Can we really know what the Bible does and does not say about the end times? Let's take a look at some different viewpoints of the End Times and what it all really means. First, let's take a closer look at eschatology, the study of the end times, and try to break down each theo...
The Bible is the irrefutable word of God, as seen in the previous paragraph. Hundreds of scientists, atheists, historians, and others have tried to disprove various parts of the Bible, only to be proven wrong in later years by archaeologists, scientists, mathematicians, and other experts. The...
Pa. builds on that assertion. “[W]hat the madman [Nietzsche] does is point this out to the atheists, essentially saying to them, ‘You cannot get rid of God and yet allow your moral and ethical systems to remain in place. Once you get rid of God, you yourself have ...
I debated with students about why their churches cherry-picked verses of the Bible to argue being gay was wrong. Although I hadn’t yet figured out I was queer, I think I wanted someone to tell me I was going to be OK. One of my best friends was the only out gay person in our s...
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While the Bible does not lay out a list of explicit words to steer clear from, it is clear that Christians are to stay away from “filthy language,”“unwholesome talk,” and “crude joking.” Christians are instructed to keep from being polluted by the world and to reflect the image of...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
I.A.1 - What does “anarchy” mean? The word“anarchy”is from the Greek, prefixan(ora), meaning“not,”“the want of,”“the absence of,”or“the lack of”, plusarchos, meaning“a ruler,”“chief,”“person in charge,”or“authority.”Or, as Peter Kropotkin put it, Anarchy come...
Personally, I think creating four categories instead of two is just playing semantic games. Everyone is either a theist or an atheist. As Carl Sagan wrote, “Agnostics are atheists who lack the courage of their convictions.” For instance, an agnostic does not know if God exists or not....
already prematurely answered the question ‘what is the Bible?’ with the response appropriate to ‘what does the Bible mean?’ Could, in fact, what the Bible means to a particular individual, community, or culture be completely different than, or even at odds with, what the Bible actually ...