Thoughts on God and Truth

I intend to use this site to record questions I have struggled with on faith and beliefs, and my attempt to critically analyze them and their implications. If these are issues that have concerned you, I'm interested to know if you have been able to reconcile them to your faith (and if so how) or not. -- Daniel, Dec 2004.

2016-01-03

Ad Hominem

The following explanation for why many people are not Christians is a staple in sermons and Christian literature especially related to eva...

2014-08-21

Harry Potter and the Logic of Religion

I have been reading Harry Potter, and have been quite amazed at how believable it is. While I don't really believe that wizards and wi...

2013-12-01

A Unitarian Universalist Church

I have recently visited a Unitarian Universalist Church. It is quite an interesting institution. They pride themselves in being a religi...

2013-04-08

Reflections on a loved one dying

Three months ago she was frail but capable; going for long walks, preparing food for family, holding grand-kids, buying bargains at Costc...

2012-05-27

Politics and Faith

Despite the title, this post is not political. Rather I am asking the question: what can politics inform us about faith and ourselves. ...

2011-04-09

Escaping the Moral Certainty Dilemma

A Christian friend recently forwarded me an article about women in Islam. The article described a lot of horrible ways women are mistreated...

2010-08-08

The Bible, the Truth and the Flood

One of the chief ways by which the evangelical movement seeks to distinguish itself from the "world", other religions, and even ot...

2010-06-25

My Contradictory Beliefs about God

As I reflect on my beliefs, I notice a curious contradiction. On one hand I feel that God must be good, loving and caring towards humans, a...

2010-05-16

The Carrot-Stick Hypothesis for Why We Believe

Here is a curious observation: given the same evidence, people generate very different beliefs. This includes different political beliefs, d...

2010-04-11

Is God's Creation Good?

Christians frequently point to the beauty and elegance of nature as a reflection of the goodness of the creator. And indeed nature is wondr...

2010-04-09

The Problem of Hell and Honesty

The doctrine of hell is certainly a key component of Christianity. Being " saved " means, in large part, being rescued from etern...

2010-01-16

Thoughts on Respect for the Bible

I grew up being taught that the way to respect the Bible is to read it, believe it and obey it. That is certainly the dominant view among...

2009-12-09

Does God Care for You and Me?

Instinctively I have to, or want to, say "Yes, certainly God cares for me and everyone else (at least if he exists)". But why sho...

2009-12-06

Two Faces of Christianity

There are two conflicting sides of Christianity that I see in our culture. Let me call these the Utopian side and the Militant side. Bot...

2009-06-05

Guilt: a reason to believe?

Why should one believe in Christianity? What evidence can one present to the skeptic or doubter or even the believer? Miracles are a popular...

2009-03-14

Apologetics, Anecdotes and Aspersions

I agreed to read Ravi Zacharias's book " Can Man Live Without God " because of a deal with my Mom. She would read Dan Barker...

2008-11-15

godless

I just finished reading the book " godless " by Dan Barker, and was extremely impressed. Here is my review of his book. Barker gre...

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