Posts Tagged With: theology

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Race, God, and Moral Justification: An Addendum

This addendum examines the theological concept of arbitrary divine grace and challenges the biblical justifications for the Israelite displacement of the Canaanites. The post explores how those in power consistently create moral frameworks that position themselves as divinely favored while justifying horrific treatment of others, connecting ancient religious narratives to contemporary geopolitical conflicts.



The pattern is consistent: those in power create theological or moral frameworks that position themselves as favored by God or history, then use these frameworks to justify horrific treatment of others.

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God is No Respecter of Persons: Reconciling Faith and Racial Justice

A reflection on the fundamental Christian principle that God is no respecter of persons, examining how white Christianity has historically contradicted this doctrine through racial hierarchy, and exploring the tension between scriptural truth and cultural practice.



If God is variable, rewarding some while rejecting others for no valid reason other than His own will and pleasure, then you can never have confidence that God will accept you.

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Harmonizing Quantum Mechanics and Theology (part 2)

A meditation on quantum physics, theology, and the harmony between them—exploring how energy, the Higgs field, and divine creation might intertwine.



If God is energy, then God is the source of the energy for the Big Bang. That energy has always existed. . . .It’s from that infusion of energy and the organizing of it—the constraint of it, the limitations on movement of the particles that come into existence in the quantum fields—that we get creation. . . .To me, this is seamless. Quantum physics and theological explanations of creation are one and the same.