Christianity

It’s not as clear cut as you think — Ask pretty much any evangelical Christian anywhere why Jesus died on the cross, and they will invariably tell you, “Jesus died to pay the price for our sins,” or words to that effect. It’s an idea that has become so deeply rooted in Christian belief that most Christians automatically assume…

The rise of Christianity and the Roman Empire’s last laugh — Christians interpret their religion’s history as amounting to a miraculous Christianization of the very empire that had executed Jesus and persecuted the early Christians. Only the Holy Spirit could have initiated such a reversal of fortunes. In one century, under emperors Nero, Aurelius, and Decius, Christians went into hiding or…

“There are two kinds of people in this world" I don’t really like old sailors jokes, but if I had a penny for everytime I’ve heard someone say there were only two kinds of people in the world, I’d have a small fortune by now. People say if you repeat…

Two school staffers have been fired for the “crime” of using pronouns in emails. In this specific instance it happened at Houghton University. This is a Conservative Christian run collage located in New York state roughly 60 miles south-east of Buffalo. So yes that’s a cue for this reaction … …

Criminal acts on sacred soil — There’s something captivating about connecting with the spiritual and cultural heritage of the First Nations’ peoples. Australia — my country — is home to many awe-inspiring sites that hold deep significance for our Indigenous communities, from the ancient rock cave art sites scattered throughout Kakadu National Park to the iconic…

John Gray’s cheap shot at liberal atheism — John Gray is my kind of old school, existential atheist. His book Straw Dogs delves into some dark, illiberal implications of atheism, those that Nietzsche emphasized and that the “new atheists” downplayed. For Nietzsche, God’s “death” is a catastrophe, and Gray explores the outer reaches of a nondelusional, naturalistic worldview…

These past few months have been quite the journey! I’ve never traveled so deep into my own soul before. And for the first time in a while, I felt everything just as it was. I could go on and summarize what it was like and felt, but I much rather…

Some widely popular beliefs about Jesus that aren’t true — When you are as renowned as Jesus Christ himself, there are bound to be misconceptions swirling around you. These range from a false image of his demeanor to misinterpretations of his message that he was trying to convey to the humanity. Jesus Was Not Human The misconception that Jesus was not human disregards the…

Children are taught to accept abuse from an early age in the church — The Brainwashing For years, as a little girl, I was taught that girls were supposed to grow up and be subservient to their husbands. If their husband said to jump, the wife was to ask how high. That precipitated several broken marriages for me. Women were created to reproduce and procreate, and…