One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.

One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

The Bible is unfortunately unclear on a long list of moral and social questions and sex is one of them. On the one hand, there are expressions of admiration for the reportedly virgin mother of Jesus, but other portions of scripture speak quite accommodatingly of polygamy.

Sometimes things which at the moment may be perceived as obstacles-and actually be obstacles, difficulties, or drawbacks-can in the long run result in some good end which would not have occurred if it had not been for the obstacle.

Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

There is scarcely a page of the Bible on which an open mind does not perceive a contradiction, an unlikely story, an obvious error, an historical impossibility of one sort or another.