Hey, Jude. 18 January 2010, Monday

16 Jan This morning, I felt like reading Jude again, if only to see what other wise words he had to say besides my second favorite verse, Jude 22, “Be merciful to those who doubt.” I was saddened to find, I hadn’t retained the rest of the letter, which actually shifts the verse into a [...]

Faint Markings 3 December 2009, Thursday

I’ve finally gotten around to rereading Mark, but nothing grips me. I’m supposed to be amazed at God become man, but nothing convinces me that he is God. It occured to me in the middle of Chapter 4 or 5, This man is supposed to be the Son of God, but Mark doesn’t really say [...]

The Inscrutable Jehovah « de-conversion 13 November 2009, Friday

The Inscrutable Jehovah « de-conversion. There’s a post by Phil Stilwell on the d-C blog that lists some of the contradictions that can be found in the Bible. Leopardus seems to have followed his lead with his own lists, beginning with this one. Personally, I take issue with Stilwell’s complete dismissal of theism at the [...]

What makes the Bible true? 28 October 2009, Wednesday

Relevant Magazine has a thoughtful piece on the doctrine of inerrancy called Is the Bible Actually True?; check it out. The inerrancy + literalism issue is one of the things that turned me off about [that church] and conservative churches in general, because they can’t seem to make up their mind about it. My former [...]

Ideas About God 21 October 2009, Wednesday

Maybe God does not exist. Maybe God exists, but did not create the universe. He is just a spectator, watching something come out of nothing, waiting until it becomes nothing again. Maybe he watches the universe recreate itself many times, and this opening and closing entertains him somehow. Or maybe he isn’t entertained by anything [...]

Appendix to Bible Bafflement #1 24 August 2009, Monday

Thoughts From a Sandwich has more biblical examples of my problem with the bible and God’s character. Check out his take on that problem here.

Bible Bafflement #1 18 August 2009, Tuesday

The churches I’ve attended taught me that to know God’s character, one only had to read the Bible. Some of them went on to say that seminary training was helpful, but not necessary to interpret the Bible; God had so designed the book to be understandable by anyone who opened it. I’ve read the Bible [...]