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Arguing with Jesus? Calling Out Evangelical Hypocrisy on Gay Marriage

April 22, 2023 by Randal

The other day, I posted a tweet critiquing Frank Turek. I thought the gist of the critique was rather obvious. Tom Gilson did not think so, apparently, and so he posted a perplexed response asking what I was trying to do and whether I was just being “sarcastic.” What are you arguing for here, Randal? Obviously […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, Frank Turek, gay marriage, homosexuality, hypocrisy

The Awfulness of Franklin Graham in a Single Tweet

December 12, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Donald Trump, evangelicalism, Franklin Graham, hypocrisy

Is Michael Brown a Bigoted Homophobe? You Decide.

February 12, 2020 by Randal

Michael Brown has responded to my subtly-titled article “If Hypocrisy were an Olympic Sport, Evangelicals would get the Gold” in which I argue that his support for Donald Trump coupled with his moral censure of Pete Buttigieg exhibits hypocrisy and provides evidence that he is bigoted and homophobic. Brown begins by quoting his tweet that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Donald Trump, evangelicalism, hypocrisy, Michael Brown, Pete Buttigieg

Bill Maher and the Hypocrisy of Fat-Shaming

September 13, 2019 by Randal

Last Friday, Bill Maher’s show Real Time with Bill Maher featured a segment in which he pointed out that being overweight carries many health risks and he offered as a solution a return to publicly shaming people: I watched the segment. And as is often the case on his show, Maher included some decent bits of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bill Maher, fat-shaming, hypocrisy, James Corden

Prayer, Hypocrisy, and Hospitality: A Response to Stephanie Borowicz

March 31, 2019 by Randal

This week, the first Muslim woman ever was sworn into the Pennsylvania State Legislature. The Christian politician who prayed to open the session, Stephanie Borowicz, made a point of using the name “Jesus” no less than 13 times in her prayer. (To make matters worse, Borowicz’s prayer was a rambling mess of theological confusion which […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: hospitality, hypocrisy, prayer

Strawmen, the Golden Rule, and Apologetic Hypocrisy

June 13, 2018 by Randal

A couple months ago I was sent a copy of Josh and Sean McDowell’s new edition of Evidence that Demands a Verdict. It’s a mammoth book (798 pages) and I hope to review it soon. But I keep finding myself getting distracted as I read, and often it isn’t for a good reason. Consider, for example, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, hypocrisy, Josh McDowell, Paul Copan, Sean McDowell

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

Outraged at homosexuality, but unaware of genocide, and not angered by poverty?

March 27, 2014 by Randal

You have to wonder how World Vision could be so out of touch with their constituency that they would think any policy change regarding homosexuality would be anything less than catastrophic? As soon as they lifted the ban on hiring practicing homosexuals, the response was swift as conservative evangelicals across North America vocally expressed their outrage […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, evangelicalism, gay marriage, genocide, homosexuality, hypocrisy, morality, World Vision

If homosexuals are “sodomites” what does that make the rest of us?

January 24, 2013 by Randal

Our story begins this past Saturday when I published an article called “Why do conservative Christians think everything is getting worse?” In the article I pointed out that the data is, at best, ambiguous and that much of it indicates broad societal improvement over the last two centuries and more. Alan Kurschner took issue with […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, hypocrisy, Jesus Christ, sodomy

Conservative evangelicals, environmental hatred, and bad language

April 23, 2011 by Randal

Occasionally I still cross-post some of my articles at “The Christian Post”. A couple days ago I posted my review of the documentary “Gasland”. Do you think they loved it? Wanna take a guess? The comments speak for themselves. Some anonymous individual code-named “jrmd32” commented as follows: “If you are so concerned about the environment, then why don’t you stop […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: environmentalism, evangelicalism, evangelicals, hypocrisy

Losers who promote their own books on their blogs

January 24, 2011 by Randal

“Don’t you get tired of losers who promote their own books on their blogs? Dude, that is really pathetic.” Yeah I know, it is pathetic. However, I’ve got no dignity so I don’t mind. Gimme a mic and an audience and I’ll start prattling off on myself shamelessly like a mallard preening or a peacock strutting, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dialogue, hypocrisy, Jesus, John Loftus, open society, You're not as crazy as I think

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