Sine Nomine

Is it possible that the assumptions that have underpinned the evolution/creationism debate are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of reality, a misunderstanding that is in some ways shared by believers and non-believers alike? What if believers and non-believers have both misconceived of what man is as a being? When Genesis 5:1 declares that man was […]

Did God make man with an eternal soul? If so, why? Assume that the primary purpose of man’s existence is to experience love with God. Love cannot be experienced unless one first exists as a being. Just as our existence in the temporal world is a precondition for the experience of love during our earthly

The Advent of Time starts with one central assumption: the purpose of man’s existence is to experience love with God and with one another. What evidence is there in support of this assumption? If one focuses attention exclusively on the pain and suffering that man experiences during the course of his life, it is easy

One of the arguments advanced by some non-believers is that theists’ reliance on faith-based reasoning renders their arguments inferior to those of non-theists. The non-theist’s position, they assert, is based on reason because the non-theist insists that he requires proof of an idea before he will subscribe to it. Given the frequency with which different

What are the prerequisites of love, and what insight, if any, do they provide into God’s nature? At least five elements must be present in order for friendship or relational love to be experienced: (1) Two (or more) persons; (2) Both of whom possess the power to affect one another through their decision-making; (3) Each

Why does man’s reasoning ability, considerable as it is, not allow us to either prove or disprove God’s existence? Why is science, in spite of everything it has revealed about our world and the broader universe, unable to tell us whether God exists? Why is it that faith, not logic, is the exclusive form of

Fallen humanity has a tendency to conceptualize every form of existence—even the timeless existence of Adam and Eve prior to the Fall—through the narrow lens of our own present existence, which is finite and temporal. Because we experience our present existence locked within linear time, it is easy to assume without question that time governs

Is a mandate that someone else love you not inherently twisted? If God commands that we love him, should we not regard such a demand as a form of depravity? We have a tendency to impose our relativistic way of thinking on God, often assuming without question that he thinks as we do. But Isaiah

The problem of evil poses a uniquely powerful challenge to monotheistic belief, one that began to weigh heavily on me while I was serving as a military attorney in Iraq in 2006–2007. The gravity of this problem continued to trouble me long after I returned home from the war, so much so that over the