If God is all good, how is there evil? For thousands of years theists have wrestled with this question, yet even in modern times there has not been a conclusive answer given. In this article Edouard Tahmizian provides the definitive answer to this problem, an answer that will surprise you: God's to blame! On the assumption that the Genesis narrative is true, Tahmizian shows exactly how and why Adam and Eve sinned, and also indicates that merely saying that they had free will solves nothing. Why did they use their free will to sin, if they were truly good? He also shows problems with libertarian free will that ultimately render it metaphysically impossible.
In this essay David Falls traces how theological ideas evolve under the pressure of doubt. From teleological and cosmological reasoning to modern redefinitions of faith, skepticism acts not as an enemy, but as an engine of change, continually refining what “God” means. Paradoxically, unbelief keeps the concept alive by forcing it to adapt to reason, evidence, and the expanding reach of science.
Is abortion morally wrong from a theological standpoint? Christians of the pro-life persuasion certainly believe so, arguing that it constitutes the murder of an innocent human life. In this essay, Adam Taylor examines the various arguments leveled against abortion by prominent Christian apologetics like Normal Geisler and Paul Copan, showing that their arguments fail to justify their apologetic conclusions. Taylor goes on to explore how the very Bible that they appeal to for justification of their opposition may in fact provide any number of reasons why abortion cannot, from a Christian standpoint, be reasonably opposed.
In this largely autobiographical account of why he is now an apostate, James McCartney reflects on the difference between a mere skeptic and former believer who undergoes a kind of deconversion over time. McCartney recounts how his first school teacher, his diligence at Presbyterian Sunday School, and a poem by Robert Burns led him to reject the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, and those of other churches like it.
Trinitarianism has had a long and colorful history, and belief in the concept was once rigorously enforced. Yet it seems to attract little critical attention today. An analysis of its tenets, however, does not withstand scrutiny.
A humorous, irreverent and succinct look at the (inexplicable?) history of Christianity.
