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    Is the Lock Him Up Chant a decline in civility?

    October 28, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Here is a link to a Twitter survey that I posted on the Lock Him Up chant: What do you […]

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    Donald Trump, public discourse, rhetoric

    Christianity is a religion, not a relationship

    July 20, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    This morning, I read the following tweet: Christianity is not a religion, let alone one religion among many. It is […]

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    Christianity, rhetoric

    Atheists who poison the well by calling things magic

    June 1, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Have you noticed how atheists often like to refer to theistic accounts of various aspects of reality as “magic”? It’s […]

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    magic, poisoning the well, rhetoric, Stephen Law

    Does it degrade public discourse to call people buffoons, fools, and clowns?

    May 22, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    This article consists of an exchange I had on Twitter with a fellow named “Jar Jar” (whether the surname is […]

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    persuasion, public discourse, rhetoric

    On Retreating into Mystery: A problem for Christian apologists?

    April 6, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Ever since Antony Flew published his short parable of the invisible gardener, atheists have complained that theism is a hypothesis […]

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    A.C. Grayling, apologetics, mystery, paradox, poisoning the well, rhetoric

    Winsome Persuasion: A Review

    February 24, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer, Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2017. I’ve been […]

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    communication, dialogue, review, rhetoric, Richard Langer, Tim Muehlhoff, Winsome Persuasion

    On Anti-Abortion Extremists (and other unhelpful rhetoric)

    February 6, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    CNN just posted an article titled “Before judging ‘late-term abortion,’ understand what it means, doctors say.” I agree with the […]

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    abortion, prochoice, prolife, rhetoric

    Alarmist evangelical apologetics and the so-called post-truth world

    December 13, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 2 Comments

    If you listen to evangelical Christian apologists for any length of time, you will soon hear reference to an ominous […]

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    apologetics, culture war, evangelicalism, post-truth, postmodern, rhetoric

    On Fundamentalism: The Best Thing Alvin Plantinga Ever Wrote

    October 5, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 15 Comments

    I was called a “liberal” this week on Twitter. I don’t have any problem per se with being called a liberal. […]

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    Alvin Plantinga, dialogue, fundamentalism, rhetoric

    A Case Where I Spend WAY TOO MUCH Time Analyzing a Snide Atheist Meme

    August 18, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 6 Comments

    Here is a tweet from the folks at “Atheist Republic”. Call it a meme if you want. (Might as well […]

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    atheism, bullshit, evil, falsification, problem of evil, providence, rhetoric
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