Oh, baby. Awwwwww, yeaaaahhhhhh, you know that’s right. We’re talkin’ ’bout sex, ’cause you know that’s what you’re thinkin’ about. Let’s talk about sex, baby, let’s talk about you and…Augustine? Oh, yeah, Augustine, girl (or boy, as it were). That sly dog. The Church Father who puts the “hip” in Hippo. Because, seriously, Augustine loved […]
Read More Sexcapades with St. AugustineI have a lot of experience being angry with God. It often feels like He has frustrated me to no end. The relationship I’ve had with Him has left a lot to be desired. Where to begin? Assuming you even buy standard Christian theology, you start from the premise that “I’m not God,” which means much of […]
Read More How to make sense of GodI am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long… He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has […]
Read More LamentationsMany of us have heard of the Christian obsession with insisting that God loves us. I suspect for many, like me, that’s not an easy idea to buy. Life is full of heartbreak and hurt; disappointment and unfulfilled potential; tragedy and horror. At least that’s how it often feels to those of us who have […]
Read More How He lovesTomorrow will mark the first birthday for this blog. I think this an opportune time to take a break from the series of posts discussing differences among Christianities and take another look at the foundational issue of this blog: perception. Psychologically speaking, what we perceive to be real is, for our psyches, legitimately real. It’s […]
Read More Perception, revisitedLet’s break down the Nicene Creed and appropriate Scripture to the basics of what the Christian historically believes about the nature of reality. “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible…” Well. Talk about bang for your buck; that’s a lot of information per […]
Read More The invisible, determinism, nihilism and SatanWithin the broad spectrum of religious belief that is the Christian community, there is a movement to brush aside theological differences over “minor details” and focus on our similarities. For the most part, I fully support this endeavour. I am an advocate of ecumenism, which is the pursuit of reuniting the many varieties of Christianity once more […]
Read More Variety of Christianities – Do differences matter?
David S. Wisener 