Monthly Archives: August 1996

Church Burnings

The topic of church burnings has been a difficult one partly because many remain unsolved. But here in South Carolina, if you burn a church, you will more than likely get caught. Two members of the KKK plead guilty to … Continue reading

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Holocaust Denial

It would seem incredible that anyone would not believe in something so well-documented as the holocaust. Continue reading

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Original Sin

I got nailed by my Sunday School class yesterday. It happened like this… I was doing my part-time duty teaching Adult Sunday school and we were studying Psalm 51. When we got to the verse “in sin did my mother … Continue reading

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Who started the INQUISITIONS?

Heh, you can’t fool me. That’s a trick question. The answer depends on *WHICH* inquisition you mean. But to give a general answer: Often at the instigation of secular rulers, bishops were urged to investigate and deal locally with heretics, … Continue reading

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Inerrancy

Somebody called me a “part-time atheist” because (I presume) that I post articles which do not support the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. There is a rather strong stereotype among some atheists that all Christians are anti-science, blind-faith, literalists, inerrantists and … Continue reading

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Inerrant point to ponder

Just a point to ponder. A rather curious verse appears in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (7:25). Paul says: What follows is not from God. It is my own opinion. Now if the Bible is indeed INERRANT then Paul … Continue reading

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Life on Mars

Personally, I’ve always thought that it was likely that there was life elsewhere. If God created the universe and life in specific, it would seem strange to me to make such a BIG universe to be populated only in one … Continue reading

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