Blind Faith and the Age of Reason

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Shammah

I’m not a believer in blind faith. I think blind faith is stupid and dangerous.

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The Proof Is in the Pudding: Jesus Approves the Scientific Method

Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Shammah

It is a basic premise of the scientific method that you need to prove what you believe.
When Albert Einstein suggested that massive objects can exert enough gravitational pull to bend space, he had to prove it. The way he did that was by waiting for a total eclipse, then looking for a star that was [...]

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When Protestants Become Catholic: Are the Church Fathers a Danger to Born Again Christians?

Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Shammah

Today I read another article about a Protestant becoming Catholic through the reading of the early church fathers. Is this really where the writings of the church fathers lead?
I’ve been reading the writings of the 2nd through 4th century fathers for 20 years now, and I have never thought about becoming Catholic. On the other [...]

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Roman Catholics, Quote Mining, and Honesty

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Shammah

I debated whether Roman Catholicism was really a topic that fits this blog. I thought some about the name of the blog. It is “The Rest of the Old, Old Story.”
This post definitely fits the blog title because I’m going to spend most of the time giving you the rest of the story left out [...]

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The Councils, the Creeds, and the Salvation of Souls

Posted on September 20th, 2009 by Shammah

I always say there’s nothing like reading error to motivate one to write truth.
I’m prone to writing error here and there, too. I’m human. I have things I don’t understand. I have things I forget to consider.
Teaching and Truth
Hopefully those of us who take it upon ourselves to teach will at least never make errors [...]

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The Historic Christian Faith? – Norman Geisler, Luther’s 95 Theses, and the Bible

Posted on September 18th, 2009 by Shammah

Error, lies, and foolishness are always excellent motivators for me to blog.
The particular embarrassing morass of propaganda to which I am referring is John Ankerberg’s interview with Norman Geisler. The interview is such a collection of Protestant fantasy that I hardly know where to start.
However, start I will.
Norman Geisler
Geisler doesn’t believe in Purgatory. Fair enough. [...]

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Accidental Series on the Church, Part IV

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Shammah

I really didn’t mean to be writing a series on the church, but here goes part IV.
Most attempts at starting house churches/simple churches/”the” church don’t go anywhere. That’s acknowledged in most of Gene Edwards’ books. I’m not sure about Frank Viola’s.
Why?
Problem 1: Christians Don’t Know What the Church Is
It never ceases to amaze me that [...]

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Christians and Liberals

Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Shammah

Today I found a news article about the ACLU supporting freedom of Religion … for Christians!
Giving credit where credit is due, I found that link at this blog.
I have some comments to make about Christians, liberals, and conspiracy theories:
Christians and Liberals
Once, as I was waiting in line to pay at a Chinese restaurant, I heard [...]

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The Sign of the Cross and Other Early Christian Traditions

Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Shammah

I often run across historical claims that make me angry, especially from Roman Catholics. Because they assume so much they are constantly reinterpreting early church history into their own viewpoint, even when their viewpoint is ludicrous.
Worse, when I point it out to them, they are completely blind to it. They can’t see anything except their [...]

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The Gnostic Attempt at an Alternate Christian History

Posted on June 19th, 2009 by Shammah

I don’t know if you run across the modern gnostic attempt at an alternate Christian history much, but it’s in the news a lot. The Da Vinci Code borrows a lot from Hugh Schonfield’s The Passover Plot, and Dan Brown, the author, likes to quote Elaine Pagels, another modern gnostic who likes to make up [...]

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