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Is Franklin Graham a bigot or a victim?

February 8, 2020 by Randal

Franklin Graham is scrambling to reschedule venues for his upcoming evangelistic tour of Britain. All the venues he had booked have since canceled because of his stance LGBT people and his view that gay marriage is an abomination. From the perspective of LGBT advocates, Graham’s stance is no different than a person who calls interracial […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bigotry, Franklin Graham, free speech, gay marriage, homosexuality, LGBT

Which Conversations Will You Sponsor?

October 17, 2017 by Randal

In my previous article, “If you don’t debate young earth creationists, are you stifling the debate?” I argued for the general policy of not debating with young earth creationists or giving them a platform. One of my readers, Mark, expressed some reluctance with this policy. The concern was free speech. He wrote: “I am a pretty […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, dialogue, free speech, young earth creationism

Standing up against prejudice … and being called a hypocrite

January 16, 2015 by Randal

In my podcast episode “A Response to Bill Maher on Religion and Free Speech” I criticized Bill Maher for invoking prejudicial attitudes against religion generally and Islam in particular in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack. In the podcast I argued that while Maher purports to be defending free speech, in fact his inflammatory […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, free speech, homosexuality, hypocrisy, morality

59. A Response to Bill Maher on Religion and Free Speech

January 14, 2015 by Randal

In this podcast I offer a response to Bill Maher’s recent incendiary comments against Islam. While Maher attempts to position himself as a defender of the true spirit of liberalism and free speech, I argue that his understanding of free speech is egregiously truncated and produces rhetoric which foments misunderstanding, demonization, and the eroding of […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bill Maher, free speech, Islam, liberalism, Muslim, public square, religious violence

How much freedom would you surrender to live comfortably?

June 25, 2013 by Randal

This is a follow-up to my article “Is Edward Snowden a traitor?” The main critique of Edward Snowden is that NSA surveillance curtails terroristic activity and makes citizens safer. That is, the government monitoring and logging all your communication exchanges with other people makes you safer. And Snowden screwed it all up. Well if this […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: democracy, Edward Snowden, free speech, freedom, whistleblower

Why (most) political advertising should be illegal

March 14, 2012 by Randal

Yesterday Glen Stassen of Fuller Theological Seminary provided the annual Wahl Lectures at Taylor Seminary. Professor Stassen’s father was Harold Stassen, Governor of Minnesota (1939-43), President of the University of Pennsylvania, and perennial candidate for US president. During the Eisenhower administration Stassen worked closely with the president. According to Glen (who shared this anecdote at […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: democracy, free speech, Our Brand is Crisis

Every community has controversies they don’t teach (or even tolerate)

November 10, 2011 by Randal

The Atheist Missionary replied to my post on Mike Licona and academic freedom as follows: “Licona’s experience is precisely why I am so dubious of relying on the opinion of Biblical scholars whose tenure is tied to adhering to the tenets of any particular religion.” Walter then chimed in: “Ditto. This is why I am […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: academic freedom, censorship, free speech

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