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A traveller walking through the desert suddenly finds himself encountering a raging beast. In a panic, the traveller leaps into a nearby dried-up well to hide. He hangs onto a small bush that grows out of the crevice till the coast is clear. He is safe, for now. But, to his horror, the man hears … Continue reading Leo Tolstoy: A Modern Ecclesiastes
There is this strange problem in my city where streetlights are slowly turning blue. The LED components apparently were cheaply manufactured and the other colored lights that mix together to create the normal white-light have burnt out, leaving behind a neon-blue reminiscent of a dive bar at 2 AM. It isn’t everywhere, but is beginning … Continue reading What You See Depends on Where You Stand (sort of)
The Argument1. God is all powerful2. God is all knowing--including all possible realities (1 Sam 23:11-12; Matt 11:21)3. God is perfectly good∴ We live in the best of all possible worldsWhen we take God's omnipotence and omniscience together, it means that the current version of reality we now inhabit has come about precisely the way in which God has … Continue reading Is This The Best of All Possible Worlds?
Epistemic humility is not the same thing as epistemic relativism. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge. To have "epistemic humility' is to admit that our knowledge is limited because our perspective is limited. Paul says, "We know in part...we see through a glass darkly" (1 Cor 13:12). We really do know (true knowledge), even if … Continue reading A Brief Note on Knowing and Humility
If you were born in a slum in India would you have the same worldview you have today? Would your definition of "right", "wrong", "truth", and "beauty" be different? Would your religious beliefs be different? Most likely. But does this mean that all our beliefs about the most important things in life are merely a … Continue reading A Pillar of Truth
Friedrich Nietzsche, God’s alleged murderer/coroner, seemed to lack any fear of the chaos that God’s death would bring, but rather passionately plunged himself into the oncoming torrent of darkness.
This is the first part of my transcript of my talk on the Bible and Homosexuality - you can find the audio and the other parts here. With the recent surge of LGBT activism that has swept our nation, I have seen many people interact with and dialogue about the good and the bad things that … Continue reading The Ugly Dance
What does the Bible tell us about Walter White and Tony Soprano? Are they accurate representations of real humanity? Well, kind-of.
I spend a lot of time speaking with young people, most of whom are in college, and a conversation I have found myself having often involves them slowly putting into words unspoken doubts, questioning whether or not their faith is genuine or if Christianity is even worth believing in. I love being able to have these conversations … Continue reading Challenging Your Faith
An impersonal God? Well and good. A subjective God of beauty, truth and goodness inside our own head? Better still. A formless life force surging through everyone – a vast power we can all tap? Best of all. But a living God – pulling at the other end of the cord approaching at infinite speed, … Continue reading Alone With God – C.S. Lewis
Marc Sims 