(This is Part 5 and the conclusion of my response to the article, “God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks,” by J. H. McKenna. For Part 1, click here. For Part 4, click here.) Points 19–21 of Dr. McKenna’s article make…
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God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks? – Part 5
Tagged with: agnosticism, agnostics, atheism, atheists, evolution, God, religion, science, science fiction, spiritual evolution, technology
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks? – Part 4
(This is Part 4 of my response to the article, “God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks,” by J. H. McKenna. For Part 1, click here. For Part 3, click here.) Points 12–18 of Dr. McKenna’s article deal with big issues of God’s…
Tagged with: atheism, Dr. J. H. McKenna, God, humor, morality, nature, religion, science, the universe, theism
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks? – Part 3
(This is Part 3 of my response to the article, “God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks,” by J. H. McKenna. For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here.) Points 6–11 of Dr. McKenna’s article deal with human experience of and…
Tagged with: atheism, Dr. J. H. McKenna, God, miracles, mystics, prayer, religion, skepticism, the Bible
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed
God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks? – Part 2
(This is Part 2 of my response to the article, “God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks,” by J. H. McKenna. For Part 1, click here.) Points 3, 4, and 5 of Dr. McKenna’s article deal with three key characteristics of God:…
Tagged with: atheism, Dr. J. H. McKenna, God, omnipotence, omniscience, pain, skepticism, suffering, theodicy, violence
Posted in All About God, Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
Posted in All About God, Pain and Suffering, Science Philosophy and History
God Is Unconvincing To Smart Folks? – Part 1
The title of this article, minus the question mark, is the title of an article posted recently (December 1, 2016) on the Huffington Post Blog. Its author is J. H. McKenna, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer on the History of Religious Ideas…
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Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History
Is the God of the Qur’an the Same God as the God of the Bible?
Here is a question that was recently asked on Islam StackExchange: What is the difference between the Christian God and the Muslim God? Is the God of the Qur’an the same god as the God of the Bible? You can…
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The Myth of Ownership: A Thanksgiving Reflection
One of the most powerful and enduring fictions of human society is the idea that we can own things. A large part of our legal, civil, and social system is based on property ownership and the right to possess what…
Tagged with: Creation, God, human law, nature, ownership, property, property ownership, spirituality, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the human body, wealth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth
Today’s Christianity: Vastly Void of Truth
Here is a comment that a reader named Kyle left recently in response to the most popular post on this blog: “If there’s One God, Why All the Different Religions?” Lee, I found your article tickled the ears of culture…
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Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Does God Change?
In a recent comment, a reader named Rami brought up the issue of God’s unchanging nature vs. God—and God’s relationship to us—changing through time. This post is a slightly edited version of my reply. This begins to push the limits…
Tagged with: Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, eternity, God, Jesus Christ, Space, Swedenborg, the Bible, time
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Posted in All About God
The Ten Commandments: Our Spiritual Inventory List
These days the Ten Commandments may seem a bit . . . old. After all, they were delivered over three thousand years ago. Could a set of laws given in such archaic, semi-barbaric times still be relevant today? The Ten…
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Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Bible Re-Viewed
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