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Off the Rails: Debriefing my Misunderstanding with Paul Franks

July 1, 2019 by Randal

I had an interesting exchange with Paul Franks this morning, but alas it eventually ended up going off the rails. I’ve summarized the exchange below by reproducing the text of our tweets following my initial tweet. I’ll then conclude by offering my own diagnosis of how and why it went off the rails. The hope […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: child separation, debate, dialogue, ethics, Paul Franks, public square

If atheists are offended by a theodicy, does that give them a right to be rude?

May 30, 2016 by Randal

In my interview “God and the Problem of Suffering: An Interview with Paul Buller” Paul provides a brief summary of his theodicy according to which God allows at least some evil as a means by which moral agents can acquire moral virtue. The article prompted a long comment from The Atheist Missionary (TAM) which concluded […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, debate, discourse, Golden Rule, public square, theodicy

59. A Response to Bill Maher on Religion and Free Speech

January 14, 2015 by Randal

In this podcast I offer a response to Bill Maher’s recent incendiary comments against Islam. While Maher attempts to position himself as a defender of the true spirit of liberalism and free speech, I argue that his understanding of free speech is egregiously truncated and produces rhetoric which foments misunderstanding, demonization, and the eroding of […]

Filed Under: Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bill Maher, free speech, Islam, liberalism, Muslim, public square, religious violence

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