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The Problem of Evil: My Friendly Debate with Alex Malpass

January 7, 2021 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alex Malpass, atheism, debate, problem of evil, theism, theodicy

Is the Christian God Worthy of Worship?

December 10, 2020 by Randal

I will be debating Dan Barker right before Christmas on the topic “Is the Christian God Worthy of Worship?” Barker’s recent book God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction will undoubtedly be a big part of the discussion. 

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, biblical ethics, biblical hermeneutics, Dan Barker, debate, new atheism

Debating the Resurrection of Jesus with the Godless Engineer

August 26, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, Godless Engineer, historical Jesus, resurrection

Who is Irrational? Some Quick Observations on the Rauser-Smalley Debate

August 18, 2020 by Randal

I’m not going to comment on the entire debate. Instead, I will limit my comments to the historical resurrection of Jesus and related issues. In my debate on the rationality of Christian belief, David C. Smalley asked for historical evidence that Jesus rose from the dead. I provided evidence. I noted that there is no […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, David C. Smalley, debate, epistemology, rationality

My Debate with David Smalley on the Rationality of Christianity

August 18, 2020 by Randal

Today, I appeared on Modern Day Debate to debate David Smalley on whether a person can be rational to accept Christian belief:

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christianity, David Smalley, debate, epistemology, Modern Day Debate, rationality

Don’t Miss This Debate on Theological Method

July 18, 2020 by Randal

Yesterday, Samuel Nesan of Explain Apologetics hosted a debate on apologetic method between James White, Richard Howe, Jonathan McLatchie, and myself. It was a vigorous and spirited exchange as well as being almost three hours (!). And wait for the part when James White goes at me in cross-examination.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetic method, debate, James White, Jonathan McLatchie, Richard Howe

Debating Against God’s Existence: The Devil’s in the Details

July 14, 2020 by Randal

A couple of months ago, Joe Schmid of the Majesty of Reason blog and YouTube channel invited me to participate in a devil’s advocate debate in which I defend atheism and Joe, an agnostic, defends theism. After some twists and turns, it ended up that the debate was hosted by Cameron Bertuzzi of “Capturing Christianity”. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, debate, devil's advocate, Joe Schmid, theism

Is the Christian God an All-Good and Loving God? A Debate

July 11, 2020 by Randal

This evening, I participated in a debate with atheist Floyd FP on the “Cognitive Distortion” YouTube channel on the topic Is the Christian God an All-Good and Loving God? It was a vigorous and wide-ranging discussion and of course, it comes highly recommended!

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, biblical violence, debate, hermeneutics, problem of evil

Is Jesus Human and Not Divine? A Review

July 8, 2020 by Randal

Dale Tuggy and Christopher M. Date, Is Jesus Human and Not Divine? A Debate. Essential Christian Debates. Apollo, PA: Areopagus, 2020. As the old joke goes, after the Sunday school teacher asks, “Okay children, who left the cap off the glue?” the answer comes back in unison: “Jesus!” You get it, right? Jesus is always the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Chris Date, christology, Dale Tuggy, debate, incarnation, review, theology

Randal And Samuel Nesan Debrief Our Debate With Tom Jump and Matt Dillahunty

June 18, 2020 by Randal

I recently participated in a tag-team debate on the rationality of theism. I was glad to be invited to participate with Samuel Nesan on the side of light and truth. 🙂 Meanwhile, Tom Jump and Matt Dillahunty were defending … the other side. You can watch the debate here. After the debate, Sam and I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, debate, debate review, Matt Dillahunty, Samuel Nesan, Tom Jump

If you’re a theist, how would you defend atheism? If you’re an atheist, how would you defend theism?

June 14, 2020 by Randal

That’s the principle behind the devil’s advocate debate I participated in on Saturday, June 13: if you’re a theist, how would you defend atheism? If you’re an atheist, how would you defend theism? In this debate, I defended atheism and Ben Watkins of Real Atheology defended theism. You can be the judge.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Ben Watkins, debate, devil's advocate, Dry Apologist, Real Atheology

Why I Don’t Talk About the Sensus Divinitatis When I Talk About Belief in God

June 7, 2020 by Randal

Alvin Plantinga famously appeals to the existence of a sensus divinitatis, a “sense of the divine”, as the cognitive faculty by which one can form justified and rational belief in God apart from evidence. In this video, I explain why I prefer to argue for properly basic belief in God by way of the more […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alvin Plantinga, apologetics, debate, epistemology, foundationalism, sensus divinitatis

Are there sufficient reasons to believe in God? A Debate

June 6, 2020 by Randal

Today, I appeared in a debate on the rationality of theism on the popular YouTube channel Modern Day Debate paired up with Sam Nes against Matt Dillahunty and Tom Jump. Check it out:

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, epistemology, Matt Dillahunty, Modern Day Debate, rationality, theism, Tom Jump

Are young earth creationists the most faithful Bible readers?

October 12, 2019 by Randal

This is the question I debated with David Johnson of the Skeptics and Seekers Podcast. Johnson, an atheist, argued that young-earth creationists are most faithful to the biblical text. I argued quite to the contrary. Which of us is correct? You can find out by reading our two articles and listening to the podcast. It […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, podcast, young earth creationism

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