Today I came across a blog article titled “Why is Bruxy Cavey Teaching at Tyndale?” (Bruxy is a leading figure in progressive Christianity, an author (here’s his latest book) and pastor of one of the largest churches in Canada. Tyndale Seminary is a large evangelical seminary in Toronto.) The blogger who wrote the article, a fellow […]
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Fairyology vs. Goo: Atheists and Christians in Conversation
In the second edition of The God Delusion biologist Richard Dawkins defends himself against the charge that he is out of his depth as he opines magisterially on matters of theology and philosophy of religion. Alas, Dawkins’ response merely illustrates the problem. His reply is to insist that one need not study the canons of fairyology before dismissing fairies. […]
The Fallacy of Charitable Interpretation
In my article “Haha. Imagine that.” I offered a rejoinder to the following Ricky Gervais tweet: “Imagine if you carried on believing in Santa and the tooth fairy into adulthood. And even killed & started wars over it. Haha. Imagine that.” In the discussion thread, Logical Question then offered the following response: “Viewing Gervais’s tweet […]
John Loftus wants me to exercise the principle of charity … and Pig Pen wants Charlie Brown to take a bath
John Loftus has now written an entire article, “Lesson One for Randal Rauser on How to Properly Exegete the Bible or Any Other Book,” chiding me for failing in the most basic of hermeneutical principles: that is, interpreting a text in light of the audience and purpose for which it was written. Loftus notes that […]
