Life Without a Net
theology
Theology and Hocus Pocus
David has raised an interesting point in his comment on Darrel Ray’s guest blog. Like many theists, he has asserted that if we nonbelievers understood Proper Theology, then we wouldn’t make such grievous errors as we do. (In fairness, David used the term Theology Proper, which has its own meaning. I mean the term to … Continue reading
Stephen Hawking vs. Theology
Thanks to Al Stefanelli for this handy comparison of the qualifications of Stephen Hawking vs. the theologians who are all rushing to condemn him for his pronouncement that modern astrophysics has progressed sufficiently to explain the universe without the need for a magic creator deity. Here’s what theologians study: Old Testament Survey Ancient Near Eastern … Continue reading
Free Will and Christian Theology
I’ve written before that I don’t believe in free will. The article itself needs some cleaning up and clarification, which I’m sure I’ll get to when I have another eight hours a day to work on writing. I’m revisiting the idea today because memes seem to come in cycles, and I’m seeing a lot of … Continue reading
More Disturbing News From Abroad
I’m quoting an article written by Tom Verenna, a member of The Jesus Project. I’ve written more than I’d care to write about Jesus mythicism vs Jesus Historicity in the past few months, and I want to make the disclaimer that I’m not reposting this article in support of The Jesus Project specifically. As … Continue reading
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