I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen an atheist cite 3rd-century theologian Tertullian’s statement “I believe because it is absurd” as evidence that “faith is irrational.” That’s equivalent to citing unemployed Miguel as evidence that “Mexicans are lazy.” What is more, it’s quote-mining which does violence to Tertullian’s point. The passage (which appears […]
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What the virgin birth isn’t
Last week I told The Atheist Missionary that my very next post would be on the virgin birth. It wasn’t. Was that baloney? No. Neither was it a lie. It was a statement about a future state of affairs that I believed to be true but which, due to my scattered mind, turned out not to be. […]
