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Does God Nap?
I once watched a television show about the Holocaust involving a panel discussion of three people, one of whom was an elderly Jewish rabbi. When the moderator asked him the question, âHow do you reconcile the notion of a loving God with something as horrible as the holocaust?â the rabbi responded, âGod was napping.â I donât claim to know the mind of God, but I do think I can say with some certainty that God doesnât take naps. If he did the entire universe would di
December 20, 2007
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Did You Inherit Your Religion?
One Saturday morning I was sipping my coffee and reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang. This was an unusual occurrence as we lived in a somewhat isolated log cabin in the mountains outside Denver. At the door stood two attractive college-age girls who wanted to talk to me about becoming a Jehovah’s Witness. nNormally I would politely say, “No thanks” and return to my paper, but that morning I decided to engage with them. After hearing their initial pi
December 3, 2007
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Did You Inherit Your Religion
One Saturday morning I was sipping my coffee and reading the newspaper when the doorbell rang. This was an unusual occurrence as we lived in a somewhat isolated log cabin in the mountains outside Denver. At the door stood two attractive college-age girls who wanted to talk to me about becoming a Jehovahâs Witness.nn Normally I would politely say, âNo thanksâ and return to my paper, but that morning I decided to engage with them. After hearing their initial pitch, I aske
October 14, 2005