Author: Larry Sanger
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“Why we are the pure, primitive Church”
Many partisans defend their particular Christian denominations by constructing arguments that have the conclusion, “This is the purest form of Christianity.” Look and see if I am not correct. Here, then, is a brief summary of how the various denominations think of their own claims to being the pure, primitive Church. Our denomination… …is the…
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On the cybersecurity subcommittee’s Wikipedia investigation
Congress is now investigating Wikipedia. More precisely, according to a letter dated August 27, 2025 and sent by Rep James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, Maryana Iskander, the cybersecurity subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has launched an investigation into Wikipedia. Having recently…
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Why the ACNA
Here is why I am joining the traditional Anglicans. I announced last week that I am seeking to be confirmed in early September in the Anglican Church in North America. I have begun attending St. Augustine’s Anglican Church in Westerville, Ohio, which worships according to the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. I sang old hymns,…
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The Denominational Distinctives III: Further High Church Distinctives
This essay is part of a series: The Denominational Distinctives Part ICatholic, Orthodox, & Protestant Part IIThe High Church Distinctives Part IIIFurther High Church Distinctives In Part I, I discussed those questions that distinguished Catholicism and Orthodoxy, on the one hand, from all of Protestantism, on the other. In Part II, I began to discuss…
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On W. L. Craig on whether God can learn
A friend of mine has pressed me to respond to William Lane Craig’s defense of Molinism, so here is a small contribution. Recently, I found an occasion to do so. Craig’s X.com team posted this video, a snippet of a longer interview; click and watch it, it’s only 94 seconds. Craig is being provocative, and…
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The Denominational Distinctives II: The High Church Distinctives
This essay is part of a series: The Denominational Distinctives Part ICatholic, Orthodox, & Protestant Part IIThe High Church Distinctives Part IIIFurther High Church Distinctives This is the second set of questions and answers about the distinctive doctrines of the Christian denominations. My aim in this series is to help me to decide on my…
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Zobot: A Third Kind of Self-Sustaining Being
Philosophy and theology posit two kinds of self-sustaining beings: God, who is eternally self-sustaining, depending on nothing outside himself for his being; and living beings or organisms, consisting of many interoperative systems that function to sustain the whole, and which give rise to rough copies of themselves. Advances in robotics and AI now make feasible…
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The Denominational Distinctives I: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant
This essay is part of a series: The Denominational Distinctives Part ICatholic, Orthodox, & Protestant Part IIThe High Church Distinctives Part IIIFurther High Church Distinctives In a previous post on LarrySanger.org, I listed some “questions that distinguish the denominations.” More precisely, I attempted to list, tentatively, questions that, taken together, are minimally adequate to distinguish…
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Does God expect the impossible of us?
A student asked some advice, so I replied. The question and the answer are both very general, so in case this helps anyone: Why does the Christian conception of God impose divine standards of morality upon humanity, given our inherent fallibility? Furthermore, considering the theological premise that all individuals have sinned, how can one reconcile…
