Was Mary raped by God? Is the Crucifixion a historical event? These were the topics that I had a chance to discuss with the Godless Engineer, John Gleason. While the topics were clearly controversial, the conversation was pleasant. So, this summer, I had the chance to do two live discussions.Read More →
People come to faith for a variety of reasons. Sometimes they are born into it, other times they have a Paul-like moment, where everything just snaps. Other times, like for me, it’s a return to the faith. Hello and welcome. My name is Dustin White, and I’m an ex-evangelical, formerRead More →
There are times in which the world seems to be overwhelming. Life continues to throw punches, and they all can’t be blocked. Everything can just begin to wear you down, and in those moments, it’s not uncommon to cry out in lament. In Psalms 137, we see that happen. InRead More →
Millennia before I sat down to try to tackle the question of why bad things happen to good people, another had set out to do the same thing. Taking traditional wisdom, and using it as a framework for his own argument, the author of the Book of Job created aRead More →
Why do we suffer? I’m not sure that question can ever be fully answered. The ways in which we suffer are exceptionally diverse, and the factors that lead to suffering are infinitely varied. But in order to even begin to understand how suffering could coexist with an all-loving God, weRead More →
What is our relationship to God? Often we think of our relationship with God, but before we can really get there, we need to take a step back and look at a core aspect of God. If God exists, God would be fundamentally different from us. While we may beRead More →
The very core if Christianity, what sets it apart from the other Abrahamic religions, and makes it a death cult is substitutionary atonement: the idea Jesus died on the cross so your sins are forgiven. A Get Out of Hell Free card that justifies the cruelty and mass murder doneRead More →
“You say you want to explore the myths, yet present Christ as a fact. This is a bit disingenuous because although Jesus possibly existed, there is zero proof he did from a context where every individual was documented. It’s why Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem. The concept of theRead More →
Does the sacrifice that Jesus underwent have any meaning outside of Christianity? Can someone who isn’t religious still find value in the ordeal that Jesus went through? I think the answer to that is a resounding yes. The death, and life, of Jesus doesn’t have to be regulated to Christianity,Read More →
For the vast majority of human existence, science and religion peacefully existed. Yet today, the two appear, for many to be diametrically opposed. This “conflict myth,” the erroneous view that science and religion are engaged in a perennial battle, was largely created by two men, John Draper, and Andrew DicksonRead More →