Every so often I am astonished by how theologically minded individuals can perform radical surgery on the Bible to cop out of adherence to moral depravities. What further amuses me is the blatantly ignorant “there are no Biblical contradictions” statement. Biblical depravity and contradiction always rears its head whenever criticism of the Old Testament is at hand.
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all kind of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven… You are the light of the world. (Matthew 5:10-14a)
Most of my best ideas come to me while in the shower. Most of my worst ideas also come to me while in the shower. My point – most of my ideas comes to me while in the shower. Like most epiphanies, especially ones that happen in the shower, this one could easily be shot down with one sentence – I am looking for that one sentence. So theists, please help me with this one. This is not an argument against the existence of god/God/G-d. It is an argument against the incompatibility of earthly suffering and heaven.
One of my friends refers to himself as an “Irreligious Follower of Jesus,” another writes on her Facebook profile that “I’m in love with Jesus, its [sic] a relationship NOT religion.” Dan Kimball wrote a book called “They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations.” A commenter on another blog wrote:
I applaud many Christians on something that self-proclaimed “freethinkers” often overlook about certain religionists: the quality of their skepticism. I laud the way that a Christian can systematically dismantle their religious rivals, yet at the same time I praise those same rivals in their endeavours to knock down the Christian religion. Christians, as well as other religious adherents, definitely have a healthy dose of skepticism, defined as someone “inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions” (OED).
So many people claim to "love Jesus" but the hate the church. I think this a wrong view for three reasons:
If you're interested in reading more about this topic, read the rest of this post at my blog
Just to get into blogging mood again, I decided to share some verses from my favourite book that help me get through my day, and make it more interesting.
Anyone watch Married with Children?
I like it. I think it is funny and takes things a bit too far but really I think that the average All American or All Canadian family is coming down to this. I am more familaar though with guys who lay on the couch all day being supported by their wives and not women doing that. I am sure women do it too I just have not seen it.
What do the rest of you think?
Hi everyone. I am Catholic and this is my view on why evil exists in our world. Comments/support/criticism is welcome.
EDIT: Thanks to someone in the discussion below, I've decided to make the subject of this post a bit more clear. This post addresses the question "If God exists, then why is there evil?"
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