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What Does It Mean to be a Tentative Apologist?
It was the summer of 1996 and I was taking my first course in graduate school. The course was taught […]
apologetics, epistemic humility, Tentative ApologistAntinatalism: A Rebuttal
This week’s edition of “Unbelievable” features a debate/dialogue on antinatalism between anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar and Christian philosopher Bruce Blackshaw. […]
antinatalism, Justin Brierley, UnbelievableThe extraordinary claim that Christianity is irrational
This happens a lot: atheists online tell me that my beliefs are “absurd” or (only slightly more charitably) that I’m […]
Christianity, epistemology, irrationality, rationality, Steven TigerBe Right Back: On the ethics of using technology to recreate the deceased for the grieving
My wife recently pointed me to this video clip on YouTube — an excerpt from a full-length Korean documentary — […]
ethics, grief, technology, virtual realityWould it be deceptive if God created a young world with apparent age?
The nineteenth-century naturalist and conservative Christian Philip Gosse infamously attempted to reconcile the apparent great age of the earth with […]
apparent age, Philip Gosse, young earth creationismIf Nobody Else Remembered The Beatles, Would You Think You Were Delusional?
A Look at Sam Harris and His Atheist Indoctrination
One of my favorite examples of atheist indoctrination comes from Sam Harris (Letter to a Christian Nation, (2006), 51). He begins: […]
atheism, indoctrination, new atheism, Sam HarrisThe Top Three Problems with William Lane Craig’s Apologetic
William Lane Craig is widely considered to be the leading Christian apologist in the world and for good reason. The […]
apologetics, evangelicalism, William Lane CraigChristopher Hitchens’ Deepity
A few years ago, I wrote an article criticizing Christopher Hitchens’ Razor. This morning, I found myself tweeting about the […]
Christopher Hitchens, deepity, Hitchens's Razor