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The Dangers of Religion
See the accompanying article: The Dangers of Irreligion
In every human being there are two conflicting forces. We all have a deep, indelible knowledge of good and evil. On some level, each person wants to be honourable; we certainly want to be regarded as good by our neighbours.
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Tagged Crimes of the Church, Crusades, History, Sin
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Finding Hell in the Oddest of Places
Hell. It isn’t a doctrine we rush to discuss, and that is a good thing – we ought to fear Hell, and we ought to weigh our words carefully. Without a serious understanding of Hell we risk undermining the doctrine of the cross, the wrath of God, the magnanimity of grace and the import of our forgiveness.This ‘quick thought’, however, is not a précis on the doctrine of Hell, nor is it primarily an apologetic defence of the doctrine of Hell; it is, rather an observation based the defence of a form of eternal punishment found in the secular, scientific community.
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Posted in Quick Thoughts, Science and Christianity
Tagged Christianity and Science, Hades, Hell, Sin
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