The words ‘crucifixion’ and ‘excruciating’ are derived from the Latin crux = cross.
Crucifixion is primarily an extreme method of torture/punishment and is not necessarily synonymous with death. Death normally resulted from crucifixion, but in history there are cases where a crucified man survived on the cross for a few days.
The nails in Jesus’ ‘hands’ were actually driven through his wrists not his ‘palm’. ‘Hand’ in the first century covered the tips of the…

Even trained conservative clergypersons admit having difficulties explaining what our Lord Jesus Christ meant when he said “…I did not come to bring peace, but a sword…” (Mt. 10:34b) in light of Jesus’ ‘lovey-dovey’ general behavior in the New Testament.
No Muslim, even the most moderate or conservative, is in doubt about the meaning of the Holy prophet Muhammad’s statement “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their…

If  you are uncertain or ignorant about your facts as a writer of material purporting to be history then you hedge your bets by using vague terms, skillfully avoiding anything that anyone could double-check and blow your cover. For this reason fairy tales usually begin in an uncertain time and in an unspecified location. No sensible writer of pure fiction bares his flanks by writing what Luke wrote in his Gospel at chapter 1:5 and …

“Now evolution is the substance of fossils hoped for the evidence of links not seen.” (Duane T. Gish)
In yet another radio discussion (Newstalk 93 FM, Jamaica) atheist Lloyd D’Aguilar attempted to defend his position that evolution adequately explains the origins of living things. His chosen analogy is the improvement we observe in human affairs via trial and error.
As I tried to explain, trial and error can indeed lead to improvement when human minds…

Even very educated persons fall prey to repeating ideas/assertions without personally checking their probative value. Two such ideas will occupy our minds here.
False Idea #1 – The Bible says that the earth is about 6000 years old.
It takes only a tiny bit of critical reflection to realize that the Bible could not have said this since the last book in the Old Testament was written about the 5th century B.C. and the last…