I honestly can’t tell if this song is supposed to have a religious meaning or a romantic one. (Fans of Christian music, please hear me when I say, we’re not kidding when we say a lot of it sounds like people who want to make out with God. Major ick, though I guess not inconsistent [...]
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In love with God?
Posted by NFQ on January 23, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/01/in-love-with-god/
Awkward social justice
While idly perusing the job listings in the back of my April issue of Physics Today, I noticed an advertisement for a position at Berea College, in Berea, KY. (No, I’d never heard of it before, either.) At the end of the listing, where many other ads mentioned being Equal Opportunity Employers and the like, [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/awkward-social-justice/
Bible dealbreakers: God’s wrath
I’m doing a series on what I’d like to call “Bible dealbreakers,” reasons why I reject the Bible’s authority and therefore reject Christianity. This is the sixth part in the series, and I’ll post a wrap-up tomorrow. According to (most mainstream) Christians, God is loving, merciful, and benevolent. Some go so far as to say [...]
Posted by NFQ on March 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/03/bible-dealbreakers-gods-wrath/
Christian generosity
Piggybacking on yesterday’s post topic (again): I heard an amazing (-ly awful) sermon on the radio the other day, by California megachurch pastor and radio/TV ministry leader David Jeremiah. It’s about generosity. Specifically, it’s about how generosity, sincerity, humility, sympathy, and hospitality are essential to being a good Christian. In fact, those five subpoints fall [...]
Posted by NFQ on January 26, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/01/christian-generosity/
Hell, or a loving God?
An alert reader emailed me a link to a recording of pastor and theologian R.C. Sproul explaining some of his thoughts on hell and the nature of God’s judgment. She told me that a Christian friend of hers, who is studying to be a minister, sent her this link as a response to her contention [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 15, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/09/hell-or-a-loving-god/
Torn on Prop 8 decision
Please don’t get me wrong. I was thrilled to hear that Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional. I join many other atheists in rejoicing that religious bigotry was declared unjust, and even though this decision is not the final word, in being hopeful that the same-sex marriage issue will reach the [...]
Posted by NFQ on August 11, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/08/torn-on-prop-8-decision/
And what a welcome it is!
Via Atheist Oasis, here’s a really powerful video by The Thinking Atheist called “Welcome To This World” — explaining Christianity’s message to newborn babies. It pretty much sums up everything that might typically rush through my head when I hear a Christian say that “God is love,” and I still found it very moving. [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 24, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/07/and-what-a-welcome-it-is/
Religion is other people
The existentialist Jean-Paul Sarte wrote in his play No Exit, “Hell is other people.” As an introvert myself, I can understand the sentiment, but I think it could use some caveats. Perhaps: “Hell is religious people”? Metaphorically, of course. Compare these two postcards up at PostSecret this week. This Christian girl wheedled her previously-non-Christian boyfriend [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 27, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/06/religion-is-other-people/
Driscoll on pornography
Mark Driscoll, megachurch evangelist extraordinaire, has written a book (well, a booklet) called Porn Again Christian. Yes, that is the real title. And the whole thing is free online, unlike many of the other Re:Lit books for which there is only a single chapter in PDF form. (Maybe I’ll get around to addressing some of [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 7, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/06/driscoll-on-pornography/
Speaking of “interfaith”…
Did you see this op-ed from the New York Times? The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, wants everyone to know that we can all get along. (Thanks to Henry’s Trashcan for the tip.) WHEN I was a boy in Tibet, I felt that my own Buddhist religion must be the best — and that other faiths [...]
Posted by NFQ on May 26, 2010
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2010/05/speaking-of-interfaith/
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