podcast 164 – On Counting Gods
The terms “atheism,” “monotheism,” and “polytheism” seem straightforward enough… BUT important ambiguity lurks in the root term “theism.”
The terms “atheism,” “monotheism,” and “polytheism” seem straightforward enough… BUT important ambiguity lurks in the root term “theism.”
Does Christianity trump Philosophy?
We find miracle-reports in many religions. Does this undermine Christian appeals to miracle-reports?
“… and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.”
Do Christian claims clash with Philosophy?
Can metaphysics show how trinitarian theology is coherent?
An appealing theological option which is neither Nicene nor “Arian”?
If Jesus fulfills predictions about Yahweh, does this mean that he’s Yahweh?
Do Matthew, Mark, and Luke discreetly but clearly imply that Jesus is God?
A tightly knit religious group can ignore outsiders’ criticisms indefinitely. But when insiders…
Joseph Smith made some bold claims, many of which
Is there evidence for God’s existence?
What if you believe in Christianity, and it’s false? Have you lost much, really?
In this second part of my conversation with Dr. Larry Hurtado about his book Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, we discuss the distinctive “bookishness” of early Christianity
If faith is not simply believing that some doctrine is true, what is it?
Is faith, as Mark Twain quipped, believing what you know ain’t so?
God is immortal. But Jesus died. Does it follow that Jesus is not God?
Is Jesus both mutable and immutable?