Monday, October 6th, 2008
A recent commentator on my youtube vid of me responding to a question about the problem of pain declares "The analogy fails." What I had said was that the problem of pain reflected a heart wrenching reaction to what we see in the world but we already have in hand ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Many people are intimidated by the pompous declarations of those like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. Many people think that becoming a Christian means checking your brain at the door. Some think that it would take endless study to be able to stand up to the challenges against Christianity. Let ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
I haven't posted much on the current economic crisis. A friend asked me what I thought. I told him that I was unconcerned about the 'cost' to the taxpayers since the truth is that the government will just be printing the money anyway... the dirty little secret is that the ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
The question 'Who made God' is one of the first questions a young child asks. It is an obvious question with a difficult to comprehend answer. The problem is when adults get stymied. Worse is when grown men who ought to know better and claim they do get it wrong. ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
So last night was the season opener for the NBC series Heroes. Am I the only person left scratching his head? I had hoped that the series would start making sense again but instead it seems to have become even more convoluted. I want to enjoy the show but there ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
This weekend I learned something that I already knew: If a person is in pain simple words don't take the pain away.
The incident in question is fairly common around my house. The children are engaged in rough housing and suddenly one of the younger boys gets hurt. Now the oldest ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Here is a second clip from a Q and A that I gave this summer. There are at least three questions here and they all surround the notion of free will, why God would tolerate bad things, why he doesn't act, and the like. Enjoy.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVRTt-ipIXQ]
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