Although experimental science poses no challenge to faith in God, it does send a strong warning to those who feel that faith in science trumps faith in God.
Why Did God Ask Abraham to Sacrifice His Son?
“I find a father holding a knife to his son’s throat to show his love to a totalitarian dictator wicked!” was the late atheist Christopher Hitchens’ response to the biblical account of God telling Abraham to sacrifice his son. There is simply no reason to get upset about the story unless it is true, after all, we do not take seriously what a fictitious villain does in a faery tale. It only becomes worthy of being upset about if it actually happened, so let us accept the event as true and look at the account.
Life After Death
Something as important as this should not be solely the domain of the most intelligent … It should be simple enough to be grasped by a child, or a person with mental disabilities, or the completely uneducated.
The Religion that Began Before its Founder Appeared in History
We have a case in human history where a religion began thousands of years before its founder appeared. This is a highly unique phenomenon and suggests we take a closer look at that religion.
If God Made the Universe, What Made God?
In order to be the cause of time, God must necessarily be able to exist in a timeless state. It follows from this that God must be timeless, beginningless, and uncaused.
What Caused the Universe?
Just as a woman cannot give birth to herself, so nature cannot have brought itself into existence. If the origin and foundation of the physical world cannot be natural, then it must be something that is not-natural.
Did Time have a Beginning? -- My First Brush with Infinity
The beginning of time isn’t something people often ponder when sipping an Americano in a coffee shop, but they should … the philosophical implications are massive.