Category: theology
C S Lewis on thinking and atheism
“Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I…
Who’s allowed to get married?
In New Zealand currently there is a debate about whether gay people should be allowed to be married. The Christian community is all up in arms about it, saying effectively “Marriage is Christian and gay people are not allowed to get married, because being gay is sinful!” Or some such thing.. I’m sure you know…
The keep religion out of schools (NZ) facebook page
I have posted on this page a few times, but they keep removing them for some unknown reason. Their main goal, according to the page, is to “keep religious indoctrination out of public schools”. I decided I would post here so my posts can not be deleted by them, and perhaps someone will even read…
replacement theology…
So, recently in NZ a well known (supposedly) replacement theologian, Stephen Sizer came and spoke at Laidlaw College (http://www.laidlaw.ac.nz). The video of the event is available here: http://www.laidlaw.ac.nz/latest-news/israel-and-the-last-days-what-does-the-bible-say-video-now-available Now, I havent seen the videos nor do I know (or really care) what Sizer actually says, but what I do care about is the response…
A perspective on Abortion
“A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: ‘Doctor, I have a serious p…roblem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 year old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’ So the doctor said: ‘Ok and what do you want me to do?’ She said: ‘I…
How it happened – Isaac Aasimov
( ht http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2011/12/how-it-happened.html) “How It Happened” by Isaac Asimov My brother began to dictate in his best oratorical style, the one which has the tribes hanging on his words. “In the beginning,” he said, “exactly fifteen point two billion years ago, there was a big bang and the Universe–” But I had stopped writing.…
thoughts about the rapture
Right, please excuse this, its bound to be a bit rambling as I process my thoughts. Firstly, I should like to point out that I dont believe in the eternity of the Soul. Like many of the Church Fathers I believe that the Platonistic concept of an eternal soul is a false manmade concept. For…
E P Sanders on Christian Education
This was taken from here: http://www.duke.edu/web/gradreligion/documents/GPRnewsfall2008.pdf I shall briefly explain two of my efforts to get people actually to learn what is on the pages of the New Testament. Perhaps it should go without saying that this is a difficult task, but I shall nevertheless say something about the problem. The more time students have…