Many religious types are staunch supporters of the thought that God created humans. They argue that everything created has a beginning, and God is that beginning, the cause of everything that exists.

Religious types will try to protect God, saying God is good; and if we humans suffer, it is primarily the outcome of our wrong choices. God wishes us to experience joy and not misery. God is perfect ...

The biblical concept of imago Dei sets the Judeo-Christian narrative apart from other ancient origin stories. Recently, there have been discussions about the core identity of humankind—whether we are ...

In the past four decades, American views on the origins of human life have significantly shifted, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey, conducted from May 1-23, shows that fewer Americans now ...

The percentage of adults who believe God played a role in creating the first humans reached a 40-year low in Gallup polling released Monday. Among those responding to the polling company’s latest ...

The Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, was this last weekend. This year, I felt its cleansing power palpably. My reacquaintance with the power of Yom Kippur came decades ago. I see it as part of the ...

Almost 40% of Americans admit that they do not believe in evolution and instead believe that human beings were created by God, according to a recent survey. A Suffolk University/USA Today poll ...

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Since the beginning of time, humanity has looked upward in search of the divine to stars, skies, thunder, and silence. Across cultures, myths tell of gods who watch over mortals from realms beyond, ...

When the infinite decides to create the finite, something remarkable happens: a spark of consciousness is born, capable of awareness and of uncertainty. In that act of creation, the absolute allows a ...

No matter what the negative naysayers declare about the absence of the love of God, do not allow these dark imaginations to be absorbed into your conscience. Let us accept the fact that after God ...