GUIDED INVESTIGATIONS

Follow a question all the way through.

Not a library of disconnected content: each path identifies the claims, weighs the evidence, compares models, and records what remains open.

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Human Origins & Adam

What does human evolution show, and what questions about Adam and God’s image are still open?

Look at DNA, fossils, history, and theology one step at a time before comparing different views.

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Death, the Fall & Atonement

If animals died before humans existed, what could that mean for the Fall?

Look at what “death” can mean in the Bible and theology without forcing one answer onto the science.

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Divine Hiddenness

Why might a loving God seem hidden, even to people who honestly look for God?

Look at the strongest reasons for this problem, the main replies, and the difference between honest doubt and refusing to believe.

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The Cosmos: Origin, Beginning & Meaning

Did the universe have a beginning, and what might that mean about why it exists?

Keep separate what science says about the early universe and what philosophy or theology says about cause, time, and creation.

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The Problem of Evil

How can belief in a good and powerful God fit with so much suffering and evil?

Ask whether God and evil can both exist, then compare the main Christian and skeptical answers.

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Animal Suffering Before Adam & the Fall

What does it mean if animals felt pain, hunted, got sick, and died before Adam and the Fall?

Look at animal suffering before humans and ask what it means for views that say the Fall caused all suffering.

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Stoicism: Meaning Without a Transcendent Personal God

Can reason, good character, and living with nature give people a good life without belief in a personal God?

Look at Stoicism as a full way of seeing life, not just a set of coping tips, and test both what helps and what it says is true.

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Deism: Creator Without Classical Providence

Can reason point to a creator without proving miracles, revelation, or that God acts in our lives?

Look at Deism as belief in a creator, then ask what extra evidence is needed for a personal God who speaks and acts.

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Consciousness, Personhood, and the Image of God

Can biology alone explain our minds and personhood, and what do ancient human groups mean for the idea of God’s image?

Bring together brain science, ancient human evidence, philosophy, and theology. Ask what tools, fire, planning, care, and symbols can tell us about minds, personhood, and God’s image.

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