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This post is the first in a series meant to highlight potential absurdities of a Christian conception of God where "Christian" here is being used as an umbrella term for any faith that affirms or endorses a view of God based on the Bible.
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Epictetus said, "Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth." One could say this is the very purpose of Ryan Downie's life. What drives him, he said, is knowledge and understanding, an insatiable desire to learn.
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In the last post, I argued, or at least implicitly suggested, that given a Christian conception of God, we would not expect to exist in a physical world — i.e. one of a different substantive class than God, which is governed (for all we can tell) exclusively by natural laws and where we have little to no direct experience of the divine.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (RNS) Evangelical theologian David Lamb tackles some of the Bible’s most troubling passages in his book, “God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?” His answer: yes and no.
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Epictetus said, "Content yourself with being a lover of wisdom, a seeker of the truth." One could say this is the very purpose of Ryan Downie's life. What drives him, he said, is knowledge and understanding, an insatiable desire to learn.
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There are things I do know — Jesus was a pretty cool guy. So was Buddha. So was Muhammad.
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Eric, I agree, there is a very definite preference for people to be married, so much so that some h...
You’re welcome Amy. Thanks for the comment and sharing some of the challenges of working out your fa...
Eric, Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, I think there are many advantages to being single, one o...
Thanks Sal! Nice article. I also look forward to hearing more.
Sal, I think paganism is very misunderstood. I’m so glad you’re writing on this site and look forwar...
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