So, a little over a week ago, I went out for what I thought would be a routine business lunch at a local country club. It was my first meeting with this particular contact, but nothing in our phone conversations indicated that we would be discussing anything other than products and pricing. Instead, […]
God is torturing my grandmother.
Nearly two weeks ago, my ninety-something grandmother was struck by some inexplicable infection and taken to the hospital because she stopped responding. She doesn’t speak, can’t eat and will only occasionally move her eyes in response to a loud noise or someone calling her name. She is, to […]
They’re worshipped in nearly every culture on the planet. They have been one of the most popular subjects for art and literature in the history of mankind. This site is dedicated to not believing in them. That’s great, but what are they? When we talk about “gods,” what do we mean? […]
There are three possible ways to view scripture. One can see it as all literal, all figurative or a combination of the two. These approaches are independent of the true / false dichotomy. One can believe or disbelieve from any of the three perspectives. I hold that the first two are […]
Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about theology. Maybe it’s the influence of GOD or NOT, but I’ve been mulling over some of the popular arguments for the existence of god. I have a gut reaction to each of them, but I realized that I’ve never formally and systematically worked […]
