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Hector Avalos

The Edsel of Christianity?

August 17, 2011 by Randal

I have now completed Part II of The End of Christianity, a section which aimed through the essays of Hector Avalos, Jaco Gericke and Valerie Tarico, to establish on biblical grounds why Christianity needs to end. At this point I’d like to take a look back at the section by identifying a set of assumptions […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Bible, biblical studies, Christianity, Hector Avalos, inspiration, Jaco Gericke, John W. Loftus, justification, revelation, The End of Christianity, theism, Valerie Tarico

The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 5)

August 15, 2011 by Randal

In the fourth chapter of The End of Christianity Hector Avalos promises to explain “Why Biblical Studies Must End.” I’ll engage with the essay in three steps: first, a quick reading of what I take to be the main take-home point; second, an observation on how the essay found itself in the wrong place at the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical studies, Hector Avalos, The End of Christianity

On wanting Christianity to End

July 23, 2011 by Randal

Just because your blog has a reader doesn’t mean it has a fan. I learned that one a long time ago. Case in point, one of my readers named Grady has attacked my defense of my blurb for Loftus’ The End of Christianity, and he’s done so with spit and vinegar. While I already responded to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Hector Avalos, John W. Loftus, The End of Christianity

Hector Avalos puts Yahweh in the dock (or tries to)

November 16, 2010 by Randal

Hector Avalos, “Yahweh is a Moral Monster,” The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails, ed. John Loftus (Amherst: Prometheus, 2010), 209-236. At long last we continue our ongoing, meandering, waxing and wandering review of The Christian Delusion with a quick review of Hector Avalos’ essay “Yahweh is a Moral Monster.” I don’t have too much to say about […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Hebrew Scriptures, Hector Avalos, Old Testament, The Christian Delusion, Yahweh

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