While truly questioning one's theological presuppositions is rare among Christians, the real hallmark of a heretic is that he or she is willing to reject the ideas that conflict with reality, regardless of how orthodox said beliefs may happen to be and how much trouble he or she might get into for following the evidence ...
From the Archives (originally written in March, 2007): When Jesus spoke about "hell" in the Bible, the word He really used in most cases was "Gehenna" (the Bible wasn't originally written in English. Actually, the English word "hell" is a bad translation that probably shouldn't be in the Bible at all). Gehenna, also known ...
This might come as a shock to some, but the Christian religion can't help you. It won't help you live a better life. It won't bring you peace of mind. It won't even help you get to heaven. In fact, odds are it will do just the opposite.Sure, it's got its benefits ...
On the third day of creation, God made a mistake so extreme that the world still hasn't fully recovered.I know, it's hard to believe, but after two days of creating a whole universe you'd have trouble maintaining perfection too. The physics involved in creating gravity alone would be enough to drive a ...
If the Old Testament law was created to get people to sin more rather than less, as Romans chapter 5 appears to tell us it was, then it seems to me that the people who want the 10 Commandments posted in or around court houses and schools are actually encouraging sin rather ...
A little over two years ago I issued my Everlasting Hell Challenge, which asked Protestant Christians who base their theology on the Bible alone to demonstrate convincingly that the traditionalist evangelical view on hell and damnation is a much clearer teaching in Scripture than the idea that hell is not a place ...
While it's obvious to most of us that religious fundamentalism and extremism are clearly harmful, many of us tend to overlook the fact that moderate religion will destroy your soul just as easily (be it a moderate form of the Muslim religion, a moderate form of the Christian religion, or any other moderate form ...