Category Archives: inspiration

God Loves You So Much...

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Reblogged from Thinking out loud: Read more… 5 more words

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Is the Bible, God’s Perfect Word?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

The Question begins with, Is God’s Word Perfect?,  Is the autobiographical text perfect?,  Is God original spoken word divinely perfect?…..Well the Christian or Christian Scholar would say Yes, Of Course. “The Bible is inspired, but is it inerrant, that is without … Continue reading →

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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

I know this topic is overlapping with Intelligent Design and creationism, but I’ll try to focus primarily on the topic at hand.  A Perfect Creator????  And the attributes and character of a perfect creator? Question #1.  Why would a Perfect … Continue reading →

Posted in atheist vs christian, carm, Common Sense, contradiction, creation, creationism, evolution vs. creation, faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, god, inspiration, Intelligent Design, logic, occam's razor, ontological argument, probability of God, quote, reasonable evidence, religion vs. science, The Thinking Atheist | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Defending your Faith-Free Life

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Reblogged from Triangulations: Let’s start with a Bible quote and my coined definition: …Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; — 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in apologetic, apologetics, atheism, belief, christian faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, inspiration, philosophy, purpose, quote, reason, reasonable evidence, religion, Response, theology, unbelief | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Facing Death

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

In the Face of Death Jimmy Valvano gives a moving farewell speech at the ESPY Awards of ESPN.  Stricken with Cancer, he needed help just getting up the stairs.  He delivers an emotional sonnet on how precious life is and how precious … Continue reading →

Posted in death, faith, inspiration, life, love, occam's razor, poetry, purpose, youtube | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

2012 in review for the BitterSweetEnd Blog

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. I thought this was kind of cool and saw some others putting theirs up, so I decided to put mine up too. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films … Continue reading →

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What is God?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

What is God? What is he made of?  This is an important question to some, because in many cases the attributes of God are described, but God himself is not defined. If “God” is immaterial, intangible, and invisible, how is … Continue reading →

Posted in apologetic, attributes, attributes of God, character, christian, god, inspiration, occam's razor, youtube | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

What are the Different Types of Reasoning?

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

So I did a post series a while back on Reasoning as it applies to Faith, Religion, Christianity, Philosophy, and Atheism.  It is a high level overview of all the different types of methods of reasoning and how they apply … Continue reading →

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A compilation study on Inerrancy

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

For anybody who has been following my blog for longer than two months, knows that I have spent a large portion of my time blogging and researching about the inerrancy of the bible.  I have done about a dozen post … Continue reading →

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Biblical Inerrancy vs. Biblical Infallibility

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

Definitions of infallibility differ widely. In common speech, ‘infallibility‘ can refer to a person (or a group of persons), to an act of teaching by these persons, or to the information being taught.  Infallibility is sometimes used to refer to … Continue reading →

Posted in belief, biblical inerrancy, biblical inspiration, church, inerrancy, infalliable, inspiration, John D. Woodbridge, limited inerrancy, occam's razor, systematic theology, word of god | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments

Questions for the Christian

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

Questions for the Christian presented by Brenda from Left Christianity via Why Christianity? Why the Bible? A while back I put up a YouTube post about Ravi Zacharias talking about Why the Bible and Christianity were unique for belief.  And Brenda respond with a questionnaire that … Continue reading →

Posted in agnostic, atheist vs christian, bible, biblical difficulties, biblical inspiration, inspiration, ravi zacharias, theology, youtube | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

Is Biblical Inerrancy, Biblical? Does Inspiration imply inerrancy?

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

Bible Difficulty #8 “Biblical inerrancy is not a doctrine that can be proven by an a posteriori deductive argument. It is a position that is accepted a priori, on faith, and not by reason. The many Biblical and historical references that support inerrancy are completely valid … Continue reading →

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What is Biblical Infallibility?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

So I did a post on what is inerrancy a while back.  And a few people liked it.  But after I did a few more post on the issue of inerrancy, I realized I would also need to do a post … Continue reading →

Posted in biblical inspiration, God-Breathed, inerrancy, infalliable, inspiration, limited inerrancy, occam's razor, scripture, systematic theology | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Some Thoughts, Links, and Sources on Inerrancy and Inspiration

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

Survey of the Belief of biblical inerrancy in the U.S.: On 2007-MAY-25, Gallup reported the results of a national poll on Biblical inerrancy. Those polled were asked which of three statements comes closest to describing their personal views about the … Continue reading →

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The History of Inerrancy

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

“The doctrine of the inspiration of Scripture does not stand in the relationship of a priori but a posteriori in our theology. The doctrine of verbal inspiration is not the basis of our systematic theology and is not the major … Continue reading →

Posted in biblical difficulties, biblical inerrancy, biblical inspiration, christian faith, confusion, early christian history, founding fathers, god, inerrancy, infalliable, inspiration, jesus the christ, John D. Woodbridge, scriptural difficulties, scripture, Septuagint | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Making Sense of 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Making Sense of Inspiration For anybody who has followed my blog, this has been my biggest gripe and stumbling block on dealing with the Inerrancy-Errancy of the Bible.  And I have for the most part, I’ve come to realize the bible has … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the Inspiration of the Bible

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Contribution Post By Eric Hatfield from The Way? & Is there a God?   Starting point It is best I begin by outlining where I’m coming from. I believe the evidence points to God being the creator and designer of … Continue reading →

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Why the Bible Must Be Inerrant

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Contribution Post by Nathan Owens from Finding Truth I became a Christian just before my 10th birthday, and I was regularly leading our song service, leading prayers, teaching classes, even giving short sermons before I graduated from high school. I … Continue reading →

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