Though it was mercifully brief, Sean McDowell alluded to one of the nastiest bits of manipulation in his business, the cruel dilemma. Today, let me show you what the cruel dilemma is, why it’s so manipulative, why apologists use it, and how it’s backfiring nowadays.
In that first post, we checked out how he contorted illogic and junk history to arrive at the conclusion that his god was totally for realsies. Here, he moves forward into his next question. So today, let’s see how Sean McDowell misinterprets this fictional event to claim validity for his entire religion.
For Easter, Sean McDowell created a video about the Resurrection. In it, he claimed that the Resurrection answered three very important questions. Today, let’s tackle the first of Sean McDowell’s questions and see how well he answered it!
Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we checked out an apologetics outfit called Summit Ministries. They sell apologetics courses to teens and young adults. At the time, we examined their course offerings and pricing, determining them to be just the same Read more
Today, let’s look at Summit. Let’s see what it is, what it offers, and what it costs. And then we’ll ask: Is it worth that cost, even to true-blue evangelicals?
In this installment, we check out the deteriorating marriage of Kate and Marshall Hogan. In two of the subplots given to us in Chapter 21, their relationship takes center stage. So today, Lord Snow Presides over some more evangelical projection — this time in the case of the Hogans’ marriage!
Lately, evangelicals’ metaphorical death cult seems to be turning into a real live one, thanks to their Dear Leaders’ culture wars and reality-denial. Today, let me show you the end results of taking false ideas too far, and how evangelicals’ two biggest fears have brought them to this pass.
His sky is falling, and we’re here for it. Today, let me show you what happened to poor widdle Jim Bakker, and why it’s so important.
Today’s Christian-written listicle brought out my inner gamer, I guess. So Let’s Play: Sean McDowell’s Reasons to Buy Apologetics Training!
As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members and credibility, the apologetics industry continues to gain popularity. The way that apologists themselves market their product has always fascinated me, but it feels like they’ve gone into overdrive lately. Today, let me show you how busy apologists are — and why all that busy-ness won’t result in tangible change for their religion.