I always wondered as a child how we could be so carefree and blissful in Heaven while God’s own children—our brothers and sisters—were burning away in hell.
How do infinite beings avoid being anywhere? They could never call in sick to work: they’d already be there.
As we saw in question #1, the Hindu tradition indicates this [...]
Archive for August, 2008
#2 If God is infinite, wouldn’t He be inside hell?
Posted in Questions, tagged #2, God, hell, infinity on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sir Isaac and the Skinny Tree
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On most top-five lists of the greatest scientists in history you will find the name Isaac Newton.
He pioneered modern, classical physics—the study of motion and forces. He made substantial contributions to the field of optics. He invented calculus. And his Principia Mathematica, which contained his laws of motion and his concept of universal gravitation, is [...]
#1 If God is everywhere, is He in the toilet?
Posted in Questions, tagged #1, awareness, God, Jung, Life in Hell, Matt Groening, maya, Pauli, perception, Reality as illusion on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This question was originally asked by Matt Groening—creator of The Simpsons—in his comic strip Life in Hell. It was part of a panel on those awkward—and honest—questions kids are always asking adults. Let’s take a look.
White-knuckling our grip on the universe
In order to answer this question, we Christians may have to temporarily shoo one of [...]
