In my recent interview with Robin Parry on universalism, Robin observed that Christians should want universalism to be true. Indeed, he put the point rather provocatively when he declared, “You’d have to be a psychopath not to want [universalism] to be true.” Psychopath?! Them’s fightin’ words! That might seem like a daring statement, but as Parry […]
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A third blushing attempt to rationalize babies being punished
Let’s recap. Our story began in the smoking ruins of Haiti in January 2010, with one weak cry winding out from deep within the concrete rubble of a collapsed hospital. The cry was from six week old Landina, severely wounded in the devastating quake that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands. The horror naturally prompts the question […]
Freddie Mercury and other lonely (and not so lonely) lost souls
Today I was listening to “Somebody to Love” by Queen on youtube when I noticed the following in the comments: God, I have an idea. You give us Freddie and Michael Jackson back, we’ll give you Justin Bieber. Heh heh. Although I must confess I’m not so sure about Michael Jackson. (And as for all […]
