Agnosticism
If you don’t think there is a God and religion is totally irrelevant to the course of your daily life, then you may well be somebody who practices Apatheism. That is, you don’t believe in God, but it’s not something you spend much time thinking about, either. Mary Jo Sharp today is an Assistant Professor…
Read MoreThere is an Old Testament passage that is not infrequently cited by critics of Christianity as evidence that God cann0t be all-good or all-just since He encouraged the Israelites to dash the babies of their enemies on rocks to kill them. Here’s the passage, which is Psalm 137:8-9: “O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be…
Read MoreIf God really exists, is all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good, why is there evil in this world He created? It’s a critically important question on its own terms, but also because how a Christian answers it when challenged by a thoughtful non-Christian can be a major turning point in that person’s journey to knowing God. The…
Read MoreRegular readers of HillFaith will recall this post from January 24, “A Fish Story That Points to God.” Based on an absolutely amazing video produced by the John 10:10 Project, the post told the story of how the five species of the Pacific Salmon have a driving urge to return to the place where they…
Read MoreMaking predictions can leave you looking like a total dummy. Trust me, I learned this lesson the hard way after predicting in print on the Friday before the 2012 presidential election that Mitt Romney would defeat then-President Barack Obama by three percentage points on the following Tuesday. That said, lots of people continue to make…
Read MoreNicole went from having what seemed like a great life to one marked by inner turmoil, self-doubt and a restless search for something, anything to fill a void in her heart and give her a deep sense of inner peace. So for a long time, Nicole went from one false god to another. It started…
Read MoreBy Jay Richards The Sun and the Moon are not just the same shape, but the same apparent size in the sky. It’s this happy arrangement that produces total solar eclipses as seen from the earth’s surface. Americans got a chance to view such an eclipse on April 8 — an event we won’t see again…
Read MoreYou may well have never heard of Dr. Robert Marks, author of “Non-Computable You: What You Do that Artificial Intelligence Never Will (2022).” But if you are interested, fascinated or terrified by AI, you are in for a treat today. Marks is the Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University and one…
Read MoreHundreds of millions of people here in the United States, as well as Mexico and Canada, will be able on Monday, April 8, to witness a total solar eclipse of the Sun beginning at 2:05 pm and ending two and a half hours later at 4:28 pm. At the height of the event, the Moon…
Read MoreSpring is my favorite season, as it is for millions of others. For me, the return of the Azaleas to blooming, the lush green of the yards and the new warmth in the air signal that the cold is gone of winter is over and new possibilities are everywhere. Spring also reminds me of what…
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