Very general religious commentaries and questions about various religions or lack thereof.
One of the arguments creationists use to dismiss evolution goes “If we evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?” They ought to look at their own religion for the answer. Catholicism evolved from Judaism and yet there are still Jews. Islam evolved from Catholicism as did Protestantism yet there are still [...]
People who don’t eat broccoli are sinners and will go to Hell. Fortunately, if they eat broccoli on the last day of their life, they will be saved. If you don’t believe me, look it up in the Bible.
The 41st president of the United States didn’t eat broccoli. He hated broccoli, [...]
Question: Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative?
I asked my friend from college: “Work! I thought you retired?”
“Yes, I do work. I took a couple of years off and went back to work as an auditor-appraiser for the county assessor office. I put values on personal property (boats/airplanes) and business equipment and hand the [...]
If Satan wrote the Bible, shouldn’t Jews, Christians and Muslims be looking for a new religion?
No, we have enough religions. No need for more. The religions many have grown up with are imbedded in their psyche. Communism was the largest experiment in getting rid of religion and it clearly failed to do so. However, new [...]
Ask anyone who believes in heaven what it is like and most will tell you they don’t know.
Have you thought about it?
Not really.
Would you say you live your life with the goal of getting into heaven?
Yes, of course.
What would you do differently if you didn’t believe in heaven?
Oh, I don’t know. I guess [...]
French philosopher Blaise Pascal wagered “that one would be wise to believe in God, since in the end the believer would lose nothing, unbelievers everything, if proved wrong.” Assuming that the God he was talking about is the God of the Bible I argue the opposite. If one leads a life based on [...]
You don’t know there is a God any more than an atheist knows there is no god. You can believe there is a God. You can think there is a God. You can have faith there is a God. But there is nothing you can do to convince me you KNOW there is [...]
There is a type of question on tests in which we are given several samples and we are to choose which one doesn’t belong. For example, which of the following doesn’t belong: horse, mouse, man, mosquito, whale? The answer is mosquito because the rest are mammals. Here is another. Which of the following [...]
Were the events of September 11 an example of evil?
Since I don’t find the concept of evil to be very helpful, my answer is obvious. But for those who feel evil is an important concept I would certainly say that this event is an excellent one to explore. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives. 19 [...]
Many Gods
Ancient Rome abounded in gods and goddesses. The fire on the hearth was the sign and substance of the goddess Vesta, each person had a guardian angel which was also his soul that lived on after death. “On the farm there was a helping god for every task or spot: Pomona for orchards, Faunus for [...]