Almost all the scriptures were written by men. As humans have a desire to live forever, religion provides attractive offers of life after death. Humans invented God, the superhuman, to answer all the ...
Dear Dr. E: I’m curious about your take on Pope Francis’ statement this week that various religions are like different languages, which all lead to the same God. Do you think what the Pope said is ...
Q: I am a little confused about different religions. I am a Christian, I believe there is one God, and his name is Jesus Christ. (I don't believe in the trinity). Jesus is that one God of Abraham, ...
All three faiths trace their spiritual ancestry to Abraham and believe in one God. Yet their origins set them on very ...
As a pastor, I try not to be overly critical of other churches, especially in my writing. I don’t feel a syndicated column in a public newspaper is the place for polemical discussions. That being said ...
Opinion Columnist. This essay is adapted from the forthcoming book “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.” My parents ate health food in my youth, in the days before Whole Foods was everywhere, ...
(Sightings) — Millions of Americans are leaving church. Fewer than half now belong to a congregation, down from two-thirds for much of the last century. One in four now say they never attend services, ...
In Alabama, we consider ourselves to be the “buckle of the Bible belt” and public religious culture is an essential characteristic of how we live our daily lives. The Bible as the Word of God is ...