Reading Time: 5 minutes I just stumbled upon an essay I wrote in 2003, not long after the WTC attacks. There is a lot of anger in this piece. Since then, I have thought about this subject a lot, and my views have changed somewhat, but the threat we faced then has not diminished. In fact it has increased, […]
Bert Bigelow
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Biblical Inerrancy, Moral Relativism and Leviticus
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a recent online discussion, fundamentalist Christians were challenged to defend passages in the Book of Leviticus in the Old Testament (OT). The section in question details punishment for a number of ‘sins.’ The following is all from Leviticus: 20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to […]
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Evolution and Climate Change
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you were raised in a devoutly Christian household, what were you taught even before you finally chucked those diapers? Among other things, you were undoubtedly immersed in the Biblical account of Creation, as given in the Book of Genesis. It was probably quite a while before you even heard of Darwin and the Theory […]
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Free Will and the Leap of Faith
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have been engaged in an ongoing discussion with several friends about the concept of human Free Will, a cornerstone of all Abrahamic religions. If humans do not have Free Will, the whole scheme of sin and salvation collapses.
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Christmas Busybodies
Reading Time: 5 minutes Busybody: noun; a person who mixes into other people’s affairs; meddler; gossip
Every year at this time, as predictable as snow in Saskatchewan or icicles in Idaho, it happens. The bleating about the “oppression” of Christians starts anew. Usually, it is triggered by some evangelist group that wants to place a nativity crèche on a courthouse lawn or a public park.
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Miracles
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most religions are based on stories of miracles. Those miracles are always performed by a supernatural deity. The Bible is absolutely chock-full of miracles, from the immaculate conception and resurrection, to the water-into-wine trick. But the clincher is that huge bunch of miracles listed in the book of Genesis…about the creation of Heaven and Earth and all the living things on it. I can’t even count all the miracles in Genesis. I haven’t checked Guinness, but it must be a world record.