10 Proofs That Will Change How You Think About God

June 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 10 Proofs That Will Change How You Think About God The notion of proof for or against the existence of God has come to be used for a very specific purpose in this day and age: to convince other people that someone called God either does or doesn't exist. But actually that's just about the least of what these so-called proofs have to offer -- whether one believes any such proof really proves anything or not. While writing "God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet," I found that proofs about God through history reveal a lot more than they're given credit for. Like artifacts from a lost time dug up from the ground, these proofs offer glimpses into how people imagined their place in the universe and their chances of knowing anything meaningful about the divine. For some thinkers, a new proof brought on a sudden, emotional fit of ecstasy; for others, it was a long, slow, grueling effort to carve out a new way of conceiving of God. Continue reading... WATCH: A Former Nun's Source Of 'Terrible Shame' Church Leader To Moks: Avoid 'Sinful And Tempting' Internet Activists Rally To Bury The Bodies From Gosnell Abortion Trial Rabbi's Message To Jews: Change Or Die Pope Francis Shuns Papal Holiday To Stay In Vatican Church Of England Drops Opposition To Gay Marriage Bill Know Your Veils: A Guide To Middle Eastern Head Coverings (PHOTOS) Religious Fundamentalism Treated As A Curable Mental Illness? Christian Prophet Says Native American Bloodlines Must Repent Smokin' Hot Wives And Water To The Soul This Native American Wore An Eagle Feather To Her High School Graduation And Was Fined $1000 THE REV. JACQUELINE J. LEWIS, PH.D. Making Love Legal On Sunday at Middle Church, my white husband and I will celebrate Loving Day and the landmark case that gave us the right to marry and live with each other. We will celebrate in hope that the Supreme Court will once again change the story, that it will rule on Prop 8 and DOMA in such a way that all couples have the right to marry in every state in our union. Continue reading... KATHERINE MARSHALL A Fes Aperitif: Searching for Balance On the eve of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, a lunch conversation foreshadowed a feast of sensual experience, wonder at new ideas and underlying challenges in the very different lenses through which different people view the same world. Continue reading... ZACH J. HOAG Rob Bell Answers the Biblical Gay Question After Rob was peppered with questions and challenges regarding his view of culture shift and homosexuality, were his answers sufficiently biblical, or did they simply accomodate the culture? Continue reading... CHRIS STEDMAN A Queer Atheist in the Heart of Mormon Country Atheists are already in the minority in most parts of the country, constituting a small fraction of the religiously unaffiliated in the U.S., but it seemed I was to be an especially odd one out at this event. Or, as my mother once said: "It's kind of hip to be a gay atheist [in Cambridge]. Not so much most everywhere else." Continue reading... ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Huffington This Week: Answered Prayers, Broken Promises This week, Bianca Bosker puts the spotlight on Joel Osteen's efforts to spread God's word through social media, and Ryan J. Reilly looks at the hunger strikes that have brought attention -- if only briefly -- back to Guantanamo, and the fact that President Obama still hasn't honored his pledge to close the prison camp down. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003