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On Keeping a Closed Mind: Lessons from The Friendly Atheist
A couple days ago The Friendly Atheist posted an article titled “Christian Textbook Urges Readers To ‘Keep a Closed Mind’.” […]
critical thinking, fundamentalism, Hemant Mehta, indoctrination, open mind, steelman, strawman, the Friendly AtheistGenuine Inquiry vs. Partisan Advocacy: A Couple Comments
Jeff Lowder just wrote a helpful article in which he contrasts “genuine inquiry” vs. “partisan advocacy”. Jeff describes genuine inquiry […]
apologetics, indoctrination, Jeff Lowder, rhetoric, truthAtheists who celebrate intellectual regression
Intellectual development involves, among other things, the increased ability to analyze the views of others with critical nuance and charity. […]
Dan Barker, fundamentalism, indoctrination, rationality, reasonA Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing, or the biggest problem with popular Christian apologetics
Thirty years ago popular Christian apologetics (henceforth PCA) was thin on the ground: Josh McDowell, John Warwick Montgomery, Norman Geisler, […]
apologetics, education, indoctrinationHow the atheist rhetoric of “reason” undermines reason
I opened my 2011 book You’re not as Crazy as I Think by chronicling some of the myriad ways that evangelical Christians […]
atheism, freethought, indoctrination, reason, rhetoric, secularismHow the British Humanist Association Promotes Propaganda
This is my second critique of the British Humanist Association video “How do we know what is true?” In my […]
atheism, British Humanist Association, epistemology, humanism, indoctrination, naturalism, propaganda, scientismFreethinking children? Not so much.
Today I came upon the following tweet courtesy of a retweet by Secular Outpost. (As a disclaimer, Secular Outpost does […]
atheism, education, freethought, ideology, indoctrination, Richard DawkinsOn Ape-Men and Grand Illusions
Last week when I was at a conference in Atlanta I attended a session featuring a dialogue between geneticist Darrel […]
evolution, indoctrination, Merchants of Doubt, Terry Mortenson, young earth creationismPreparing Christian kids for the university faith-buster class
A couple days ago I posted an article responding to a comment by Lee Strobel given in the midst of […]
apologetics, Darrell Bock, discipleship, education, indoctrination, Lee Strobel, university