…if, as kids, we were each given a KJV bible as part of our school curriculum and told to read it …. ”there will be a test!” would any of us have believed what we read or become Christians simply on the strength of being told we were reading the ‘Divine Word?’ Ark.
For my religious friends here in Blogsville ….
I have always understood atheism to simply mean: A lack of belief in gods. Or for the sake of simplicity and cultural context – God. Until recently I’ve never bothered to investigate it beyond this point and I would certainly never assert: ”There is no God!” Although some do, apparently. But why on earth, after … More A-theism is …?
A Life Worth Living – Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World. Is the title of a theme the good pastor, David Robertson plans to discuss during a series of lunchtime lectures/talks at a local Cathedral in Sydney. As people are encouraged to bring sandwiches and wotnot this seems like a sure-fire way to give oneself … More Oh, for god’s sake! A Meaningless World?
It seems my previous post may have caused a wee bit of confusion among the ranks. So, to clarify and end all the head scratching …. In religious parlance, a core belief or fundamental principle is a tenet. A tenant is someone who occupies land or property and pays rent. Possibly the only time one … More Head banging part deux
Have any of you ever noticed how a number of religious bloggers use the phrase core/key tenant when trying to express an important or fundamental aspect of their faith? However, these same people never divulge the identity of this key tenant and I was wondering if any religiously inclined individuals who may be following along … More Things that make me want to bang my head…
Over at Frank’s Cottage, the chap who runs the blog claims to be vehemently anti-religion and all for relationship.(sic) He is against all religions – but attends church. He even let’s us know that, ”Jesus leaves dogma and traditions at the side of the road. ” Odd then, that he would go on to write … More Oh for Gods sake!
gMark is considered by some critical scholars to be a pastiche of cobbled together themes from Jewish scripture and is notable for the forged ‘long-ending’. gMatthew is a copy of gMark incorporating around 600 verses, some verbatim. Notable additions include a birth narrative, including the ridiculous falsely prophesised tale of a virgin birth lifted directly … More The Anonymous Synoptics. Eyewitnesses to what?
theweeflea JANUARY 22, 2021 AT 9:30 PM There is no evidence whatsoever from evolution that it is responsbile for morality…but of course you will continue to believe it…you have to.. Pastor David Robertson. Evolutionary biologist, anthropologist, neuroscientist. psychologist, intermediary for Yahweh, Honorary Australian, debater par excellence and all round genius of everything. Or … maybe … More Oh, for gods’ sake!
Once more, a Christian and devout believer was kind enough to point out to me that, not withstanding I am a good man and all that jazz, the real problem with all this head butting between Christian and Atheist … and Nan 😉 is me. Yes, that’s right. I simply do not understand. So, after … More Oh, for gods’ sake! Healing the Blind
Just suppose …. Imagine if you will that the gospels as we have them today are historically reliable as is the claim from certain Christian quarters. And when I say reliable I mean top to bottom irrefutable fact. To further clarify, this would mean all characters and events mentioned in Matthew Mark, Luke and John … More On Historical Reliability of the Gospels
There probably isn’t a sceptic, atheist, or religious deconvert that hasn’t at one time been asked the question: ”What kind of evidence would convince you (of) ….. ?” Of course we all know to what our religious friends are referring, yes? One can pick one’s own poison in this regard but popular examples usually include, … More ”It’s all a matter of evidence, M’lud.”
A Tale Unfolds 