Tag: god
member name: Bert B.
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April 04, 2007 12:21 AM EDT --
If I were God, Creator of Everything, what would I do about the current mess here on Earth? What would I do about the great danger posed by the confrontation between Islam and the Christian . . .
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December 05, 2007 01:41 AM EST --
This is the fourth in a series of conversations with my imaginary friend Al.
Here are the links for the first three:
A Question of Faith
Religion and Morality . . .
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October 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
My experiences here on Gather have included a number of interchanges with devout Christians. Most of these have been pleasant enough, but I am a nonbeliever, so many of them were somewhat . . .
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September 27, 2009 08:54 PM EDT --
This is the fifth in a series of fictional discussions with my imaginary friend Al.
To understand the background for this piece, I recommend that you read one or more of the previous . . .
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October 02, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
This is a continuation of an earlier piece. There was clearly a lot more to say on this subject, so…here’s Part 2…and it may not be the last.
Here is a link to the first part: . . .
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October 19, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
People who are opposed to abortion view the fetus as a human being. They believe that human life is sacred, and that destroying it, even in its earliest forms, is a mortal sin. Many “pro-lifers” . . .
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January 28, 2009 11:20 PM EST --
Pope Benedict XVI, otherwise known as Joseph Ratzinger, is deemed infallible when it comes to matters of church dogma. According to the Church, God tells him what to say, and he cannot . . .
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August 24, 2008 04:07 PM EDT --
If you are a practicing atheist, then you are practicing a religion.
Don’t try to deny it. I’ll prove it to you.
When you get up every morning and go to bed every night, don’t . . .
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May 19, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
Dr. James Corbett is a teacher of Advanced Placement European History at Capistrano Valley High School, here in southern California. He was recently sued by one of his students who claimed that . . .
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July 06, 2008 11:47 PM EDT --
A number of people are predicting the end of the world on December 21, 2012. That date is fairly significant to me. It happens to be my 76 th birthday. I suppose I should feel . . .
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August 17, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
I read an article in the LA times the other day about the pastor of a church in Buena Park, CA. His name is Wiley S. Drake, and I guess I should have suspected something phony about anyone who has . . .
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August 08, 2008 11:57 PM EDT --
A long, long time ago, there were humans on the earth. Records show that the first ones probably lived in what we now call Africa more than fifty thousand years ago, and from there, they gradually . . .
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August 16, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
Everybody suffers from it…except me, of course. Well, I sometimes get up on my high horse about gas-guzzling SUV’s, but that’s different. I’m right, and I am just trying to help out all . . .
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June 06, 2008 10:50 PM EDT --
I am confused about conception. Not about the physical process. I have two children who are now in their 40's. I think I understand the physical process of procreation fairly . . .
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August 01, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Blaise Pascal, the famous 17 th century French Philosopher and mathematician had some advice for those who were undecided about the existence of God. In what has become known as “Pascal’s Wager,” . . .
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October 19, 2009 03:38 AM EDT --
On my 76 th birthday, the world will end. The date that has been positively identified for this event is December 21 st , 2012.
Before I delve into the various justifications for this latest . . .
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November 26, 2008 10:58 PM EST --
This is a continuation of the comment thread for the original article with this name.
If you are new to this donnybrook, here is a link to the article that caused all the uproar.
Click here. . . .
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May 31, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
Two years ago, a political firestorm erupted when some pharmacists refused to dispense drugs that conflicted with their religious views. The drugs in question were contraceptives, especially "morning . . .
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