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Monthly Archives: June 2009

God and the Genocide Question

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

To finish my series on God and his alleged acts of genocide in the Old Testament (OT) will take a longer post than usual. I’ve divided this series into four entries, but there’s no good way to split this last one. First I want to remind you of something I mentioned very briefly last time, …

June 27, 2009 – 10:50 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement | Tagged Genocide | Comments (127)

“BBC NEWS | Health | Religion ‘linked to happy life’”

Via Shadow To Light: A belief in God could lead to a more contented life, research suggests. Religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a job or divorce, claims the study presented to a Royal Economic Society conference. Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of “life satisfaction” in …

June 20, 2009 – 3:54 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, The Faith | Comments (73)

“Atheism Is Not A Belief”

“Atheism is not a belief,” atheists often say, “it’s just a lack of belief in a God.” Today it came up in this form: And, in addition, I would point out that atheism is not my ideology. It simply refers to my not subscribing to a particular belief (theism). It makes no more sense to …

June 15, 2009 – 9:49 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism | Tagged Atheism | Comments (160)

Resources on the Question of God and Genocide

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Matthew Anderson signaled this to us, and I want to be sure we all have opportunity to look at it: a continuing discussion on the question of God and his alleged acts of genocide in Philosophia Christi. Two of the papers are available online, both by Paul Copan: Is Yahweh a Moral Monster? The New …

June 15, 2009 – 4:21 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement, Knowing God | Tagged Genocide | Comments (45)

God and Genocide: Clarifying the Question

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series God and Genocide

Early this week we started to take a look at whether God is guilty of genocide, in various places in the Old Testament where he commanded Israel to destroy certain nations. The question was whether these acts of God were evil, as genocide certainly is in any normal human instance. In that first post I …

June 13, 2009 – 7:31 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement, Knowing God | Tagged Genocide | Comments (44)

Broken, Fixed

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June 11, 2009 – 7:21 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments (1)

The Mental Secularization of Christians

In his landmark 1963 book, The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think?, Harry Blamires wrote, The standardizing influence of the Ministry of Education has weighed heavily on these [Church] colleges [in England], and their development illustrates what it means to secularize a community, not by officially denying its religion, but by so departmentalizing it that …

June 9, 2009 – 8:17 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Intellectual Engagement | Tagged Harry Blamires | Comments Off

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Monthly Archives: June 2009

God and the Genocide Question

“BBC NEWS | Health | Religion ‘linked to happy life’”

“Atheism Is Not A Belief”

Resources on the Question of God and Genocide

God and Genocide: Clarifying the Question

Broken, Fixed

The Mental Secularization of Christians

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