According to Genesis 1, God created humans in His image, which means He created them with free will. To be free, means to be free to do either good or evil. As well as this, Christians feel evil ...

Thus, a world without challenges or the capacity for suffering might lack the very conditions needed for humans to grow morally and spiritually. Leibniz's Free Will and the Greater Good Gottfried ...

Finally, we know that God is personal. It can be likewise argued that the qualities that make humans personal and conscience are what place us above other created things such as plants and animals.

The Sumerian creation myth presents symbolic layers and interpretations that go beyond the literal narrative, involving ...

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 ...

God created the genes that tell a flower to bloom ... points to a spiritual influence that holds our civilization together and gives humans a moral responsibility for the care of the planet.