I find this statement to be very confusing.  So, for our discussion let’s limit the scope to Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, New Age Spirituality and Buddhism.  First let’s look at what each believes about God. Christianity – Christians believe that a loving God created them, as children, to know him. Islam – Muslims believe in the…

I see two obvious underlying questions.  Isn’t it forbidden for brothers and sisters to get married and have children?  And is it even possible for two people to populate an entire planet?  Ok to answer the first question we have to look at genetics.  The average adult has around 36 trillion cells of which many…

I think to answer this question we need to understand who God is.  So, let’s start by understanding God’s attributes. First, God is Holy.  Holiness is a tough word to describe.  Dictionaries offer definitions like; specially recognized or spiritually pure.  To me, holy means set apart.  In the bible it talks about the sabbath day…

Let’s start with something really hard, creating life from nothing.  We are all familiar with biogenesis, which means “life that is created from life”.  We can witness this with the hatching of a bird or the birth of a child.  The theory that life can occur spontaneously from nothing is called the Theory of Abiogenesis. …

I’ll be referring to the differences between the Hebrew Bible, Protestant Bible, Catholic Bible, Greek and Russian Orthodox Bible and the Ethiopian Bible.  The New Testament is identical between all of them except for the Hebrew Bible.  The Hebrew Bible (called the Tanakh) does not contain a New Testament.  The New Testament is about Jesus…

Actually, I don’t think that’s not how it happened.  Let’s start at the beginning.  Over 2500 years ago, Rabbis started assembling the books to be considered for the Hebrew Bible (we know it as the Old Testament).  Fast forward a couple hundred years to around 100 BC and the Hebrew Bible was completed.  Next was…

Ok, realize this is a very high-level description of reincarnation as viewed from the major religions (Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism) who have believed this for centuries.  Reincarnation is the belief that after we die, we are reborn in another body to live another life.  The purpose is to experience something from each life in…

We are all familiar with the Law of Gravity and believe it to be true.  So, I can choose to not recognize that truth and I have the freedom to do so.  But choosing not to recognize that truth does not change the fact that the outcome will probably be bad.  So yes, we all…

You see, people are born with a desire to make wrong choices.  I never had to teach my children to be selfish, or lie, or be unkind to others.  I had to teach them to think of others, to be honest and to be fair.  In Christianity we call those wrong choices sin.  So, from…

In the United States a person dies in a drunk-driving accident every 39 minutes.  That means 37 people will die today from drunk-driving accidents.  Mothers, fathers, children, some will be victims today.  Then why would anyone want to belong to a country that allows its citizens to be killed in such a manner?  Why doesn’t…