Jun

16

Belief in aliens and Christianity?

June 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

Posted by ben hind · Filed Under Theological Questions, General Discussion 

There’s an interesting discussion going on at Theologica about alien life. Can Christians believe in aliens without compromising their faith? The Vatican seems to take the position that the topic is ‘open’, meaning the bible doesn’t speak for or against it and so is open for debate. And I’d have to agree with them… there’s […]

Nov

29

A Thiest Question

November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Posted by Samson · Filed Under Bibliology, Theological Questions, Christian Life, Culture, Politics, Books 

How would you answer this? And how well do you think they did?

Sep

4

Creationism v. Evolution: the danger of misplaced dogmatism

September 4, 2007 | 36 Comments

Posted by vancemac · Filed Under Problems in the Church, Current Issues in Theology, Theological Questions, Creation/Evolution 

It seems this is turning into a bit of a series on the topic of creation v. evolution, with my earlier posts on intelligent design and how to read Genesis, and that is fine because I think it is an important issue facing the Church today. But, really, these discussions are about something much deeper […]

Jul

20

The Gnaw of Law-Contradiction

July 20, 2007 | 6 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Theological Questions, Salvation, New Testament, Christian Life, Apologetics 

While I was the Campus Crusade for Christ director at Duke University in the early 90’s, I enjoyed an on-going conversation about the nature of religious truth with my more liberal colleagues on the Duke Religious Life Staff.
I would argue that, like other kinds of statements, religious statements are subject to the laws of logic. […]

Jul

18

Scientific proof that Hell is hot

July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

Posted by michaelp · Filed Under Christian Philosophy, Theological Questions, Eschatology 

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam. The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Bonus Question: “Is ‘Hell’ exothermic (gives off […]

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