What do you think of when you hear the word apocalypse? Is it a positive or negative event? I was raised in a strict fundamental Christian family. My parents stressed repeatedly that I be prepared and watch for the second coming of Jesus. “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” […]
Category: Something doesn’t make sense
Are we alone in the universe?
On October 30, 1938, Orsen Wells broadcast a fictional report of a Martian invasion at Grovers Mill, New Jersey. This town is only 50 miles away from where my parents were living. The so-called War of the Worlds “news bulletins” describing this invasion sounded real. People believed them, and some panicked. Many years later, my […]
The earth is flat and other fallacies
I recently attended a gathering of people who were discussing reconciling religious beliefs and reason. The gathering included people of different religions; it is not only Christians who face this struggle. Each person described their confusion and anguish in deciding to believe or to reject particular tenets of their religion. No one found it easy […]