Archive for the ‘Theology’ Category
How prayer works
No! prayer is part of your relationship with god. God doesn’t have an ego, but he is righteously glorified through prayer and other things. You can not assign base desires to God!! This sound uncomfortably like God is holding blessings for ransom. It’s like a dog’s owner who teaches the dog not to eat until [...]
In: Discussion, Theology
How prayer works
If you are deserving and what you pray for is in keeping with God’s plan, then you get it. What is it you don’t think you understand? Prayer is pretty simple subject. So if I deserve something and getting that something is in keeping with God’s plan but I don’t pray for it, I might [...]
In: Discussion, Theology
How prayer works
I am able to hold a conversation without always drifiting off topic. Let me know if you have anything about Christianity that you want to know. Okay — if we can keep this on track, I can handle another conversation. Assuming God is omnipotent and good, how does prayer work? (I’m talking about prayers in [...]
No Christians for evolution
You are wrong about millions of Christians believing in evolution. Evolution contradicts the Bible and if you believe in evolution you don’t believe in the Bible. If you don’t believe in the Bible then you aren’t a Christian or you’re illiterate. I don’t know if you are just too stupid to see something as obvious [...]
In: Evolution, Hate mail, Personal attack, Theology
Considering the soul
Of course it’s silly for anyone to spend any time thinking about religion. Seriously, could the final destination of your eternal soul be any less important? My time is much better spent reading comic books! *sigh* Even as an atheist, with so much resting on that descision, it should at least merit some thinking about, [...]
A Catholic with atheistic leanings
I love your site. I have to be honest, I read it (dare i use the word?) religiously. I am a firm beliver in tolerance and, although I am a “catholic” I hold some Atheist belifs. (Is that even possible. If the universe starts to unwind, pleas let me know.) I read various far right [...]
The need to believe
Hello again, hope you had a nice winter season so far. I just felt compelled (after reading your other letters) to write to you on some of the things I’ve been pondering as of late. Mainly though, I wanted to know why so many people feel the need to believe in something. I have a [...]
November 2007
Faith: A Product of Temporal and Geographical Happenstance? Have you ever considered that a person s religious beliefs are a product of temporal and geographical circumstance? By that, I mean, one s religious affiliation is the result of where and when they were born. If one is born to a middle class family in the [...]
