Love has no shelf life: The goodness of life forever

February 20, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 197 Comments

I’d like to live forever, and under the right conditions I hope I can. I discuss that wish (and rebut […]

afterlife, atheism, eschatology, eternity, skepticism

What happens after we die?

December 10, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 21 Comments

This past Sunday (Dec. 7th) I was invited to give a talk (aka a “sermon”) at St. Albert Alliance Church […]

death, eschatology, eternity, existentialism, intermediate state, naturalism

Are we horrified by hell because we aren’t holy enough?

April 4, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 62 Comments

Could it be that we are horrified at the prospect of people suffering eternal torture in body and mind because we […]

eternal conscious torment, eternity, God, hell, holiness, judgment

Life is meaningful because it does (or doesn’t) go on forever (a footnote)

February 21, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 24 Comments

Many a theist says this life is meaningful (or more meaningful) because it is the beginning of a life that is infinite […]

atheism, eternity, existentialism, life, meaning, theism

Life is meaningful because it does (or doesn’t) go on forever

February 20, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 21 Comments

Many times I’ve heard theists who accept the doctrine of human immortality talk about the fact that human life is […]

atheism, eternity, existential argument, life, theism, time

A quick look at God as a temporal being

January 8, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 33 Comments

In “Love, omnibenevolence, and Francis Chan” I observed that many Calvinists reject the biblical presentation of God as sempiternal (that is, […]

arminianism, atemporality, Bible, Calvinism, eternity, God, hermeneutics, temporality

Will resurrected bodies have face mites?

September 8, 2012 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 16 Comments

The doctrine of the general resurrection is central to the Christian theological conception of the afterlife. At the core of […]

Demodex mite, eschatology, eternity, heaven, resurrection, theology