Apologetics to the Glory of God

Category: ChrisBolt

  • The Emptiness Of Internet Atheism

    Every now and then I get bored and run a search for something atheistic to read. As much as I would like to lay hold of a good book on atheism I find that there is little from adherents to the position that would be worth my time.

    Jeffrey Jay Lowder of www.infidels.org advertises for a book by J.L. Schellenberg called Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. Apparently the book presents an argument for nonbelief in God from nonbelief in God. The idea is presented that theistic evidence is so weak that people might reasonably not believe in God. Lowder …

  • Collision Gets A Bad Review

    While I have had Collision for some time now and have watched parts of it, I did not get to sit down and soak up the entirety of the movie until today. In my opinion, it was rather well done and fills a gap in the world of apologetics by seeking to engage the layperson in a way other apologetic presentations cannot. Of course, others may have extremely different opinions.

    Well known apologist Douglas Groothuis does not share my sentiments concerning the movie. He has written a less than positive review which may be found here – http://theconstructivecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2009/11/colision-dvd-review.html Allow me …

  • Just For Fun: How to drive punchy blokes up the wall

    Chris:  Nothing exists or God exists.

    Chris:  Something exists.

    Chris:  Therefore God exists.

    Anon:  Sorry, Chris?

    Anonymous:  chris, isn’t that logic a bit…….. flawed

    Chris:  What’s flawed about it?

    Anonymous:  If something exists God must exist?

    Anonymous:  this stems from “why is there something rather then nothing?”

    Chris:  No.

    Chris:  Where is that in what I wrote?

    Anonymous:  it sounds similiar, i apologize if I put words in your moutn.

    Chris:  Nothing to apologize for.

    Anonymous:  anyways, why would something existing necessitate the existence of  God?

    Chris:  Because of the truth of the first premise.

    Chris:  Something = Not-Nothing

    Anonymous:  …

  • Debate In Planning Stage With Mitch LeBlanc of Urban Philosophy

    Mitchell LeBlanc is a Philosophy and Religion student at the University of Toronto. Though entering University with intentions to become a priest, he found that philosophical training led him to atheism.

    Of the presuppositional apologetic method, Mitch writes:

    “The implication is that presuppositionalism is bad philosophy in a manner akin to Young Earth Creationism being pseudo-science. In many regards, it is accurate to say that presuppositionalism is to the philosophy of religion what creationism is to biology.”

    Mitch and I have been in contact with each other in order to plan a debate. We cannot guarantee when exactly it will …

  • Happy Reformation Day From Choosing Hats!

    On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg and sparked the Protestant Reformation of which John Calvin was also a part.

    “That there exists in the human minds and indeed by natural instinct, some sense of Deity, we hold to be beyond dispute, since God himself, to prevent any man from pretending ignorance, has endued all men with some idea of his Godhead, the memory of which he constantly renews and occasionally enlarges, that all to a man being aware that there is a God, and that he is their …

  • An Extremely Enjoyable Apologetic Encounter

    The debate was over but the air was still thick with tension. After shaking hands and chatting for a moment, my opponent and I attempted to step down from the platform we had been on but were blocked by a handful of people. After expressions of “thank you” and “you are welcome” to a few faculty members and an elderly lady asking us what we would do if the September 11th attacks were to happen where we lived my opponent and I parted company.

    One of the first people to stop me on the floor to talk to me was …

  • Collision Questions

    Pastor John Piper recently asked Doug Wilson a series of questions about the movie Collision. You may read them and view the video and/or listen to the audio of the exchange Here

    I know people who have already received their copies of the movie. Whether he intends to or not, Wilson is bringing a great deal of attention to the presuppositionalist method. Consider purchasing the movie if you have not done so already, and have some friends over to watch it with you. I know I will!…

  • Not Overly Surprising

    A few months ago a close relative of mine visited a church gathering. The person who “preached” that day is a well known evidentialist apologist. If I wrote the name of the person the majority of the readers would undoubtedly know this person.

    So what happened? Well, according to my close relative, the Bible was never opened during the entire course of the “sermon”. I told her that I was not surprised.

    One’s apologetic is generally indicative of and affects one’s view of Scripture. Evidentialism is grounded in philosophy. If we are to compare it to presuppositionalism, the chart might …

  • “Homophobia” and Homosexuality

    This is a conversation I had via the Internet with a homosexual atheist friend from my old school. He posted something online which listed some emotional examples of hate crimes against homosexuals and declared that homophobia is wrong. I decided to question him about his beliefs.

    Me: I agree, of course, that the descriptions of how these people were treated is morally and emotionally disturbing. People are sick and hateful. I am glad that I was not raised to hate homosexuals. In the sense described here then, I certainly think that “homophobia” is childish and wrong.

    The last line though, …

  • Dan Barker objecting to his own book being quoted

    The other day I posted on a Barker vs White debate while it was going on. You may find the post by clicking here.

    Dr. White has provided the video clip of the event which you can see below.

    Please make sure to visit Alpha and Omega Ministries as Dr. White has posted a number of times on this rather strange incident.…