Without equivocation or hesitation I fully and completely admit that I deny the resurrection of Christ. This is something that anyone who knows me could tell you, and I am not afraid to say it publicly, no matter what some people may think… I deny the resurrection of Christ every time I do not ser...

“True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.� - HH, the Dalai Lama Think of people as a cross between ants and marbles constantly moving in somewhat random patterns. A mass of movement, whirring about, jostling for position and direction going about...

Over the past three years of writing for DI,  I have discussed evolution with many creationists who have posted comments at this site.  These exchanges have been good for me.  They have forced me to think harder about exactly what it is that I understand about evolution and what evidence supports...

I remember a year or so ago I was trawling a popular Internet marketing forum. This particular forum has some successful marketers, but mostly the members are opportunity seeking newbies, including lots of young guys who are looking to make money online quick and care little for hard work. I did an ...

I think when Future Bill looks back on the small number of posts that went up for January and February of 2009, he'll be smiling. Smiling because every long stretch of postless days meant the time was wasted on his family. Yes! Wasted. Spilled out like a precious ointment on the feet of his beloved ...

So live your life and enjoy God's bliss. In fact, If you're a Muslim, you're actually ASKED to Live and Enjoy your life. Not only that, but to enjoy every day as if it was your last. Scientifically speaking, the probability of the universe existing is far less than it not existing. It's scientifical...

I’ve been reading more of Jonathan Haidt’s The Happiness Hypothesis , including Chapter 9, titled “Divinity With or Without God.” Haidt’s travels through India led him to conclude that divinity and disgust were located on the same axis. As evidence of this, consider tha...

He comes to us as One unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lake-side, He came to those men who knew Him not. He speaks to us the same word: "Follow thou me!" and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He...

So, then, Christ may be said to be a fiction in the four senses that (1) it is quite possible that there was no historical Jesus. (2) Even if there was, he is lost to us, the result being that there is no historical Jesus available to us. Moreover, (3) the Jesus who "walks with me and talks with me ...

One of the missionaries I helped train, Elijah Peters, works with a team in Auckland.  He has written an exellent article, “One Solution,” that I recommend to all my readers.  It goes so well with my series, “The Jesus Method.”  See if you don’t agree.   &n...