One of the remarkable features of the Bible is that it relates history as a narrative of what actually happened, whether or not these happenings are according to God’s Law. For example, King David was described as “a man after God’s own heart.”
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.' (Acts 13:22)
This same David broke marriage vows repeatedly by polygamous behavior and even committing adultery with Bathsheba and having her husband killed. This man was a sinner, who was not behaving in matrimony in the way God wanted, but the Bible does not... Continue Reading
Thus you shall say to them: "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens." (Jeremiah 10:11)
Ideas can be false gods. A false god is anything that we worship in place of the True God of the Bible. If we worship something, we are declaring it to be worthy of praise.
Some atheists have referred to quasi-religious feelings as they consider the universe. Here, Richard Dawkins “waxes poetic”:
Awe and wonder are things which religious people undoubtedly feel, but I get a bit irritated when they imply they have a monopoly of... Continue Reading