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The Moral Argument: Possibly the worst apologetics argument for Christianity
The Moral Argument is only getting more popular with time. But it’s a terrible argument, and here’s why.
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Dumb apologetics arguments for the ‘soul’
Usually, when we talk about apologetics we’re talking about Christians’ attempts to make the existence of their god seem less ludicrous. But today, we have a rare treat: an evangelical named Thaddeus Williams is going to try to make the existence of a soul sound less ludicrous. And he does Read more
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Evangelicals aren’t coping well with deconstruction
I do not recognize my experiences in this belligerent fundagelical’s listicle. But that’s kind of the point, in a way.
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Bad Christian advice: How to talk to atheists
What’s strange is that I don’t think I’ve ever seen any real advice about evangelizing atheists that might actually work to create a sales engagement.
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Tim Keller pushes the myth of ‘Original Christianity’ for a reason
Every so often, I’m convinced, Tim Keller starts feeling like the conversation has begun to meander away from his favorite topic (himself), so he blurts out something ridiculously fatuous to get everyone looking his way again. This time, his attention-seeking took the form of lies about Original Christianity.
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Let’s Play: Spot the Apologetics Fallacy!
Today, I’ve got a little treat for us: a self-proclaimed apologist who has never met a logical fallacy he didn’t love on sight. Let’s go through his recent apologetics post and see which ones we can spot!
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CARM Apologetics Zingers (Are Absolutely Awful)
But I’m attached to this CARM post we’ll cover today. It’s just such a nonstop, rollicking Gish gallop of zinger attempts. Evangelicals greatly respect zingers, perhaps because they’re so unrelentingly bad at them. So this post promises us some entertainment.
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Deconversion: No, actually, we don’t need to try every flavor first
Today, let me show you the Christian salesman who insists we must try his product before he’ll even come close to considering our deconversion valid — and why we do not actually need to try every flavor of Christianity first before deciding it’s not for us.
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Deconversion: Brett McCracken gets it completely wrong
Sure, it might seem like Brett McCracken is just insulting his tribal enemies. And he is. But he’s actually not talking to us, not really. Let me show you what Brett McCracken is telling his tribemates under his breath, and what he accidentally reveals about his entire belief system.
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Tim Keller and the Lies He Tells About Death
Christians promise up and down that their product can give people peace of mind about death. It does not. And Tim Keller found that out the hard way, though I doubt a single one of his followers will understand his recent confession.