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Four (or more) Steps to Making Sense of Biblical Violence
I was recently asked on Twitter how I deal with the problem of biblical violence, that is, the problem of […]
Bible, biblical violence, ethics, hermeneutics, violenceCultic Atheistic Indoctrination in a Meme
Observe carefully, this is what cultic indoctrination looks like: https://t.co/bQZRZ9Vz1w — Tentative Apologist (@RandalRauser) July 12, 2019 Sometimes, benighted folk […]
atheism, indoctrination, secularismOn being friends with people who don’t believe Jesus is the messiah
A few weeks ago, Christianity Today published an article by Michael Licona titled, “I Befriended Bart Ehrman by Debating Him.” In the […]
debate, friendship, Michael LiconaWhy They’re Catholic: A Review of Trent Horn, Why We’re Catholic
Trent Horn, Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love (Catholic Answers, 2017). In his 2017 book Why We’re […]
apologetics, book review, Catholic apologetics, Catholicism, review, Trent HornReasonable Belief, Reasonable Doubt, and the Resurrection of Jesus
Two days ago, I posted two Twitter surveys directed at two different groups and asking a similar question about an […]
historiography, history, rationality, resurrectionIs Christianity falsifiable? Does it matter if it isn’t?
There is this all-too-common assumption among skeptics of religion that Christianity must somehow be “falsifiable” in order to be a […]
apologetics, falsification, rationality, worldviewDo I have an anything goes epistemology? A response to my critic
A long-time commenter at my blog, Jeff Kesterson, asked me to take a look at his 2018 article “An Overview […]
apologetics, defeaters, epistemology, Jeff Kesterson, moderate foundationalism, Reformed epistemology“There is insufficient evidence to warrant belief.” Eh?
This morning, I noticed an exchange between Angry Grasshopper and Ron H. on my blog regarding the nature of evidence […]
belief, epistemology, evidence, justification, rationality, warrantOff the Rails: Debriefing my Misunderstanding with Paul Franks
I had an interesting exchange with Paul Franks this morning, but alas it eventually ended up going off the rails. […]
child separation, debate, dialogue, ethics, Paul Franks, public square