![Would It Have Been Better If God Had Not Created Us?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Blog-2-cover-1080x675.jpg)
![Would It Have Been Better If God Had Not Created Us?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Blog-2-cover-1080x675.jpg)
By Al Serrato There has always been evil and suffering in the world, and how to make sense of it is a principal object of Christian apologetics. Often, the argument is made that God gave us free will, and as a result, people have the liberty to choose to do evil. But...
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![Can A Perfect Being Create the Imperfect?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Blog-1-cover_-1080x675.jpg)
Can A Perfect Being Create the Imperfect?
By Al Serrato A common challenge raised by atheists is to point out the brokenness of the world and to use it as evidence that there cannot be a God. Your God is perfect, they reason, so why did he create such an imperfect place as this? They point to the natural...
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![A Reflection on Giving Thanks](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Espanol-cover-blog-1080x675.jpg)
A Reflection on Giving Thanks
By Al Serrato Several years ago, I had the privilege of meeting a World War II fighter pilot. Then in his late 80’s, in 1944 he took part in a key battle of the war in the Pacific, a last-ditch effort by the Japanese to repel the American reoccupation of the...
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![Escaping to Pandora](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog-2-cover-1080x675.jpg)
Escaping to Pandora
By Al Serrato The Oscar-winning blockbuster Avatar is back in theaters in anticipation of the release of a sequel, once again wowing audiences with its 3D special effects. The plot, an allegory about the evils of corporate greed, thrusts a paraplegic space marine –...
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![Is a Perfect Being Possible?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/blog1-1080x675.jpg)
Is a Perfect Being Possible?
By Al Serrato Many atheists claim that the God described in the Bible is not possible. They raise philosophical challenges meant to show that inherent in the very nature of God are contradictions which make belief in him foolish. One such challenge I encountered went...
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