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Talking hell, the Bible, biblical violence, and lots more with an atheist apologist
Remember Pinecreek Doug? If you don’t, you can get up to speed at “A street apologist puts me in my […]
apologetics, Bible, debate, dialogue, hell, Pinecreek DougMy Summer Read: A review of Lake of the Ozarks
Bill Geist, Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America (New York: Grand Central, 2019). Everybody needs at least […]
Bill Geist, memoir, reviewA simple way to rate the skepticism of atheists and agnostics
Ask your atheist or agnostic friend to consider the following scenario and then consider at what point she would conclude […]
agnosticism, atheism, doubt, miracle, skepticismTurning the tables on the problem of evil
Today, I had an extended back and forth with atheist video blogger (and actor) Scott Clifton. I wanted to post […]
atheism, greater goods, problem of evil, Scott Clifton, theodicyFour Pitfalls for Apologists Defending Biblical Violence
Over the last decade or so, Christian apologists have directed significant effort in defending morally problematic biblical violence including texts […]
apologetics, biblical violence, moral epistemology, moral skepticismStanding up to bullies is cool
Don’t be a misleading (and thereby dishonest) apologist
This is a topic I’ve addressed before, but it came to mind again this morning. And I should stipulate, the […]
apologetics, deception, dishonestyFlat Earth, Young Earth?
In June, 2019, Answers in Genesis published an article on the irrational machinations of flat-earthers. A critic of young-earth creationism […]
flat-earth, science, theology, young earth creationismIs constructive systematic theology a conceptual failure?
I just wrote a series of tweets complaining about the argument in much current constructive systematic theology. Since I thought […]
doctrine, doctrine of the Trinity, systematic theology, theology