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Romans 1

Do All Atheists Suppress Knowledge of God?

May 17, 2022 by Randal

In this short interview with The Analytic Christian I discuss Romans 1 and atheism. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, biblical hermeneutics, exegesis, hermeneutics, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, Romans 1

Do atheists marginalize God? Do apologists marginalize atheists?

March 1, 2016 by Randal

Jeff Lowder just sent me a link to an article titled “Evidence for the Romans 1 Suppression Thesis” from a blog called Investigative Apologetics. As you might have guessed, what the “Investigative Apologist” refers to as the “Suppression Thesis” is what I refer to as the “Rebellion Thesis.” In short, it is the idea that atheists […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Investigative Apologist, Rebellion Thesis, Romans 1

Dr. Z: A Brief Addendum

January 13, 2011 by Randal

So we have Dr. Z, weeping into his glass of brandy, no longer able to affirm the proposition God exists, a proposition which on the reading of Romans 1 that has been presented to us, a person can only deny if they are in some sense in sinful rebellion against the knowledge of God that is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, atheism, doubt, faith, problem of evil, Romans 1, theism

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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