Tag: apologetics
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The Biggest Barrier to Present Truth for SDA
For those not SDA who follow this blog, this is 100% an article you can skip. It has no bearing on your theology. The SDA doctrine of present truth is as follows: Present truth is the principle that certain biblical truths are relevant to God’s people at specific times in history. God sends the Holy…
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“She’s Gotta Be a He!”- The Patriarchy
Humans have this two steps forward, one step back approach to making progress towards equality. Seeing as we’re currently in a one step back phase right now, it feels like a good time to cover a lesser known figure. Meet Junia, the female apostle. You may have heard of her before, but have you heard…
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“That’s Enough Cats!” – God
The realm of religious apologetics seems to be one full of anxiety. They never know when a new discovery will throw a wrench in some dogma they hold. A wrench that requires inventing a new argument to “disprove” it. They have to contrive complicated hypothetical arguments on the regular, in order to combat logical inconsistencies…
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God’s Feelings: Only Some are Valid?
Genesis states that we are created in God’s image and likeness. I’m not suggesting that God is in all ways like us, but He must share at least some attributes. The Bible is full of verses that testify to God having feelings, or at least that the authors of the day felt that God possessed…
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Biblical Giants. Real, Myth, or In-between?
Legends of giants have captivated people since the beginning of our ability to describe them. Legends exist in more than just the bible. Many cultures have stories of these inhumanly tall creatures. Since I was a child I was fascinated by the stories, albeit rather skeptical on their veracity. How would we not have any…
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Gospel Disagreement & a Brief Gospel History
The timeline of composition and authorship of the gospels raise important-to-consider issues that should not be ignored. If one desires to understand their beliefs beyond a “It must be true as I learned it, because it must be true as I learned it” fallacy, then seeking to answer these questions seems reasonable. Let’s start by…
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Apologists: Dogma’s Retainment Specialists
You’ve probably heard the term apologist before. I don’t remember when I first heard it, but I thought it meant something along the lines of “A person who uses more in-depth scriptural interpretation to show how something in the bible is true, to convince non-believers of the veracity of the faith.” While that definition is…
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The Third Option
A few months ago I wrote a piece titled The Failed Prophecy and the False Choice. I ended it with the conclusion that we live in a world where we have more than just two choices when it comes to the bible. What I didn’t do was elaborate on that. To quickly sum up the…
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Biblical Slavery, Modern Interpretation, and an LGBT/Misogyny Parallel?
Slavery. A topic that is usually swept under the rug if you will. How many sermons or Sabbath Schools have you spent actually learning what the bible has to say on it? The Bible is unsurprisingly univocal about condoning slavery (I mean, think about the times and places it was written). That’s not just my…
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The Failed Prophecy and the False Choice
I remember as a mid 20’s engineer, fresh in my first “real” engineering job, being given a document by an angsty coworker. This document was a huge list of grievances against SDA, Ellen White, and just general biblical failures. I went through and attempted to answer each one but there were a few I simply…
Space For Doubt 