Calvinistic Cartoons: Read and Heed

This is so very applicable to our lives. We know what poison is because God told us in his word.  Thanks to Eddie Eddings for posting this!

Calvinistic Cartoons: Read and Heed

FacePalm of the Day #44 - Debunking Christianity: My Goal is to Drive a Wedge Between the Brain of the Believer and The Bible

Here is a quote from John Loftus.

I just wanted to throw this out there in a post all its own. I aim to show there is nothing divinely inspired inside the pages of the canonized set of texts that were written by some ancient agency detecting barbaric superstitious people. If I succeed then what could the believer still believe? In any case, this is my niche. I'm arguing a negative case against Christianity because I know it best. Along with it I'm offering a good rational tool in the Outsider Test for Faith to examine all religions by the same standard.

He can't succeed.Christianity is more than a "canonized set of texts that were written by some ancient agency detecting barbaric superstitious people". He hasn't proven that and in fact no one has. I find it profoundly arrogant to refer to the writers of the Bible as "barbaric" or "superstitious" - inferring that people are better today somehow. More power to him. The more he speaks against the truth the easier it is to proclaim Christ,

⁷ Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed. ⁸ For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. ⁹ We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.- 2 Corinthians 13:7-9

Thank you, Mr. Loftus.

Debunking Christianity: My Goal is to Drive a Wedge Between the Brain of the Believer and The Bible

Is God a Moral Monster? Theology Unplugged Interview - Apologetics 315

Brian Auten has posted an interview with Dr. Paul Copan from Michael Patton's Theology Unplugged podcast. Follow the link to Brian's blog to get a hold of the podcast.

Is God a Moral Monster? Theology Unplugged Interview - Apologetics 315

Islam and Christianity A Common Word: The Virgin Mary, Hijab and the Muslim Woman.

thegrandverbalizer posted an article defending the tradition of women covering their heads.  He refers to 1 Corinthians 11:4-16 but only quotes vs 4-6. Let's look at the whole passage:

⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. ⁵ But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved. ⁶ For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off; but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.

 ⁷ A man ought not to cover his head,^[a] since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. ⁸ For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; ⁹ neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. ¹⁰ It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own^[b] head, because of the angels. ¹¹ Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. ¹² For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

 ¹³ Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? ¹⁴ Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, ¹⁵ but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. ¹⁶ If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice—nor do the churches of God. 

The Bible is clear - there is no Biblical mandate for women to cover their heads! Of course there is nothing wrong with a woman covering her head, but the Bible says that it's up to us to decide. Let your culture be your guide as to what women wear when they pray.

Islam and Christianity A Common Word: The Virgin Mary, Hijab and the Muslim Woman.