Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection
Link. Thanks to Ed Owens who alerted me to this story.
Let's hope the Grim Reaper takes care of Trump before he seriously damages not only the US, but maybe the entire planet. During the Algerian war of independence, a friend of mine told me that...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
I think you have outlined the flaw in humans that will ultimately limit our chances of long-term survival.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 2 hours ago
Claiming to underestand and speak for God is one of the least humble things I can think of.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 2 hours ago
The problem is there are in-groups within the in-groups, like Russian dolls. The 'out-group" is perceived as such by other outside groups, but inside there are always an...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
Just to clarify, we might need some of our own high functioning "sociopaths and psychopaths" to protect us from the "sociopaths and psychopaths" of out-groups, for...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 6 hours ago
In this modern world sociopaths and psychopaths will destroy our world as we know it.
Given this mornings news, those words appear highly prophetic. But I was referring to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 9 hours ago
Asking questions of an individual is one thing, but Carlson for the most part posed leading questions to his audience in order to plant the ideas he wanted to plant. He wasn't looking for answers.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 10 hours ago
Science is self-regulating. There will always be people looking to make a name for themselves by proving someone wrong.
True, but will technology play ball? Scientific...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 22 hours ago
Theology is the only field I know of with multiple irreconcilable paradigms, every one of which is based entirely on conjecture.
I was going to suggest politics, but then I...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 22 hours ago
Tucker Carlson was always asking rhetorical questions
According to RationalWiki, the term of art for this is
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 22 hours ago
Yes, but the part about other religions and cultures?
That's exactly the part that exposes the theologians' incorrect definition of "humility."...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
Yes, but the part about other religions and cultures?
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
That’s not humility; that’s authoritarianism.
Humility is submission to (some) authority. Beware of getting sucked into playing the theologian's game: pretending that...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
One way to get clarity on this is to understand that "humility" is an extrinsic property rather than an intrinsic property. A person cannot just be "humble", full stop. A person...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
LOL !
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
Theological Humility: For the Sake of the Church, the Academy, and the World. Part of the motivation for this issue seems to have been the perceived need to get along with other...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 23 hours ago
Exactly! I have been asserting for some time that if the preachers ever acquired the power they think they're entitled to, they would be killing one another over doctrinal errors within a week.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
I like that. Tucker Carlson was always asking rhetorical questions and always looked like a dog trying to figure out how a door knob works.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
Science is self-regulating. There will always be people looking to make a name for themselves by proving someone wrong.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
Maybe it's me, but "theological humility" seems to be an oxymoron...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
Religion declares that we can move mountains with our mustard seed faith; and then when no one today or in history seems to possess this tiniest increment of faith, religion...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
Yes, something like that!
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
"Karl Barth's Doctrine of the Word." You mean of the Words, billions of them ? Like stringing millions of zeros together and trying to make it look like so many digits could not...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
So, how did southern American Christians "know" that slavery was God's will back in 1859? And how do American Christians today "know" that God doesn't...
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago
indeed. as soon as any christian despot gets into power, the rest would be quickly having a holy war against them.
Debunking Christianity: Is There Such a Thing as “Theological Humility”? · 1 day ago