There were two trees in the Eden narrative. We’ve looked at the Tree of Life in the last two posts, now we need to examine the other, more infamous tree – the Tree of the Knowledge of God and Evil. Eating the fruit of that tree led to Original Sin, and death. Why would gaining…
The very idea of the Bible as a reliable source of information on virtually any topic is controversial. After all, nothing induces more visceral and irrational reactions in people than the subjects of religion and politics. But I try to steer clear of politics because these days the political landscape has become the intellectual equivalent…
How do you go about explaining existence? Well, I suppose you have to start at the beginning – actually, you’d have to start BEFORE the beginning, because whatever existence is made of, it can only be coherently explained if it adheres to some type of rules that are consistent and irrevocable, otherwise there would be…