A BIGGER PICTURE OF LOVE Many people have a problem with the fact that there is suffering in this lifetime. Many people believe that due to suffering, there is no God because no all-loving God would allow suffering, since suffering doesn’t display love. But let’s slow down—are we seeing the whole picture of love? If… Read More Does Suffering Mean There Is No God?
INSPIRATION FOR THIS ARTICLE Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve been a fan of the metal band, WITHIN TEMPTATION. When I first found them, I was a naive atheist, unwilling to see the world any differently than I was seeing it, particularly through the lens that a good God wouldn’t allow suffering. The band’s… Read More Don’t Pray For Me: A Metal Song In Need Of Contemplation
EVOLUTIONARY DISMISSAL For the unspiritual, life isn’t two-hold, it’s one-fold. This life is the only one. For believers in spirituality, or specifically in Jesus, life and death have depth to them based on the understanding that we are more than our corporeal bodies existing as matter within other matter (the atmosphere). There is weight and… Read More Pointless Argument for a Meaningless Life
