Tag Archives: belief

What if There Were No Heaven?

February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Bible, Prayer, Religion, Theology, Worship

(This post originally appeared on the now defunct centurybound.com blog on December 22, 2005. It appears here with some major rewrites from the author.)
While surfing the internet, I happened upon the blog of an atheist who was asking the following question of her readers:
 “How many people would believe in a god if there were no [...]

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The Lesson of Babel

February 12th, 2010 | Posted in Bible, Prayer, Worship

It’s spiritual. It’s relational. It’s intimate. It’s done best in the context of one life touching another as directed by the divine. No implementation of a protocol can replicate that, regardless of how well intentioned or engineered.

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Majesty in the Manure

December 25th, 2009 | Posted in Bible, Religion, Spiritual Warfare, Worship

The stench of sweaty, unwashed people most likely mixed with the foul odor of the livestock and their decaying offal to create an overwhelming odor that I honestly cannot begin to imagine.

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Introducing the Perfect Church Project

October 20th, 2009 | Posted in Bible, Religion, Theology

In previous posts on this blog, I have extolled the benefits of a pastor that is educated in the science of Bible study, teaching and communicating. I have also proposed an alternative Christianity where several key mistakes made by the Church are corrected. It is not that I think the history of the Church is [...]

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Center for Pointless Inquiry

October 20th, 2009 | Posted in Blogosphere, Current Events, Rant, Religion

Okay … the Center for Inquiry recently sponsored one of the dumbest competitions I have ever seen. To enter, a contestant needed to create a statement, phrase, or poem that would normally be considered blasphemous. The competition was a part of Blasphemy Day 2009. Normally, I try to ignore stupidity on both sides of the [...]

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