Religious Thought for the 21st Century

  In the above table we have a line of the progress of history according to the biblical texts from the time of Adam to the time Joseph went into Egypt. The numbers below each section represent the numbers of years that passed between the times of each person or specific events. For instance, the first number 1600 represents the time that passed from Adam to Noah, the next number, 400, represents the 400 years from Noah to Abraham. The time slots for Jacob are subdivided into three periods. the first 40 represent the number of years from birth until Jacob went into Haran, the 21 years he spent there follows, and then the final 40 years after he reconciles with Esau until his son Joseph becomes a leader in Egypt. If we look at the next two time periods we find that the number of years follow the same patter though multiplied by 100. This occurs because now we are dealing not with the work of just some individuals and their families but with the entire Israelite people and thei

Is There a Movement in History Towards a Better World? We live in a world filled with conflicts, disease, family problems such as divorce and child abuse, and a list of such serious problems that any sensible person should ask himself whether history has any divine intervention, much less any direction at all.   People of faith assert that God has intervened in history in the past and continues to guide history behind the scenes. To proof this the most they can do is point to the stories written thousands of years ago in religious texts such as the Bible. That argument can only be accepted by the faithful and not by people who rely on more scientific means of verification.  Is there any type of proof that can indicate that history is moving towards the realization of some ideal world in the future? Can we find evidence in the books of the Bible that the Creator of the Universe is not some type of deist god who created us and left us to deal with our own problems? Is