I’ve just released an eBook, The Surprising History of English Bible Translations! It’s an excerpt which was cut from my upcoming book, Curing Christianity. I’m giving the eBook away to everyone who signs up to be notified about my new book. It’s going to be a game changer, so you’ll definitely want to be among
How Christianized do Ordinary Activities Have to Be?
A question along these lines came into my head at Bible study last night. Some one was talking about how they got together with one of their friends to play video games, but before they started, the guy prayed to thank God for the opportunity to hang out. He was making the classic point of
Thoughts From “Crash” – Racism
I recently watched the movie “Crash”. It is a good movie that makes you think, especially about the subject of race and discrimination. It shows people in tough, “between a rock and hard place”, situations, which I appreciated because I think that is real. There are some situations which people are in which are like,
Biblical Inerrancy?
I think the concept of biblical inerrancy is meaningless, or at the very least a moot point. There is no one, whole, complete, perfect version of the bible in existence, and all the different copies that we have don’t completely agree. So it is obviously not literally inerrant. As far as being inerrant in content,
A Modern Parable
A man was walking downtown one day, and as he was going along his way, he was attacked, beaten badly and robbed. The assailants fled the scene and, unfortunately for the man, no one had witnessed the incident, so there was presently no one to help the man and call for further assistance. The man
Discrimination of Technology
There is something that I’ve noticed over time which has bothered me. It has recently been brought to my attention again. Perhaps I could call it the discrimination of technology. An unbelievable amount of technological advance has been made in the past century and a half. This has afforded many modern conveniences and been useful
The Focus of Christianity
It has been said that the center/focus of the Protestant worship service is the preaching, while in the Roman (Catholic) tradition the center/focus is on the Eucharist (communion). I wonder if this comes from the legacy of Luther and a reaction to problems in the Roman church. Luther himself did not want to split the
On Evolution vs. Creation
I recently sat in on a couple of lectures / discussions on creation (and/or intelligent design) verses evolution. While I felt that this is a rather old debate, it’s one which obviously hasn’t gone away. For that reason I decided to post a few thoughts on the matter. I feel it is one of those
Good News?
“If you had to sum up Jesus’ ‘Good News’ what would it be in a nutshell?” This is something I’ve definitely been trying to figure out. One of the main motivations is that I didn’t feel like I had any particularly good news to share with someone who wasn’t a Christian. I felt that a
Criticism Guidelines
I’ve noticed typically people are good at acting out of their frustration and anger, but poor at expressing why they are upset. I want to try and be the opposite. I feel that it’s not good if something is bugging you, to just hold it in a harbor it against the other person(s). Often times
Why Don’t Intelligent People Believe in Christianity?
In his first letter to the church at Corinth, Paul tells them, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.” (1:18) It’s true, if you take a step back and look at it, it is crazy—claiming to follow an executed criminal, and saying that he’s not actually dead. And that’s just