If you are a Christian and you believe in hell as eternal (it lasts forever), conscious (people there continue to feel and experience it) torment (it is horrible), then I have a question: If you stopped believing in that view of hell, would you continue to be a Christian? This is a question I ponder [...]
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Fear, Love and Truth
Posted in Ponderings, tagged aquinas, atheism, bible, evangelism, hell, Jesus, kenneth daniels, love wins, theology, truth on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The Mind Matters (or, not everyone leaves Christianity because Christians are jerks)
Posted in Ponderings, tagged apologetics, atheism, books, Christianity, faith, Jesus, kenneth daniels, logic, reason, theology on March 26, 2012 | 15 Comments »
Why do people leave the Christian faith? The answer often given is that there is some fault in the Christian community: Christians are judgmental. Christians are old-fashioned. Christians are not nice. Christians are anti-everything Certainly it is true that many people become disillusioned with faith because of bad experiences with Christians. But not everybody. [...]
Recent Reads
Posted in Recent Reads (Articles, Books, Etc.), tagged apologetics, atheism, Campus Ministry, college, emerging adulthood, news, parenting, politics, recent reads on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This semester our theme for Thursday nights is “God Questions?” We are looking at questions people on campus have about God, religion, the Bible and so on. Last night we discussed the Bible and slavery. Modern-day slavery, human trafficking, is an issue that more and more Christians are learning about and taking steps to end. [...]
The Moral Landscape
Posted in Ponderings, tagged atheism, meaning, morality, philosophy, science on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I recently picked up “New Atheist” Sam Harris’ latest book, The Moral Landscape. As I read itI wondered if Sam Harris would be good to have as a neighbor. He is a strong believer in objective morality. Many Christians believe that atheists are all terrible people with no morals. Sam Harris shows that this stereotype [...]
When Atheists sound like Prophets…and Jesus?
Posted in Ponderings, Recent Reads (Articles, Books, Etc.), tagged apologetics, atheism, grace, legalism, morality, suffering, theology on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I just finished a book called Suspicion and Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism by Merold Westphal. The author argues that rather than simply seeking to refute the atheistic criticisms of religion of Freud, Marx and Nietzsche, Christians should realize that much of what they say may ring true. If we know our scripture, [...]
What Motivates?
Posted in Recent Reads (Articles, Books, Etc.), tagged apologetics, atheism, goodness, human trafficking, morality on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last fall CSF had a “Human-Trafficking Awareness Day” during which we sold t-shirts, handed out information about modern-day slavery, and at night had a guest speaker who has worked with a group in Cambodia to save women from slavery. From this CSF ended up partnering with the Step Dance Team for a benefit show, all [...]
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