All tagged religion
If God is all-powerful and loving why is there so much evil in the world? Why doesn't God stop avalanches, floods, and forest fires? Following theologian John Feinberg, I propose all manner of logical questions and the likely consequences of God's miraculous interventions in nature. Also? This episode has a review of the new Matrix Resurrections movie.
Why do Postmodernists focus so much on knowledge? How do PoMos construct their knowledge? Why is knowledge at the root of the collision between PoMo-ism and liberalism, Modernism, and Christianity? What is my philosophical camp of choice? I also reflect on Psalm 14, a John Mayer tune, and loneliness. Come laugh and think with me about knowledge!
Pulling down statues? Fairly easy. Totally erasing the past? Now that's a more difficult task. But that's precisely what we are witnessing across America. How can we discern what is going on? What "poker tells" are at hand that let us know the deeper agenda at work? And why does so much of what we are witnessing have a cult-like quality to it? What is a Christian response to the unrest?
We are meme-barded, "Science has disproved Christianity!" Is that true? Can science disprove something it has no capacity to measure? How might we think about science and religion as different disciplines to benefit humanity? What are the limitations of science? Truth is truth, but there are different ways to get at, and realize, truth.
Jesus argued over tradition with the Pharisees: they each focussed on different elements. Does that mean he was opposed to all tradition? Did he come to extinguish all rituals? What does the Lord's supper tell us about Jesus' view of ceremony? And then, how do we contemporaries get wrapped up in everyday tradition? Just what does the Lord want from us?
Historically what has come after Christianity? Logic? Dis-passionate reason? Or a new brand of religion? I argue it is the latter. It has its own dogma, its own Elect, and it is alarmingly self-righteous. One of the more fascinating aspects of post-religious religion is that it is ardently post-logical. You’d think that as a sophisticated ideology that post-Christian religion would be utterly committed to facts; herein lies the amazing irony. This thinking has moved beyond mere fideism and for all of its opposition to organized religion, it is not about thinking logically.
The first in a series on the world's major religions. In order to talk about religion carefully, we need to define religion. So, universally, what is it? What is it universally not? What tactical shift should Christians take to discuss religion? What holiday food do I not enjoy?
My fourth episode on beauty. Did God make commandments forbidding rituals? Why did the Devil “tempt” us with rituals? Why, for billions of people, and millions of Christians, do rituals work? (Why are rituals so wonderful and important?) Was Jesus in any way ritualistic? Can God communicate to us without using words? Is any beauty to be found outside of words? Come an think through this important aesthetic category with me.
The producers of the new Living Biblically sitcom have taken a pretty big risk. I like that they've brought religion into the public conversation. What do they get right? Where have the missed the point? Give this 8 minute podcast a listen.
