This week I’m trying something different. Instead of picking Friday’s topic myself, I’m handing the decision to you.
What would we expect a perfect God to look like, and does the God of Abraham satisfy those criteria?
New technology built into tools like Microsoft Word now refuses to work on your document when it dislikes the content on political, religious, or moral grounds. That's the kind of software behavior we'd expect out of North Korea or Iran if they had it. What makes the West different?
Drawing a border around what can be said, then enforcing it by silencing and punishing whoever crosses it, is the oldest move in religious zealotry, and it’s worth asking whether modern-day progressivism behaves too much like it.
Documentaries like Zeitgeist got a generation asking the right questions using claims that fall apart the moment you check them, which raises the question of how much we verify before we pass something on.
Does believing in a God who judges produce people who spend their lives judging each other in his name?
Voting closes Tuesday night, and the winner runs Friday, with the rest queued for the Fridays after that. If the one you want isn't here, tell me in the comments.
Best,
—Tanner