Sin Does More Harm than Good
B: When we do good things for others, for the purpose of helping them be happy, we are thinking of them as souls, instead of as mere objects in our lives. Since souls are eternal (meaning they will...
View ArticleSexual Morality
B: Ya know, the world seems to agree, or nearly agree, with God on a bunch of virtues: kindness, honesty, industry, respect, education, diligence, etc. When it comes to sexual morality, however, the...
View ArticleSexual Morality, Part II
A: And yet, these days…it seems like things are just fine to me, despite all your doomsday projections about this so-called “sexual immorality.” B: “Seems like.” Does it seem that way because things...
View ArticleFamily
B: Why should God care about whether families succeed or fail; i.e., what does God have to do with families? Recall that all good things come from God, so if families are a good thing – that is, if...
View ArticleThe Effect of Parents on Children
B: Let’s consider an ideal family situation, that of a man and his wife with however many children they are responsible for, all living in the same home. I want to consider the effect that the father...
View ArticleGrace
A: So what’s this “grace” stuff you keep on about? B: It’s…complicated. Ha! Not really; I just wanted to say that. But seriously – perhaps because it’s been debated about so much by so many, one...
View ArticleFreedom
B: Ya know…it seems pretty obvious that despite the fact that God is omniscient, omnipotent, and loves us like His own children, He sure gives us a lot of freedom to do whatever it is we want to do....
View ArticleChoices
A: The problem with giving people freedom is that so many of them use it to do bad things. Just take the example of the evolution of music, in some ways. Back in the day people would dance orderly...
View ArticleTaking Offense
B: An interesting case of making choices comes in whether or not to take offense in something. To clarify, what we usually mean when we say we are offended is that “we feel insulted, mistreated,...
View ArticleWhat We Are Unable to Do
A: So if God has granted me my freedom, is it only the law that keeps me from doing whatever it is I want to do? How come I can’t blow the world to smithereens if I want to? Or just take off and fly...
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