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How Strident Pro-life Christians Harm Human Fetuses

December 3, 2021 By Randal

I became an avid supporter of the pro-life movement back in the mid-1980s. At the time, I was an enthusiastic supporter of pro-life groups like Last Days Ministries. And in high school, I proudly wore an Operation Rescue t-shirt to school. Then I went on to university where I completed a BA followed by an […]

Is Jesus Loves Canaanites Guilty of Motivated Reasoning?

December 1, 2021 By Randal

Over the last several months, I have often encountered the claim that my book Jesus Loves Canaanites is guilty of motivated reasoning. That’s a deeply misguided claim as I will explain in this article. Let’s start with a definition. Motivated reasoning involves the process of seeking arguments or evidence to achieve a desired outcome rather than allowing […]

How Christians Read Biblical Violence with Confirmation Bias

December 1, 2021 By Randal

In this video, I explain how Christian reading of divine violence in the biblical text is often distorted by confirmation bias to defend particular theological assumptions about God. ?

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