Month: October 2016
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The Argument for Atheism from Immaturity
Some atheists seem to think that simply pronouncing anything non-material to be childish is refutation of the non-material (this would, apparently, include their own thoughts). Now, since I qualified the statement with “Some” and “seem” it may not be a good idea to comment, “I do not…” since I reference those who do. An anecdote…
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In Pretence of Rational Thought
Marcus, of the blog What Had Happen′ Was….., got himself involved in bit of a polemical fracas. Unfortunately his opponent was very successful. Indeed, his opponent, who’s pseudonym is Beechbum, succeeded in alerting us as to how not to argue, provided us a virtual list of atheist talking points, and thus, succeeded in discrediting himself…
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The God I Don’t Understand: Reflection on Tough Questions of Faith
Christianity ————- Atheism ————- World Religions and Cults ————- Science ————- Movies & TV Shows ————- Fringe-ology (Transhumanism, Aliens/UFOs, Occult, Conspiracies) ————- Misc. and Resources (Nazis, Communism, Crusades, Morality / Ethics, Abortion, Rape, Homosexuality / Trans, Audio, Books, Debates, Videos, etc.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Prove “god”
A seemingly rather picante atheist has asked theists to Prove “god”. I am afraid that my first reaction is that the challenge in question should not have been worded Prove “god” but “Prove” god as for all of his demanding he does not define what he would consider proof. This is his challenge: I saw…
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Bart Ehrman’s Problem, part 2
We now continue and conclude considering the Greer-Heard Forum of 2008 AD as we focus on the participation of Dan Wallace (Dallas Theological Seminary) and Bart Ehrman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) as I glean from the reports of the forum written by Ed Komoszewski from the theology blog Parchment and Pen; part…
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Truthbomb Apologetics is Da Bomb – Free Ebooks
Following on providing the free online text of Alvin Plantinga’s Warranted Christian Belief I thought to make the interested reader privy to Truthbomb Apologetics’ provision of links to various free ebooks on various topics. These include: Mike Licona, What to Say to Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses when they Knock on your Door Ron Rhodes, Challenge…
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Accurately Quoting Bart Ehrman, part 2
We now continue considering the legend of Bart the gnostic hero Ehrman as he attempts to discredit the Bible and Christianity. Let us consider an example of Ehrmanian logic: Bart Ehrman provides an example of just how difficult it is to discern the true, real and originally intended meaning of a text, if not what…
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Norman L. Geisler (Norm Geisler) Book, “I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist,” et al.
Dr. Norman Geisler is president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Wheaton College, a Th.D. from William Tyndale College, and a Ph.D. from Loyola University in Chicago. He co-authored I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist along with Frank Turek (of Cross Examined).…
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The Dawk Pieper Was at it Again
For some reason old news is new news when Richard Dawkins continues to insist that he knows how to raise your child better than you. Ian Dunt reports the latest in “Dawkins: Faith schools are child abuse,” Politics.CO.UK, 22, Sep 2009. I could not help but note two objections to the article by commentators, Why…
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Interesting Facts the American Humanist Association (AHA) Might Not Know, part 2 of 4
The American Humanists Association is one of the groups that collected donated money to fund self-serving ad campaigns instead of helping people in need during a time of worldwide recession. The 2008 AD ads read “Why believe in God? Be good for goodness’ sake” the 2009 AD ads read the same with the addition of…