If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at once? A: The short answer: Because that’s how he decided to do it!

When we speak of Creation, it seems that we need to be aware of what might be called a hierarchy of creative value. At the top of the hierarchy is the Creator himself; then there is creation, which is ...

Explore how God's design influences culture, biology, energy, economics, justice, and life amid modern ideological conflicts.

Reviewing Telmo Pievani’s book “Imperfection” (Oct. 26), David Barash agrees that human beings are “marvels of unintelligent design,” adding that we are “shot through with deficiencies that wouldn’t ...

Recently, my teenage son had a friend ask him, “How do you know God exists?” That's a big question. My observation is that many people of every age and stage of life, either publicly or privately, ...

Many religious types are staunch supporters of the thought that God created humans. They argue that everything created has a beginning, and God is that beginning, the cause of everything that exists.

When the infinite decides to create the finite, something remarkable happens: a spark of consciousness is born, capable of awareness and of uncertainty. In that act of creation, the absolute allows a ...

The pope Oct. 9 told the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon that he was disappointed to see a newspaper evoke the Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro to describe the synod's Oct. 7 opening prayer ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Dear Pastor, If God is omnipotent (all-powerful), why did he take six days to create everything? Why not speak everything into existence all at ...