Today’s guest post is from bereaved parent Joy Bennett. ***** I’ve always pictured time as a line, with me an unchanging dot moving from moment to moment from birth on one end to death at the other. I have an almost visceral reaction to thinking of time, and myself within it, like this. In this model, I […]
The past couple posts have been on the problem of evil. Today is the fifth piece in the series. **** How you handle the philosophical side of the problem of evil boils down to how you answer these two questions: 1.) Does logic apply to God? 2.) Does morality apply to God? If you answer […]
When confronted with the practical reality of the problem of evil, believers who don’t use the God of gaps often do one of two things: They jettison their faith. Or, they attempt to “grab the bull by the horns.” In other words, they attempt to redefine the premise of the problem … they attempt to redefine “God”. […]
Yesterday, I started a series about The Problem of Evil. Today is part 2. ***** When confronted with the practical reality of the problem of evil, believers who don’t use the God of gaps often do one of two things: They jettison their faith. Or, they attempt to “grab the bull by the horns.” In other words, […]
A dilemma is a situation that presents a choice between a few options, all of which are undesirable. The problem of evil presents a very practical dilemma for one who believes in “God” as it 1.) forces us to deny the traditional view of “God” or 2.) realize that our god is an absurdity […]