works out all right if they’ve got all the chips at crunch time.”
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Christmas on Duty
“If it came to a lawsuit, the nativity would most likely be defended as a seasonal tradition stretching back decades.”
Christian Denominations
“A Christian would immediately ask why you didn’t submit these questions to a Christian website to hear the answers from the horse’s mouth. I simply assume you’re after an external perspective which doesn’t favour one Christian denomination over another, and you’ll certainly get that here.”
What was a question that made you question your faith?
“For me it was the Problem of Evil, the apparent contradiction between the existence an all-powerful, all-loving God and the horrible things which continue to happen in the world.”
Evidence in the Bible
“Well, the Bible is evidence. It’s evidence of what early Jews and Christians thought, or at least told people, was true. However it’s not such good evidence that the events therein are true.”
Where’d it all come from? Religion, that is?
“The Christian religion three days after Jesus’ death, if you believe any of what’s written, was fewer than twenty people, none of whom had yet written anything of note.”
The Basics
“You’ve gone very wide, so I’ll be very shallow initially.”
One Man’s Miracles
“A little more detail might help.”
Mosaic Law
“Of course, easily the most direct orders against homosexual sex are in the same part of Leviticus.”
Ask from the Past: What makes science and history more true than religion?
“Once you stop looking for absolute certainty, you start to judge these things on their actual merit.”