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Tag Archives: Biblical literalism
The Berlin-Auschwitz Question: Could You Be Happy in Heaven if You Knew What was Going on in Hell?
I don’t think I could. (Or at least I’d like to think that I couldn’t.) But there are a lot of people who say they believe in hell—that it exists—and yet they are also happy to imagine themselves enjoying heaven. How … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Auschwitz, Berlin, Biblical literalism, fundamentalism, God, hell, Islam, Jesus, punishment, the Bible, torture
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Ricky Gervais Deconstructs His Childhood Noah’s Ark Book
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Tagged Biblical literalism, children's books, comedy, Genesis, God, noah's ark, ricky gervais
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Why I am not a young earth creationist
When it comes right down to it, the tensions between science and biblical literalism boil down to epistemology: how do we go about knowing things, and when is it reasonable to say, “I know something”? In this, the scientist, in his or … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Biblical literalism, creation, epistemology, evolution, evolution v. creation, Genesis, God, Jesus, John Macarthur, Richard Dawkins, the Bible
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