Flowchart Friday – Socialism
Flowcharts are fun. They can make a complicated matrix of goals and options more easily navigable and understandable, as well as allow for some comic relief when working your way through a complex… Continue reading
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Intelligence does not guarantee truth
Isn’t it interesting how two equally intelligent and reasonable people can look at the same evidence and come to vastly different conclusions? What else is going on? As I’ve presented arguments for theism… Continue reading
Teach me, Professor Harvey
The lessons from this latest hurricane, for those who want to learn, are many. Teach me, Professor Harvey…and the good people of Texas. I’m listening. DON’T PREJUDGE This lesson is one of the… Continue reading
Let’s all watch these laughing babies
Well, I was planning to write something on the Charlottesville incident and the fallout afterward, but anything I would have said you’ve probably already heard or read said. Plus, I’m reminded of that… Continue reading
I’m comfortable with that
I’ve heard people dismiss a discussion on spiritual things by asserting that they’re “comfortable” with their religious beliefs. Which is fine, unless that is the primary basis for them. In other words…truth is… Continue reading
There’s something wrong with us
For those of no religious persuasion the whole thing about Jesus being a human/divine sacrifice can seem pretty weird. What kind of God would demand such a thing before he’ll “save” anyone? If… Continue reading
There’s knowing, and then there’s knowing
Well, it’s happened again. Just when I’m about to quit Facebook…except for Scrabble…I can’t quit Scrabble. Scrabble to me is what working out is to others…I need it, am rejuvenated by it, and… Continue reading
Escaping evil
Anyone who really cares about me and read my last post might have wondered what I need to escape from. I’ve been wondering that myself each time I sit down at the dining… Continue reading
Why doesn’t God do something? Part 3
Thursday I continued my reasoning through the reality of suffering and the existence of a good, loving, and all-powerful God. You can read Part 1 here. In Part 2, I argued from the doctrine… Continue reading
Why doesn’t God do something? Part 2
Tuesday I began an effort to reconcile the reality of suffering with the existence of a good, loving, and all-powerful God. Please read that post before continuing on with me. Both our parenting failures… Continue reading
Why doesn’t God do something?
“I prayed every night to God, asking him to rescue me from my father’s abuse. Why didn’t he?” A friend’s niece had suffered terribly at the hands of the man whose responsibility was… Continue reading
The final fork
I just can’t get into a storyline peppered with names like Smeagol, Boromir, and Isildur. Huh? Especially when they inhabit bizarre worlds constantly in danger from creepy or menacing orcs, balrogs, and the… Continue reading
Entering the crucible
Part 10…30 years…explanation…read it here We used to have a nice, little Christian bookstore near our home and I would periodically drop in for resources or gifts. On one occasion as I was… Continue reading
Faith that threatens
This is Part 9…blah, blah, blah…intro is here. When my husband and I married I was a Christian in name only and he not even. He had had some minimal involvement in church… Continue reading
Homework, housework, and hermeneutics
This is Part 8 of my personal reflection series My quest – 30 years and counting. You can read my introduction here. I really didn’t want to go…I remember that distinctly. Bible study? I’m not ready… Continue reading