My friend David Marshall (author and blogger at Christ the Tao) emailed me this morning to let me know he had just published a new book. David began his email by writing: “Hi, Randal. We don’t seem to often agree on politics, so I thought I’d take advantage of one of those times when I […]
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What we can learn from “Loftus Logic” (or why John Loftus isn’t the Fonz)
The last thing I want to do is get pulled back into an unedifying back-and-forth exchange with John Loftus. However, I can’t help but point out that he is now doubling down on his attack on my character with an exercise in Loftus logic. In his latest blog post he writes the following: “I’ve decided […]
John Loftus bizarrely rants against me on Unbelievable. Sadly, all too believable.
This week Justin Brierley’s popular UK radio show “Unbelievable” featured part 1 of a debate between John Loftus and David Marshall on Marshall’s new book How Jesus Passes the Outsider Test: The Inside Story which provides a critical response to Loftus’s own “Outsider Test for Faith.” (You can listen to the show here.) After some […]
David Marshall takes on John Loftus
In his new book How Jesus Passes the Outsider Test: The Inside Story, philosopher and world citizen David Marshall takes on John Loftus’s much vaunted (by John Loftus) “outsider test for faith”. While I don’t think much of Loftus’s faltering attempt to make an enduring contribution to serious academic discourse, I do think highly of Marshall’s eloquent […]
Responding to Christians who are skeptical that we can know anything about heaven
When I wrote a book on heaven I expected that my atheist readers would be skeptical. Given that atheists believe there is no god and typically believe there is no life after death, it is no surprise that they will be dubious about truth claims pertaining to an afterlife. But Christians are a different story. So […]
Faith Seeking Understanding: A Conversation with David Marshall
About a year ago I received an emailed invitation from David Marshall, theologian, apologist and author of several books including The Truth Behind the New Atheism (Harvest House, 2007) to contribute an essay to an exciting new book he was editing called Faith Seeking Understanding: Essays in Memory of Paul Brand and Ralph D. Winter. It […]
