UNGODLY ABUSE: JOB, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR GOD Presented at the Pacific Northwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion Walla Walla College, May, 1992 Being faithful is the equivalent of being conquered and raped by divine power. Elizabeth…
LAST JUDGMENT AS SELF-JUDGMENT: KANT, AUTONOMY, AND DIVINE POWER Published in Indian Philosophical Quarterly 28:1 (January, 2001), pp. 15-32. Nicholas F. Gier, Professor Emeritus, University of Idaho ABSTRACT In Religion Within the Limits of…
GOD AND FREEDOM N. F. Gier, Theology Bluebook (University of Idaho, 3rd ed., 1994), chapter 7. The Lord engages the living entity in pious activities so he may be elevated. The Lord engages him in impious activities so…
The doctrine of the Virgin Birth is a slur on natural motherhood. —Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman’s Bible I’ve been studying the world religions for about 55 years, and early on I discovered patterns in the birth stories that I…
“I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create evil. Photo illustration by Ben Olson. I the Lord do all these things.” —Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) “God moves and actuates all in all, thus he moves and acts…
At Tea Party gatherings pocket Constitutions are handed out as eagerly as the Gideons distribute New Testaments on my campus every year. The message is clear: read God’s word and you will be redeemed, or read the Constitution and the…
