by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 11, 2020 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Morality, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World
What is the source of radical evil that seeks to corrupt and pervert the human race? What causes violence, cruelty, genocide, self-centeredness, abuse, neglect and war? Jeffrey Burton Russell writes: “We are again aware of the ineradicable nature of perversity in our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 16, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, The World
Tom Holland found himself in a dilemma. A popular historian, he had written several books on the classical world of Persia, Greece and Rome. Gradually he came to see that the values of that world were not his own. He was unsettled by the callousness and complete lack...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Politics, Science
Why am I who I am? As I look in the mirror I see someone who physically resembles my father when he was my age. Growing up in the shadow of my father was a challenge. He was a local jock. A rugby football player of some note, he had a successful career in the 1930’s....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 19, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, The World, Worship
When my grandson and I were working on a jigsaw puzzle I discovered that he was more adept than I in finding the pieces we were looking for to complete a section. I was wishing that the pieces were larger. I could see the big picture but found it hard to see which...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 13, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, God, Jesus, Morality, Science, The World
Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow in their book, The Grand Design, maintain that God is not required for the existence of the universe. Instead the laws of gravity and quantum theory allow universes to appear spontaneously from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Science
The first book in the Bible, Genesis, begins with these words: “In the beginning God…” Do you believe in God? Why? Or why not? Most people do believe in God. Or, at least, in one form or another. Atheists are in a minority in the world today and throughout history. I...
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