Is God one and the same across all believers, or is “God” a construct shaped by theological lenses? Calvinists believe in a Jesus that died for the elected and that God’s grace is irresistible. They also believe that those who will be condemned to hell have already been determined. Arminians believe that grace can be […]
Do Christians Worship the Same God? How Theology Multiplies the Divine. Read More »
The common interpretation held by believers of the Bible about God is that he does not have a body. God is a spirit, transcendent of human reality, incorporeal, with no visible and tangible form, and that all depictions of him having a body throughout the Scripture are all metaphors. However, as biblical scholar Francesca Stavrakopolou
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Trigger Warning: Self-harm and harming others (in hypothetical situations). Please only proceed if you are comfortable with a mature discussion of the topic. Have you ever caught yourself thinking about doing stuff you would abhor or be disgusted with… yet you somehow feel compelled to do it? Say you’re in a family reunion and your
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It is not events that disturb people but their judgments concerning them. – V, Enchiridion, Epictetus It is a common response for man to cry out when he experiences a misfortune and undergoes the trials of life. However, according to the Stoics like Zeno, Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, it is not really the misfortunes
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“Beautiful things take time but the wait is the best part. The anticipation, the hope, that’s what keeps everyone alive. That’s what makes us, us. Our desire to see our wishes come true. Our desire to one day touch the stars and not be afraid of the emptiness beneath us.” – Kian Sabik, “And the
A life that only glows because God lit the flame was never burning on its own – and it is extinguished the moment one discovers the fire was imagined. One of the common accusations believers throw against those who disbelieve in religion is the idea that life loses its meaning and purpose without God. They
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“The tragedy of faith isn’t that it’s false — it’s that it cannot even risk being false.” From silencing heretics to branding doubt as sin, many religions had long treated honest inquiry as a threat than a tool. When Copernicus proposed that the Earth revolves around the Sun, and Galileo dared to confirm it with
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