What does it mean to be made in the “image of God“? The statement from the opening lines of the Book of Genesis, “Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness…(1:26a)”, have long puzzled theologians and philosophers alike and have caused a number of theories to be floated around, but…
The sciences and religion, especially Judeo-Christian religion, will forever be entangled, and that’s a good thing. Let me tell you why. 1. The Judeo-Christian worldview is a worldview that truly allows scientific research to be conducted in any substantive sense because it recognizes that the world can be understood in a meaningful way. Genesis 1:28…
Euthyphro’s dilemma is the bane of theist philosophers because of the two-pronged nature of the question, which is often formulated like this: “Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?” Both parts of the question assume a standard, either…
It has become abundantly clear over the past few years that to be a liberal/progressive person in our current culture that at some point that person has had to submit to a lobotomy of commons sense, and I have good evidence to come to this conclusion. With the United States and various governmental entities succumbing…
Recently, in a few chats with atheists, I have come upon a claim by a few that they, “would believe in God if there was an instance recorded of an amputee being restored”, which is of course a false claim, because there is a record of Jesus healing a person who had his ear cut…
Independence Day, the 4th of July, what does it mean? That is one question that I thought that I would never have to ask, but now I’m beginning to wonder. I guess that the question that I am really attempting to ask is, what does it mean to be “free”? Are we to define it…
