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May 2023

May 11, 2023

How to see a miracle? Miracles 1

How to see a miracle? It's easy to dismiss an event of God's grace when...

May 02, 2023

AI Brinkmanship: A Prophetic Warning?

Our techie prophets are issuing a warning: step back from the AI brink before we...

April 2023

April 28, 2023

The Science-as-Savior Eco-Myth

The science-as-savior myth coined two plus centuries ago by Europe's Enlightenment has resurfaced as an...

April 23, 2023

Astronomer Grace Wolf-Chase & Astrotheology

Astronomer Grace Wolf-Chase has much to say that the astrotheologian should listen to.

April 16, 2023

Abortion access for women’s health? What about the baby?

Abortion access policy should keep the yet-to-be-born baby's welfare in mind. The political wrangling should...

April 11, 2023

Children, Guns, and Abortion

The public debate over children, guns, and abortion seems confusing. Republicans allow living children to...

April 10, 2023

Afterlife? Really? What are the options?

The axial religious breakthrough--giving rise to Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Greek Philosophy, and Biblical Religion--ran...

April 05, 2023

Your Robot Pastor is Here

Are Bless U-2, Buddha-Bot, and Rabbi-Bot inaugurating a new era in religious leadership? Will AI...

April 03, 2023

Angry Theologians Talk Back

In the controversy over angry theologians, we note how moments of unaddressed injustice prompt justifiable...

April 02, 2023

Easter Resurrection of the Body. Afterlife 10

When God raised Jesus from the dead on the first Easter, God promised to raise...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

AI Warning: Utopia or Extinction?

AI prophets have issued a warning: pause big AI advancement now and instantiate regulatory laws...

March 30, 2023

School Shootings Meet AR-15 Lapel Pins

US Congress Reps have donned an AR-15 lapel pin allegedly in support of 2nd Ammendment...

March 25, 2023

Absorption into the Mystical Infinite. Afterlife 9

Absorption into the mystical infinite has been the life's goal of Hindus and new agers....

March 14, 2023

Communication with the Dead. Afterlife 8

Attempts at communicating with the dead puzzle me. Oh, how I wished to receive an...

March 08, 2023

Is ChatGPT intelligent?

Is ChatGPT intelligent? The answer may not matter to professors or journal editors. Students could...

March 07, 2023

Near-Death Experience: Afterlife 7

Reports of Near-Death Experiences suggest we humans are more than mere meat. An afterlife awaits...

March 05, 2023

Francisco Ayala 1934-2023

Francisco Ayala (1934-2023). Scientist. Leader. Man of God. Franciso passed away this week. He was...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Reincarnation? Afterlife 6

Do you want to get born again? Like the Greek idea of the immortal soul,...

February 27, 2023

Immortal Soul? Afterlife 5

Our Immortal Soul escapes the body's death. Once the soul escapes the body, it continues...

February 19, 2023

Short Prayers for Lent 2023

Jesus recommended that we keep our prayers short. He modeld the prayer of all prayers,...

February 17, 2023

Is Nikki Haley Past Prime?

You're past prime if you're 75, says Republican presidential candidate Nikkin Haley. CNN commentator Don...

February 17, 2023

Christian Nationalism vs Anti-Christian Nationalism

What curdles the fibers of my soul is symbol stealing. Christian symbols are meant to...

February 14, 2023

Don’t Trust Your Pastor!

American Christian nationalists warn us to not trust our pastors, especially if those pastors are...

February 13, 2023

Third Day Afterlife. Afterlife 4

The afterlife begins with three days when the disembodied soul remains locally and in relationship...

February 11, 2023

Are UFOs Real? A Sea Change?

Scientists and the U.S. Department of Defense are taking reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP/UFO)...

February 04, 2023

Astral Body? Ka? or Angel? Afterlife 3

New Age Astral bodies. Ancient Egyptian Ka's. Jewish Angels. Are these what the afterlife holds?...

February 03, 2023

When yer dead, yer dead! Afterlife 2

Death in naturalism is considered natural. Only natural. When yer dead, yer dead. Get over...

January 2023

January 28, 2023

The Denial of Death. Afterlife 1

Even though the Grim Reaper comes to us all, our anxiety leads us to deny...

January 23, 2023

Two Mass Shootings Per Day

Two Mass Shootings Per Day Two mass shootings per day. That's what I'm thinking about....

January 14, 2023

Are the Bible and Big Bang Consonant?

Are the Bible and Big Bang cosmology consonant? Yes. The notion of Time=0 may not...