If you've read many of my posts, you know by now that one of the most consistent traits of traditionalist Christians is that they're not very consistent in their theological thinking. This is possibly no more obvious than in their views on the subject of abortion. Most evangelicals I know of, for instance, ...
No matter what theological conclusions you might have come to over your lifetime, one of the most important factors to remember is that theology is just theory.Whether you believe in biblical literalism and inerrancy or a more figurative method of interpreting Scripture, whether you lean towards a pre-trib/pre-mil rapture or towards an ...
If there's one thing I've learned in the last little while, it's that very little is actually what it seems. Often something that seems like a random detail is actually there to distract us from something bigger (or something huge will be staged to create support for something that people would otherwise protest). ...
I have had people of various religions and denominations try to convince me that their set of doctrines are the truth and that if I don't follow their particular philosophy then I will come to a bad end (or at least not as good an end as I could). With so many different ...
As Tyler Durden put it in Fight Club (possibly the most important movie ever made), we're "chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need." And, even worse, "the things you own end up owning you."He's right. Very few, if any, of our possessions ...
I am a slave, and odds are high that you are too. We are slaves to a system that has come to dominate pretty much the entire world. I call this system "transactionalism." It's a way of life in which people will only do something for you if you do something for ...
Everlasting torment in hell isn't the only topic I've discussed with "Bob." We've talked about all sorts of other theological and philosophical issues, one of my favorites being when we've talked about his thoughts on the Bible:Bob: The problem with most Christians today is that they just don't follow the ...