Evil
A rather interesting discussion on Facebook began when a friend of mine posted the following: The Prince of Peace also is the holy, righteous, and just God of wrath. Justice is the reason for wrath Justice, not wrath. In order for God to be a “God of wrath” there would need to be something for [...]
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A section out of this story caught my eye recently: A Baptist of Calvinist leanings, Chandler believes everything is in God’s hands and foreordained in a way people can’t fully understand. As he’s tried to stay well, he’s continued to preach to his youthful audience that they should get ready for suffering, and trust God [...]
This is part of my “dispelling the notion that the Bible contradicts itself” series. Saul asking David for 100 foreskins for the hand of his daughter, hardly loving your neighbour eh? Saul’s request was not for the foreskins of just any old person, but Philistines, who were under judgement of God for crimes He outlined [...]
Here is Voddie Baucham Jr.‘s treatment of the question of evil: A couple of things need to be observed here: Voddie completely dodges the question. Voddie turns the question around to be about the questioner. Voddie derides the questioner by assaulting their intelligence (his preamble regarding first year philosophy students is not only uncalled for but [...]
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I’ve recently come across an author for American Thinker, Robin of Berkley. I absolutely love her work and story telling style. Here is an ex-script from her post titled “Tiger, the Buddha, and me”: Here’s my favorite story about the Buddha: A grieving young mother from a poor background begged him to revive her dead [...]
Here are some additional thoughts from a conversation that ensued following my previous post on this subject: God does not create states of affairs and thus such we are under no compulsion to claim such states of affairs as having to have some sort of “greater good”. I think the greatest difference here is in [...]
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Sean McDowell recently debated James Corbett on the question of whether morality is better grounded in atheism or theism. (MP3 here) Some highlights include: We require a transcendant source of morality in order to judge other cultures. We require a “Law above the law” Objective moral standards require a God Without objective moral standards, all we are [...]
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[HT Apologetics315] Dr. Michael Brown and Dr. Bart Ehrman debate the topic: Does the Bible Provide an Adequate Answer to the Problem of Suffering? at Ohio State University on April 15, 2010. More information about this debate can be found at the debate website. Full Debate MP3 Audio here. (2 hr 10 min) This was a fascinating debate between, [...]
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