"It is really, I suggest, a timeless truth about God that human nature, and the human experience of weakness and sleep and ignorance, are somehow included in His whole divine life."

CS Lewis wrote many things from fiction to non-fiction, allegory to fairy-tale, but this section may well be a key to understanding both his own thinking, and the nature of the non-linear God. 

This reading focuses on an often overlooked (by his own instruction) section of MERE CHRISTIANITY about God and Time: SECTION IV.3 “Time And Beyond Time” in MERE CHRISTIANITY – by CS Lewis

"Now, the first thing to notice is that the whole sting of it comes in the words 'at the same moment.' Most of us can imagine God attending to any number of applicants if only they came one by one and He had an endless time to do it in. So what is really at the back of this difficulty is the idea of God having to fit too many things into one moment of time."

 

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Is Harry Potter a Messianic Figure or a devil in disguise? 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (a.k.a. Philosopher's Stone) is a story that exists within a rich transmedia universe derived from the novels by J.K. Rowling. The film was the number one box office seller for 2001 and the book and its sequels were a best-seller for years on end. 

The story is about a boy who discovers he is a wizard and is invited to attend school at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but is that bad or is it a brilliant metaphor for something greater, eternal even? 

The story follows the "hero’s journey" model employed by the main author. Central are the themes of love and redemption, friendship, and overcoming evil. Also, while the first story sets up the franchise setting and conflict for the six additional sequels, it is actually a self-contained story unto itself, completing the first of a series of A-B-C story arcs unto its own.

However, while later sequels do expand the wizarding world in a number of ways, one thing that is never addressed is the ultimate question of the origins of evil and good, namely: Where is God?

 

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Doc answers more common questions from a CROSSmedia perspective. 

How does sin lead to death? 

Why do saved people still die? 

Does God change his mind? 

Why don't "good people" get eternal life too? 

What happens right after we die? 

How do we know God isn't fake? 

What makes all the other religions false? 

Why did God punish people in the Bible?

If Jesus's love is for "all mankind" is everybody saved? 

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Doc takes on some commonly asked questions and answers them from a CROSSmedia perspeective

How do you know God is real? 

What are we "saved" from? 

Why should God care about my life? 

How did Satan become Sinful? 

Why did God allow sin in the first place? 

Why doesn't God intervene in government? 

How can God be Jealous and also be Love? 

Is God a force like Gravity? 

If God knows, is it really free will? 

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Imojis are a symptom like "1984" Newspeak, and that is doubleplusungood! 

Group identity and belonging is taking over. The culture is shifting to group-think... about society, about government, about sex, and about religion. 

Could the solution be simply actually thinking and speaking as an individual - as the postmodern CLAIMS they want? 

Links: 

https://nypost.com/2015/10/14/emojis-are-ruining-civilization/

https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/emojis-and-the-law

 

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God Mode Activated! (Or... Everything I Need to Know about Religion I learned from Games!)

In 2016 I spoke to the UT Dallas "Reasonable Faith" (http://www.originsdiscussion.info/) group about God and video games, calling it "God Mode Activated!"

Here, for your enjoyment is the SECOND half of that talk.

God Mode Activated! (Or... Everything I Need to Know about Religion I learned from Games!)

In 2016 I spoke to the UT Dallas "Reasonable Faith" (http://www.originsdiscussion.info/) group about God and video games, calling it "God Mode Activated!"

Here, for your enjoyment is the first half of that talk.

What if the word "infinite" is too limiting for God?

Infinity is an abstract concept that doesn't really exist except to help us do math and philosophy. Yet we use this word for God all the time.

Genesis 1:1 says that "In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth." - Imagine for a moment if that was the only verse we had. We'd still know quite a lot about God!

Thanks for visiting! This is the "meta" episode all about me and the CMA Podcast - a show about the cross-section of Biblical theology, theistic faith, Christian apologetics, and (post)modern culture. As for me, I’m "Doc" Brackin, a scholar, philosopher, Christian apologist, Game Designer, Full-time dad. 

More on all this in this episode and more to come soon. Thanks for listening!