John Lee Wagas
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Often, as I walk through the halls of my university’s Humanities building to get to class, I often pass by a study room containing, among other things, a bookcase with a piece of paper taped to one of its glass doors with two words printed on it: free books. If there’s anything I love more…
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Omnipotent. Omniscient. Omnipresent. These omnis are terms used to articulate the attributes of God. While these may serve as means of better understanding God and fostering a deeper relationship with Godself to some, I find myself often feeling alienated and distant from the divine because of these terms. Related terms such as immutable and aren’t…
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It’s almost a rite of passage for every Skyrim player to kill a chicken in Riverwood—the small, inconspicuous village located along a river within a forest (hence the name). However, with such a senseless violent act as killing an innocent chicken comes violent consequences. Whatever guards and residents are present nearby will begin to chase…
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With religion often comes dogmatism—the meticulous formulation, codification, and propagation of particular beliefs to the degree that rigid adherence to such doctrines is explicitly ordered by the religion’s leadership and structure. However, to strictly define particular beliefs is to limit peoples’ approaches to them; those who adhere rigidly to doctrines can be considered company-line or…
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For much of Christianity’s history, G-d has been characterized as being totally other, completely distant, a non-being, utterly transcendent, and beyond human understanding. This view of G-d has been supported and developed by countless theologians throughout history, from Augustine of Hippo to Thomas Aquinas to Joseph Ratzinger. Related to this understanding of G-d is the…
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