Dystheism vs. Theodicy
By Aaron Lord
The problem of evil, or, "Why does God allow bad things to happen?"
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New blog home
By Aaron LordI've migrated my blog from mustfollow.wordpress.com to mustfollow.blog, and then off of Automattic's Wordpress.com entirely to self-hosted, now at blog.lorddev.com. I've changed the theme as my previous one was quite outdated. But the Tolkien quote doesn't really fit anymore, so I need to think of a new blog title. [Read More] -
Defending Democracy from Christian Nationalists
By Aaron Lord
The Baptists had insisted that the way Jesus made disciples was by teaching and persuasion, not by coercion. They held that the government has no competence in religion, and when it seeks to enforce faith it creates wars of religion and hypocrites who claim a faith they do not actually... [Read More] -
Music for fun vs. music for religion
By Aaron Lord
In my youth I exhibited an acumen for music and was told by my parents that I was to do it all "to the glory of God" (1 Cor. 10:31). Though I studied classical music I was sort of sending energy to the Most High while I played it. My... [Read More] -
The Odyssey of Theodicy
By Aaron LordTheodicy is the attempt to vindicate God when we see so much evil in the world. During the first phase of my deconstruction, my own theodocious issues weren't quite the same as others. For me, the problem of evil was addressed with by Calvinism and the doctrine of Original Sin.... [Read More] -
Faith and depression
By Aaron Lord“The joy of the Lord.” I’ve never felt it. [Read More] -
Put another way…
By Aaron LordI think I first noticed something was wrong with our religion when I saw an episode of 60 Minutes about the remnants of the Branch Davidians in Waco. Yes, they’re still there. In the video, the new leader’s daughter was playing a Taylor and singing a Tim Hughes song. After... [Read More] -
How Reformed Theology taught me to be a Freethinker
By Aaron LordAll truth is God's truth. —Augustine A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. —David Hume [Read More] -
A Chronology of Deconstruction
By Aaron LordSome of these events have been addressed in previous blogs, such as my drift towards a mainline liberal church. I thought that was a destination, but “The road goes ever on and on, whither then I cannot say…” [Read More] -
The morning after the Dec. 6 storm
By Aaron Lord