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Right, there are all sorts of examples one might pose that still seem to make God callous towards suffering. However, in an aspect monism ontology it is actually God who is doing the suffering in an aspect of God that we call us. And God in that burning man's aspect might not even know about its...

I have a problem with explicit revelation in general. Does this mean that God tweaked neurons, dendrites, neurotransmitters, etc. to get the text just right? Doesn't sound reasonable to me.

I've never found the free will theodicy satisfactory. It doesn't account for the nonhuman related "evil" that we see, like tsunamis or children dying of cholera, etc. Having said that, I am of the opinion that God created "the best of all possible worlds" to use Leibniz's phrase. Let me...

The pendulum certainly swings. There is a cycle to things. Trends come and go. The question is if there is a shift in the center of the pendulum swing. So, is there anything unique about this era that might make a suggestion? I think there is something unique about this period -- rapid change...

Well, something appears to be is going on, at least in Christianity. According to the Pew research, participation in Christianity in the United States has declined 7.8% from 2007 to 2014. The percentage of evangelicals has decreased the least. Reasons for that decline are probably complex...

Yes, some people claim to speak for the divine. You hear this a lot from those who become cult leaders in particular. Other's may be more subtle. Claiming that what they say comes from some revealed source. And still other's may not claim their own divine inspiration but their followers claim...

Sorry but I don't understand your metaphor "see you climbing the ladder on the high dive".

One place to start would be to ask why the ancient religions were formulated the way they were? Why did Siddhartha go the direction he did with his philosophy. Why did Abrahamic thought end up like it did? Or Lao-Tzu? Etc. This asks a basic question about how religious thought is formulated...