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The retreat of Christianity in the face of science and religion (among many other things!)

ReligionBy Mark Tier March 19, 2012 1 Comment

Toby Huff shows how Christianity retreated from pure faith (and Islamic-style fundamentalism) in the face of reason and science. And why it happened in the west—and NOT in Islamic countries, Eastern (Byzantine) Christianity, or in China.

Did God Evolve?

Book Reviews, ReligionBy Mark Tier March 19, 2012 Leave a comment

When Moses led the Israelites from Egypt, they brought their monotheistic God, Yahweh, with them and proceeded to wipe out the Canaanites and occupy their lands.

That’s the standard story.

But to go by Robert Wright’s exposition in his book, The Evolution of God, it’s wrong on every count.

God’s Problem

Book Reviews, ReligionBy Mark Tier March 19, 2012 Leave a comment

“If God is good why does he permit suffering [and evil]?”