Category: Theology
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Simone de Beauvoir and the Catholic Church
Given the opportunity, I would have asked Simone de Beauvoir many questions, the first being: Did you ever stop to consider that your Roman Catholic upbringing might have negatively influenced your reading of Genesis, and other books of the Bible? The second question (depending on her answer to the first): Have you ever made a…
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road…
“If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” The Zen Buddhist koan is not an endorsement of murder, of course. Buddhists aren’t suppose to harm any living thing, not in according to traditional teachings anyway. The meaning (as I understand it) is simple and can have broad application, far beyond Buddhism: Don’t let…
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Genetic Entropy, Autism, and the Theory of Evolution
Utterly fascinated by Dr. John Sanford’s recent lecture at the NIH: Genetic Entropy: Can Gnome Degradation be Stopped? In the lecture, Sanford explains his study of the amassing gnome data which offers mathematical evidence against the plausibility of the evolution of humans. Against human evolution? How can that be? Well, let’s be honest, Darwin (and…
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Discovering Biblical Equality
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy, edited by one of my favorite New Testament scholars, Gordon D. Fee. Read it. It just might answer some questions about those often abused, misused and wrongly applied “submission” and “silence” texts that don’t seem to fit other biblical accounts of female leadership (e.g. Deborah & Junia), the public…
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The Bible’s View of Women and Wrong Presuppositions
None of us come to a conversation clean. By clean I mean we don’t listen without making assumptions. Most forms of personal communication rely heavily on assumptions. They are those unspoken thoughts and ideas that are “between the lines.” Assumptions ease and expedite communication, if they are right. But if an assumption is wrong, then…
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The Cubs and the End of the (Damn) Curse
As a fourth generation Cubs fan, raised to hope for a better next year, I thought I would never see the Wrigley Field marquee ablaze with the words: “World Series Champions”. All my life, all my father’s life, and all my grandmother’s life, the Cubs have lost. It was just the way it was. Last night that changed. If you’re…