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natural theology

Abraham, Isaac, and … Anselm? A Review of The Question of God’s Perfection

February 18, 2019 by Randal

Yoram Hazony and Dru Johnson, eds. The Question of God’s Perfection: Jewish and Christian Essays on the God of the Bible and Talmud. Philosophy of Religion. (Brill, 2019). The relationship between philosophical reason and biblical revelation has always been a fraught one. At times, warfare has broken out, as when scholars like Blaise Pascal and Martin […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: biblical theology, book review, divine perfection, Dru Johnson, natural theology, Yoram Hazony

Ray Comfort’s Fruity Banana Argument for God’s Existence

October 31, 2017 by Randal

The results are in on my survey on the strongest argument for God’s existence. And the cosmological argument has won! Since most folks these days are most familiar with Craig’s version of the Kalaam Argument, my guess is that most folks think Craig’s Kalaam Argument is the strongest argument for God’s existence. I’m sure Craig […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, banana argument, natural theology, Ray Comfort

11. Loftus and Rauser talk natural theology and the Trinity (The Loftus Rauser Road trip Part 4)

August 4, 2013 by Randal

On June 3-5, 2013 John Loftus and I engaged in three debates on the existence of God based on our book God or Godless. Along the way I pulled out my microphone and engaged John in several conversations for The Tentative Apologist Podcast. In this fourth segment of the series, recorded as we were driving north […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, God or Godless, John Loftus, natural theology, podcast

Jane Goodall and the risks of general revelation

November 21, 2012 by Randal

A couple years ago Jane Goodall was asked to comment on her belief (or lack thereof) in God. She replied: “I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I don’t know what to call it. I feel it particularly when I’m out in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: general revelation, natural theology

Psychopaths and General Revelation: The Dialogue Continues

May 19, 2012 by Randal

My article pointing out the tension between general revelation as portrayed in Romans 2 and psychopathy received a range of responses which map out a range of possible responses to the dilemma, so it will be helpful to survey them. Getting Clear on the Problem If we are to deal with this problem adequately we […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, general revelation, natural theology, psychopathy, Romans 2

Should Christians use peyote to experience God?

March 13, 2012 by Randal

In “Perceiving the transcendent God through transcending entities” I argued with overwhelmingly persuasive force that God can be experienced through great works of art and architecture. Well, okay, maybe something falling just short of overwhelming persuasion. The argument did prompt some interesting comments. One of the more interesting of the batch came from Emilie who, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: epistemology, general revelation, God, natural theology, peyote, theology

The night Dr. Z became an agnostic

January 13, 2011 by Randal

Dr. Z, an OBGYN, was working with Doctors Without Borders in the Congo. Dr. Z had decided he simply had to go because he felt it was his calling as a Christian to help alleviate some of the enormous suffering in the world. For months Dr. Z labored tirelessly in a makeshift camp, desperately attempting […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, atheism, general revelation, natural theology, Romans 1, theism

For since the creation of the world: On the wickedness of atheism

January 13, 2011 by Randal

PM asked with disarming directness: “Hi Dr. Rauser, “Wondering how you’d situate Romans 1:18-32 into this discussion? Thanks.” The problem at first blush Let’s put the most relevant excerpt of this passage before us:  18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, general revelation, natural theology, rationality, Romans 1, sin, theism

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