Here are a couple of documents supporting the Aramaic primacy of the New Testament. The second one is a bit interesting, as the author has subsequently denounced his own work and declared himself an atheist. I don’t blame him; it happens to the best of us–and I think that he actually succumbed to academic peer-pressure, …
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On Perfection
Me: What is the primary attribute of God? Her: Non-existence! Me: Thank you for that illustration. Her: What? Me: Had I asked for the primary attribute of an unicorn, you would have said, “It has one horn.” For a vampire, you would have said, “it drinks blood.” But for God, you claim “non-existence” as the …
Conversations with Creation Scientists
(paraphrased for brevity and clarity) Me: Intelligent Design Theory only proposes that terrestrial life, and the universe in general, show evidence of… intelligent design. Creation Scientist: Well, if that’s all it is, then all Creationists are IDr’s! Me: No. First, because you make an unverifiable (but not implausible) claim about the identity of the intelligence …
Conversations With Atheists
Atheist: Do you even understand what logic is? Me: Yes, I have a thorough understanding of logic: etymologically, historically, and practically. You? —– Atheist (statement A): God is a failed hypothesis. Atheist (statement B): Just because I can’t disprove God, is no reason to believe he exists. Me: Pick one. God is an hypothesis, OR …
666th Entry!
Well, here it is. My 666th entry at the Home of the Little-Known Blogger. Since religion is far-and-away my most popular topic, I decided that I might as well make a post about the Devil. Of course, since this isn’t really a topic I take seriously, I wasn’t looking forward to putting in the effort …
The Word of God
One of the most common, and most vehement, arguments in which I find myself with other people who call themselves “Christian” regards the Bible as the “Word of God”. This post will demonstrate why that belief is both untrue and unjustified. Although I am an Aramaic primacist, as much as possible I shall use Greek …
The Issue of Biblical Literacy
Well. Here’s a post that EVERYONE will hate. 🙂 So, as we have previously established, the Liturgical Churches (namely, the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican Communions) all agree that the Bible is a manual for spiritual growth, and not to be used as a textbook of science or history. The Evangelical Churches, on the other …
Questions About my Religious Development
An old friend from high school and college just asked me some rather deep question about my religious experience and beliefs. I thought that they were interesting enough to share, both the questions and my answers. For reference, I was raised in an Evangelical Church (Presbyterian); became an atheist when I went to college; began …
Reasonable Faith: Pascal’s Wager
This post is inspired by Dr. William L. Craig’s explaination of Pascal’s Wager on his website. I have only recently discovered Dr. Craig’s writings and, while not usually a fan of Evangelical Churches, Dr. Lane appears to be an excellent logician. I did have a point to make about this argument in particular however. From …
“Social Gospel”
Before I begin this entry, I must mention that, while I was considering what to say, I passed an inmate on the telephone… teaching his child the Lord’s Prayer. Today is 21 Dec, 2012, the end of the Mayan calendar. Reflecting on the end of the world, I have chosen for today’s topic the so-called …
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