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Christian Determinism

In the past blog, we have seen how science can help us understand how God is involved in our natural world.  In this blog, we will again use science but in a different way. Science is materialistic.  Webster’s defines materialism … Continue reading

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Lessons from the Natural World

As we have determined in the last blog, science drives us to question the nature of God’s involvement in our natural world.  Mortimer J. Adler, in his book in which he asserts he proves the existence of God, contends that … Continue reading

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The Bible and Science

In the past few blogs, we have raised questions about how God is involved in our personal lives and in our world.  One way to resolve our questions is to examine what the Bible and science teaches us about God’s … Continue reading

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The Problem of Evil

If God controls all events in our world and in our lives that makes him responsible for everything that happens to our world and to us.  And everything includes all the evil and suffering we experience.  Mark Twain explains the … Continue reading

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Does God Answer Prayer?

Christians claim that answered prayer shows God controls events in our world and in our lives.  Some time ago, I read about a group of religious leaders who were trying to convince a philosopher (I think it was Voltaire or … Continue reading

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Empirical Religiosity

We are exploring what God’s providence means.  In the last bog, we began to notice that God’s providence seems to be rather arbitrary—Christians claim God manipulates events on this world to help improve their lives but we have seen God … Continue reading

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God’s Providence

We are starting a discussion about whom or what controls the events in our personal lives.  Christians often talk about God’s providence and how God has arranged things in their lives to make their life better—getting them a new job, … Continue reading

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Time and Chance

Amir Aczel notes in his book on chance and probability that people have for centuries refused to believe their world was arbitrary. [1]  They want to believe that something more than mere chance governs the events of their lives. Most … Continue reading

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A New Topic

The purpose of this blog is to explore questions about the Christian faith with the aim of arriving at a better understanding of God and how he relates to us.  In the past blogs we have explored contradictions within the … Continue reading

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Doctrine vs. Practice

What is more important:  doctrine or practice?  Is the belief in the trinity or the deity of Jesus more important than how we live our lives?  Is the belief in the doctrine of salvation more important than living our lives … Continue reading

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