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Top Christian Apologist
1. William Lane Craig Dr. Craig is probably the most famous modern-day apologist in the world. He currently runs the Reasonable Faith podcast and website. He holds several degrees in divinity and theology and currently holds a research professor of philosophy … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, atheist vs christian, best apologist, character, christian, Dr. William Lane Craig, early christian history, evolution vs. creation, Intelligent Design, jesus, jp moreland, philosophy, podcast, ravi zacharias, religion, systematic theology, youtube
Tagged biblical intelligibility, Bruce Metzger, c.s. lewis, christian, christian apologetics, christian apologist, christian history, christian reasoning, Christianity, creation, Daniel Wallace, does god exist?, evidence of Jesus, Gary Habermas, God, Intelligent Design, jesus, John Lennox, jp moreland, lee strobel, NT, NT Wright, proof for the bible, Ravi Zacharias, William Lane Craig
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Book Review: The Bible in Translation By Bruce M. Metzger
The Bible in Translation: Ancient and English Versions is an elaborate overview of the bible starting with the Greek manuscript the Septuagint all the way to the new modern bibles. In Bruce Metzger’s Book, he gives an outlined history into … Continue reading
Faith Will Fail: My letter to a Church Elder
So a while back one of the elders delivered a message at the church. And this was just a few weeks after I deconverted. In his message he talked about faith, doubt, belief, and unbelief. And in his message he … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, best apologist, christian faith, christian fraud, debate, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, faith, freethinker, jp moreland, religion, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged atheism, Atheist, belief, BitterSweet, christian doubt, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christianity, Church, community, doubt, faith, jp moreland, reasonable belief, reasonable faith, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief
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Book Review: Mere Christianity By C.S. Lewis
This is one the most highly regarded apologetic books in history. It is claimed to have turned atheist to Christians, and non-believers to believers. Considering the reputation of the book, it was a must read. C.S. Lewis has a literary … Continue reading
Posted in apologetic, apologetics, apologist, atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, best apologist, Book Review, evil, human nature, marriage, quote
Tagged analogical reasoning, Analogy, apologetics, apologist, Atheist, Book Review, christian apologetics, christian apologist, Christianity, CS Lewis, human nature, inductive reasoning, Mere Christianity, morality
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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Deductive Reasoning (Part 7)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Deductive Reasoning Deductive Reasoning is a subdivision of logic and critical thinking and a form of reasoning in which a conclusion follows logically from the stated premises or proposition. Deduction is also a … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, best apologist, carm, christ, christian faith, Cosmological, creation, deductive reasoning, Dr. William Lane Craig, god, human nature, laws of logic, logic, messiah, reasoning, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged Cosmological argument, deductive argument, deductive reasoning, kalam Cosmological argument, logic, reasoning, William Lane Craig
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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Inductive Reasoning (Part 6)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Inductive Reasoning Inductive reasoning is a form of inference argumentation that uses analogies, examples, observations, and experiences to form conclusive propositions. It is used mostly to explain properties and relations to … Continue reading
Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Abductive Reasoning (Part 5)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Abductive Reasoning I think the majority approach to most of the bible difficulties I have come across is using abductive reasoning to conclude a solution to the scriptural difficulty, if an answer exist. So I guess the … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, bible, christian faith, deductive reasoning, god, inductive reasoning, reason, reasoning
Tagged abductive reasoning, c.s. lewis, christian reasoning, reasoning
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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Circular Reasoning (Part 2)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Circular Reasoning To most circular reasoning is more of a logical fallacy than a valid argument. This is assumed so because circular reasoning resembles that of the Begging the Question Fallacy. The … Continue reading
Posted in apologetic, apologist, atheist vs christian, bible, christian faith, god, infalliable, reasoning
Tagged Atheist, begging the question, christian, Christianity, circular reasoning, logic, reasoning
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J.P. Moreland
J.P. Moreland on Logic and the Bible And in that in spite of all logic and reasoning, many Christians will still deny rationality for blind faith. I support faith in Yahweh my God, but not if it requires me to dumb myself down.
Posted in apologist, bible, christian, christian faith, god, jesus, jp moreland, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged bible, jp moreland, logic, trinity
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The Christian (Theist) Challenge
10 Questions to ask a Christian I thought this would be interesting, because I’ve seen several questionnaires like this, but I wanted something that would go deep and to get people someone thinking. (Please give realistic and honest answers.) 1. Do you … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, christian, god, inerrancy, infalliable, religion vs. science
Tagged God, morality, scripture, Survey
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Why does Biblical Inerrancy matter (to me)?
The Scripture at the heart of this debate is 2 Timothy 3:16-17: “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant [man] of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, atheist vs christian, bible, bible contradictions, biblical difficulties, biblical inerrancy, christian, christian faith, confusion, contradiction, Dr. William Lane Craig, fallacious, fallacious reasoning, god, inerrancy, infalliable, Johnathon dodson, logic, trust your bible
Tagged faith, inerrancy, inerrant, Johnathon Dodson, William Lane Craig
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Where did the people come from after Adam and Eve? Where did Cain find his wife?
Bible Difficulty #7 I know…I know, this is a common one and relatively old & simplistic contradiction, but none the less still a MAJOR GAPING HOLE. But lets see if we can put this one to rest. The reason I bring this … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, atheist vs christian, bible contradictions, confusion
Tagged adam, bible, biological eve, creation, eve, mitochondrial eve
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Check this Out
I have two new pages with the Best Collection of Apologetic-Christian resources and the Best Collection of Atheist & Skeptics resources I could find. Check it out. These are just some of the tools, websites, and blogs I use. Hope you enjoy!!!
Posted in apologetic, apologist, atheist, atheist vs christian, best apologist, bible contradictions, biblical difficulties, christian, Dr. William Lane Craig
Tagged apologetics, apologist, Atheist, bible, bible contradictions, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, christian apologist, proof for the bible, scriptural difficulties, skeptic, William Lane Craig
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Why are the Gospels written in THIRD Person?
Contradiction #6 Well this is not much of a scriptural contradiction; it’s more of a logical contradiction. When going through the Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, I noticed that they are all written in third person. That was interesting, … Continue reading
The Genesis 6:3 Problem?
Contradiction #5 Genesis 6:3 “Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans [man] forever, for they are mortal [flesh]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” Now if you ask the majority of Christians about … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, best apologist, bible, bible contradictions, confusion, god
Tagged bible, Christianity, genesis
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The BitterSweet End 
