Tag: apologetics
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The exodus. Big, small, or not at all?
The Exodus is a fascinating story. A real underdog escape from a great evil. From an early age, I often pondered how such a large group of people could manage to stay organized well enough to leave simultaneously, stay in formation, and manage to not leave some indelible mark on Egyptian history. As stated in…
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Problems with the Tower of Babel
I think this was the next item on my domino list, if for no other reason than the proximity to the flood. No one denies that, in addition to any potentially legitimate historical existence, the Tower of Babel story has significant symbolic meaning. Since it is commonly taught as an actual historic event, I thought…
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The Irresistible Force Paradox
There is a fun thought experiment of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. It’s a bit of a silly analogy, but you can think of the unstoppable force being the deconstruction movement and the immovable object being the status quo. Because I am most aligned with SDA beliefs historically, I consider…
