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Category Archives: apologist
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
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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
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Tagged bible, Christianity, genesis
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What is ‘inerrancy’? (via The Good News)
Most people do not know how to define regarding the Bible books–Inerrancy. Most Christians do not know how to define it. The issue of inerrancy is the principle or characteristic that has lead to many of the wrong conclusions by … Continue reading