Church Attitude

James White re-tweeted the following quote:

"The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe." ~ R.C. Sproul

Should be a bumper sticker

John Lennox on suffering and evil | True Freethinker

Here is a great video interview of John Lennox and how he would answer such a "difficult" question.







John Lennox on suffering and evil | True Freethinker

Apologetics 315: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? MP3 Audio from GotQuestions.org

I appreciate Brain Auten for posting this awesome audio refuting one of the  arguments against God's existence that keeps getting trotted out.  If there is a God and prayer works then why doesn't God heal amputees? This audio answers the question by giving seven erroneous presuppositions on which the argument is based and why they don't make sense.  Brian posts a link to the audio and to the text answer.

Apologetics 315: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? MP3 Audio from GotQuestions.org

Dr. Mariottini Returns From Vacation

I've been missing Dr. Claude Mariottini's wonderful blog posts. However everyone needs a vacation and he assuredly deserves them. Thankfully, he is back to blogging.  He recently posted three great posts  regarding archaeology and I had not heard this information.

1. An Akkadian Document from Jerusalem

2. Cuneiform Tablet from Hazor

3. Translating Ugarit With A Computer

Ugarit is highly related to Hebrew and software has been written to compare Hebrew and Ugarit and learn more about  translating Ugarit

Debunking Christianity: There Was No Worldwide Flood, By Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D.

John Loftus posted a quote from Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D.

"There was no worldwide flood. Simply put: there is no evidence whatsoever for a worldwide flood. In other words, it’s impossible. It is time for Christians to admit that some of the stories in Israel’s primordial history are not historical. It is ok to concede that these stories were crafted in a pre-scientific period and were designed to offer ethical answers to questions of why and not questions of how." Link.

1. Not all scientists agree that there is no evidence of a worldwide flood.
2. I think when people discuss think of the world as being seven continents in their current configuration. However, most geographers believe that there used to be one continent and because of plate tectonics it split into its current organization.
3. If at the time of Noah there was only one continent, then I think you could call it a local flood but then it would also be a world-wide flood. Even if you don't want to date the flood back that far you would have to agree that the continents would not be as far apart as they are today.




Debunking Christianity: There Was No Worldwide Flood, By Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D.