“Since Jesus Christ became a substitute for us all, and took upon Himself our sins, that he might bear Gods terrible wrath against sin and expiate our guilt, he necessarily felt the sin of the whole world, together with the entire wrath of God, and afterwards the agony of death on account of this sin.” … Continue reading »
PDF FILE WITH OUTLINED ARGUMENT: On Hell and Punishment PART 1: SUMMARIZED PROPONENT’S ARGUMENT I. Ignorance, Deception & Bondage are Obstacles to Free Will A. Thus, if I suffer from some illusion that conceals God from me, I am not truly free to reject God. B. Thus Rm 9:16 C. Thus 2 Cor. 4:4 II. … Continue reading »
“Miguel A.: I was confused by Leonard’s point.. his ‘truths’ about math are no truths, but rather mathematical postulates; assertions without proof.. not ‘truth’ ? Ultimately, when one asks, why is 2 + 2 = 4? One cannot offer a logical explanation, but… rather simply quantify a list of definitions that seem self-evident.. unless truth … Continue reading »
Correct, Eric. One can come to understand things that are true, such as the wrongness of raping children (moral laws/truths), or that something cannot contradict itself (logical laws/truths). However, one could not make sense of these truths (totality) without the source of Truth, namely that there is a Moral Order with Moral Laws and a … Continue reading »
Friend’s Status Update: random thought of the day…how come people get upset with other people for eating animals but never complain when lions eat other animals…hehehe Leonard Goenaga I had thought about this the other day. Specifically on the issue of ethics and the consumption/suffering of animals.I found out there are actually animal ethicist out … Continue reading »
Leonard Goenaga Another wild statistic is found in R.S. Hogg, “Modeling the Impact of HIV Disease on Mortality in Gay and Bisexual Men,” International Journal of Epidemiology 26 (1997) On average, male homosexuals die a premature death by up to twenty years. Insane. Individual I don’t get it. What does “On average, … up to … Continue reading »
11:27pmMe Now I’ve noticed from my study of scripture that Jesus has a way of pointing us to texts in Scripture that speak heavily of his purpose, suffering, etc. When he soulds ‘my god my god why have you forsaken me’, he’s calling us to the beginning of Ps 22, which is a Messianic Psalm. … Continue reading »
[My friend asked me why it was I felt called to go into ministry. With my background, I had been determined to either become a lawyer or a doctor (Otorhinolaryngologist), and then run for public office in legislative politics. He asked me why I chose ministry over these options, and my response is below.] Luis: … Continue reading »
An atheist sent me a message over facebook offering to help me with my interview project. How kind! Well, until they tried accusing me of cannibalism…? What? Phillip: Either myself or anyone listed as one of my friends would be happy to answer any questions you wish to ask. BTW: Judging by the morality commonly … Continue reading »
“I know a near-unanimous scientific consensus when I see one … evolutionary biology, at least in its basics, is, and this crosses all ideological boundaries.” Slow down. This is hardly absolute. Even then, we would need to define what we mean by evolution. To suppose that a Macro-Evolution approach is firmly established would be sloppy. … Continue reading »
