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Will Hell Be Empty Some Day?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Sorry. The answer is no. At least this is the theological position taken by scientist/theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. What is surprising is that it is not the position taken by all Swedenborgians. In some previous posts I have jousted with those … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Identity Theft

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

I am seeing more and more articles and news stories on the growing problem of identity theft. Few things seem more insidious than some stranger having access to your personhood. However, one form of identity theft that is even more … Continue reading →

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The Tower Of Babble

Posted on June 1, 2010 by

As a creative writer I enjoy concocting an occasional play on words. The title for this blog post is an obvious play on the biblical phrase “Tower of Babel.” The words “Babel” and “babble” not only sound similar, they confer … Continue reading →

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Is there a truth that one can find?

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

Yes! But the answer to the above question has nothing to do with finding some irrefutable fact and sticking it into our memory bank. The question goes to the human heart as much as to the human intellect. It has … Continue reading →

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Would you go to heaven if God removed all your sins with a snap of the finger?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Nope. You would cease to think or emote! Scientist/theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg, who claimed that the Lord God opened his spiritual sight so that he could observe phenomena in the spiritual world and publish his findings for humanity, witnessed the following … Continue reading →

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Is God surgery-happy?

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

In God’s perpetual effort to enter into a covenant with the human race various divine strategies were devised and described throughout the narratives of Holy Scripture. In Genesis, one of these new strategies involved circumcision. This ritual, introduced at the … Continue reading →

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Are We Committing Identity Theft Against God?

Posted on October 30, 2008 by

Even God is not safe from identity theft. Of course, there is no way to dumpster dive into God’s cosmic trash bin, or get hold of God’s pin number or identification cards. Yet, one can steal God’s identity simply by … Continue reading →

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How to turn a rib into a woman!

Posted on October 23, 2008 by

It is actually a very simple thing to do. All it takes is to convince yourself that you are more important than God. Of course, this will mean that you will have to close your eyes and be asleep to … Continue reading →

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How Does One Burn In Hell?

Posted on October 21, 2008 by

For one thing, there is no physical fire in Hell because it is not a physical realm. So this is a question for physics as much as it is a question for theology. What does it really mean to “burn” … Continue reading →

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Do We Underestimate God’s Intelligence?

Posted on October 17, 2008 by

We often describe our lives as having peaks and valleys. No one misinterprets these words as meaning geological formations. Metaphor, that is, using physical objects to represent psychological qualities is a common part of our language. It is an example … Continue reading →

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