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Bible diminishes this life

Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:4
That is the kind of advice from the Bible that sounds good but is off the mark; we should look to our own interests. Sounds selfish, right? I believe we should be selfish PROVIDED WE UNDERSTAND WHAT [...]

Posted 25 March 2010 † ThomasD § Satan Wrote the Bible ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Does God Exist?

After satisfactorily proving his own existence Descartes  went on to try to prove God’s.
 
I recognize that it would be impossible for me to exist with the kind of nature I have–that is, having within me the idea of God–were it not the case that God really existed. By ‘God’ I mean the very [...]

Posted 14 October 2009 † ThomasD § Satan Wrote the Bible ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Pascal was Wrong

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 [...]

Posted 17 June 2009 † ThomasD § Ethics § General Religion ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,