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principle of charity

Charity and Confession: The case of Bruxy Cavey and Tyndale Seminary

April 28, 2017 by Randal

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 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bruxy Cavey, doctrine, orthodoxy, principle of charity, Tyndale Seminary

Fairyology vs. Goo: Atheists and Christians in Conversation

November 18, 2016 by Randal

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. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Del Tackett, dialogue, principle of charity, theism

The Fallacy of Charitable Interpretation

September 16, 2016 by Randal

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 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: charitable interpretation fallacy, comedy, principle of charity, Ricky Gervais

John Loftus wants me to exercise the principle of charity … and Pig Pen wants Charlie Brown to take a bath

February 20, 2014 by Randal

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 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: hermeneutics, John Loftus, Peter Boghossian, principle of charity

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