Archive for the 'Apologetics' Category
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) It has become culturally fashionable to make the claim that “Jesus never said he was God.” Lots of folks would like to claim Jesus as their own but his divinity gets in the way. The Muslims claim Jesus was a great prophet to the Jews but far less than even their [...]
Filed under: -Bible Issues, -Christology, -God, -New Testament, Apologetics, Culture & Religion
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) There are many differences that separate the two largest world religions- Islam and Christianity. Some of the greatest disparity revolves around their very different understandings about the character of God (or Allah in the case of Islam) and how one can have a relationship with God the Father and receive eternal [...]
Filed under: -Islam and Christianity, Apologetics
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Mormonism is center stage again with Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman running for President in 2012. I have seen one article after another talking about why evangelicals should not be voting for a Mormon. A poll of evangelical Christians in June showed that at least 34% said that they would not vote for a Mormon [...]
Filed under: -Mormonism, -Politics & Religion, Culture & Religion, Evangelical Christians, USA
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? In an article on my Apologetica page I make the point that it did in at least two significant ways: 1. Islam in America came out of the closet 2.Atheists also came out of the closet <<Read my conclusions on my Apologetica [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Freedom of Religion, 9/11/01, Culture & Religion, Islam
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Thursday, July 28th, 2011
American Atheists filed a lawsuit on Monday to have the iconic ‘Ground Zero’ Cross removed from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The World Trade Center cross is made up of two intersecting steel beams found intact in the midst of the rubble created by the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. The cross was [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Church and State, 9/11/01, Lawsuits
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
(Getty Images via @daylife) British scientist Stephen Hawking who is considered one of the smartest people in the world has come out and called heaven a "fairy story" for people afraid of the dark. In an interview with The Guardian (UK Newspaper ) on Monday, Hawking said that his views were affected and influenced [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, Afterlife, Materialism, Theology
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) recently passed an amendment to its Book of Order that will probably open the door to the ordination of practicing homosexuals in that denomination. Some in the PCUSA have declared that since Jesus never spoke specifically on the subject it is possible to be in complete submission [...]
Filed under: -Bible Issues, -Homosexual Lifestyle, Apologetics, Presbyterian Church (USA)
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