Today’s Church Chat offers a simple point for critics of the Bible to ponder. It centers on the number of stars in the universe, which is a number even an astrophysicist has trouble wrapping his head around. Of course, no one knows how many stars are actually in the universe, but every estimate is a number of staggering size. The …
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I am often asked by people on the street and by millions of online readers, “What is this infinite chasm of which you speak?” And yes, those are usually their exact words. Alas, if only there was a simple answer. There are so many infinite chasms. Overall, The Several Commandments of the Church of the Infinite Chasm all center around …
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A few sermonettes back, we posed a question: it was not, “Why does God do terrible things”? Some people, as we discussed, think everything is part of God’s master plan. If you inhale a gnat, you were meant to do just that by some great cosmic hand. “Everything happens for a reason,” is heard all the time. But no, the …
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Well, here we are on one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar. Easter is right up there with Christmas as a keynote date for Christians. Of course, some would say it’s right down there with Christmas. Not every Christian is on board with these holidays. In Colonial times, Christmas was viewed as a pagan celebration by many, and …
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This session of the Church of the Infinite Chasm is hereby called to order. As an addendum to last week’s diatri… I mean sermon, a few additional thoughts. To refresh your memory, or inform the FTAs (Failure To Attends), I rhetorically wondered why people can readily accept a “bad guy” in books, movies, TV shows, et cetera (whether fiction or …
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Good guys and bad guys are everywhere. Cops and robbers. Cowboys and Indians. Death Stars and Millennium Falcons. Batman and The Joker. Communism versus capitalism. Heroes and villans. Some are portrayed as real, others as fictional concepts and characters. No big deal, right? Except when it comes to the Bible. Critics have a hard enough time swallowing the concept of …
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Wherein we continue our series about evolutionary propaganda. Propaganda is a lot like advertising. You can’t expect a car commercial, for instance, to inform you about the sleek new design and wonderful optional features of a certain model AND give you the details of their poor review in Consumer Reports and their dismal results in federal crash tests. That ain’t …
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As an addendum to last week’s “Church Chat” from the world headquarters of the Church of the Infinite Chasm, a few additional thoughts about the biased and unfair arguments leveled against creation and those who subscribe to it. As discussed last week, those arguments often are nothing more than propaganda, which is information that does not convey facts and is …
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The Church of the Infinite Chasm has been on hiatus, and it hasn’t been the Hump Day Hiatus, either. But it’s time to get back in the saddle. One aspect of the debate between people on both sides of the issue – and the issue is: did life evolve? Were we created? Is there a God? Does he give a …
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Imagine you’re a doctor. (Unless you are a doctor. Then just think about your daily life.) All day long you’re diagnosing and treating people, using your extensive knowledge to help them enjoy the best life and best health possible. Your efforts prove beneficial, even life-saving to many people, but by no means all. The majority of your patients, in fact, …