Tag: certainty
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Deconstruction: What It Is. What it Isn’t.
Deconstruction can be a scary word. It’s sometimes used derogatorily by fundamentalists as a bogeyman term. It’s often attributed incorrectly by people who don’t really understand it. It’s occasionally feared by people who are starting to question, but are understandably hesitant of what that process might entail. Deconstruction is the process of exploring the kaleidoscope…
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The Trinity – Some Logical Problems and a Few Illogical Proof-texts
It has been brought to my attention that James White never actually got on board with the trinity at all. I relied on a source without fact checking. 100% my fault. It just sounded like something that was probably true. (With the understanding that the SDA church currently believes in the trinity) I have updated…
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“Jonah, For Once Would You Just Think Of The Cattle?”
Have you ever had something you could not have possibly cared less about, and then wound up eventually caring greatly about that exact thing? The God of the Bible, if the text is to be assumed as univocal, certainly seems to do this. He wipes all of humanity out in a flood, then promises not…
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The Absurdity of Certainty
On October 9th, 1903, the New York Times published an article that mocked the recent human attempts to fly. The writer boldly and with certainty, proclaimed that human flight would not be achievable for another 1 million to 10 million years. Just 9 weeks later on Dec 17th 1903 , the Wright brothers flew. This…
Space For Doubt 