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Category Archives: Responding to Atheist Authors
My Not-So-Systematic Jistian Theology
“So what exactly do you believe?” “Do you really think Jesus was the son of God?” “What the heck is a Jistian anyway?” Over the years, as I’ve told people my story, these questions have come up on a regular … Continue reading
Posted in Life after Death, Religion and Morality, Responding to Atheist Authors, Spirituality, The Bible
Tagged Christianity, Judaism, theology
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Is the Bible just another good book?
One of my all-time favorite works of literature is The Master and Margarita by the great 20th century Russian author Michael Bulgakov. This work, which was first recommended to me by my Russian language professor in college, is a masterpiece … Continue reading
Posted in Responding to Atheist Authors, The Bible
Tagged Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Judaism, Religion, Spirituality, Tolerance
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And about Ricky Gervais…
As I mentioned in a recent post, I have a number of good friends who are either atheist or agnostic. Over the past few months a few of them have sent me the link to Ricky Gervais’ Holiday Message. I … Continue reading
Lost in the Moral Landscape
I recently finished reading Sam Harris’ latest book The Moral Landscape. Harris is one of the renowned ‘new atheist’ authors, as a result of his books The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. I was interested to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheist, Ethics, Morality, Neuroscience, Religion
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On “Good People” doing Bad Things
This post is a continuation of the series “An Anal MBA responds to the atheist authors“, and after covering evolution, quantum physics and Whac-a-mole, the time seemed right to move on to a new topic: the relationship between religion and morality. … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Morality, Responding to Atheist Authors
Tagged Ethics, Faith, Morality, Religion
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The Ultimate Game of Whac-a-Mole
I have never been a big fan of arcade games, but there is one that holds a special place in my heart: Whac-a-mole. I find something deeply satisfying about taking a heavy mallet and slamming it down on vaguely rodent-esque plastic … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheist, Faith, God, Humor, Science, Stephen Hawking
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Lessons from my daughter about Santa and God
Last week my nine-year old daughter found out about Santa Claus. I had a close call last year when she questioned how Santa could deliver presents around the world in one night – but I was able to win her over with some fast … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Faith, God, Religion, Spirituality
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Diving the Iceberg
This is the fifth post in the series “An Anal MBA Believer responds to the Atheists Authors”. In these first few posts I have been focusing on the relationship between science and faith (but I will soon be moving on … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheist, Faith, Knowledge, Religion, Science
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Chance or God?
So this was not the post I had intended to publish next, but something happened last week that forced me to write this post instead. This event occurred last Wednesday morning while I was at Bible study in my church. I … Continue reading
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The God of Chance?
Hello all. So this is the third post in my series “The Anal MBA responds to the Atheist Authors”. I realize now that this series is a bit misnamed. Not because I shouldn’t use the word ‘anal’ when writing about … Continue reading
Seeing Faith 