Choosing Hats
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Jamin Hubner Reviews “Biblical Apologetics” By Clifford McManis
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Sola Scriptura and the Canon Revisited: Guest Post by Adam Blauser
As I have gotten involved in dealing with Roman Catholicism and sola scriptura, I have found two things very interesting. First of all, there is a grossly simplistic view of meaning in language amongst many Roman Catholic apologists. Many of them will be willing to destroy human language in order to argue against sola scriptura, borrowing from men like Jacques Derrida and Stanley Fish to argue that we cannot know which interpretation of scripture is correct. It is amazing to be able to cite deconstructionists making parallel arguments to Roman Catholic apologists.
Second, what I am realizing more and more …
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A Response to Jeremiah Bannister (paleocrat)
I will be responding to this post – http://jeremiahbannister.com/?p=154 – which is written in response to my post here – https://choosinghats.org/2012/11/canon-and-roman-catholicism.
Justin Scheiber of Reasonable Doubts recently linked to one of my posts on the canon of Scripture. I do not really have a way of following Justin, although I did notice an announcement that he is available for speaking engagements and debates. Perhaps one day he will debate me, but I am not holding my breath. In any event, Justin linked to me, and Jeremiah Bannister followed that link. Bannister is better known as “paleocrat.”
Some of you …
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An Atheist Explanation of Thanksgiving
I do wonder sometimes what is going on in an atheist’s head.
Take this article for example:
An Atheist at the Thanksgiving table
First, who is this fellow’s target audience? Was somebody arguing that atheists do not have anything to be thankful for? I have never heard such an argument. And yet the bulk of this article is apparently aimed at showing that, “Atheists have plenty to be thankful for — without the need to include anything supernatural or non-existent on our lists.” Okay. Yeah. Atheists do have plenty to be thankful for. Glad we have established that!
Second, …
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Ignorant Mockery
One of our followers on Twitter, “Jesus With Issues,” attempts to mock the Christian faith as follows:
“I am God’s son. But I’m also God. But different. You wouldn’t understand.”
As is usually the case, the scoffer is not much of a thinker.
Do Christians believe that Jesus is God’s Son? Of course. Do Christians believe that Jesus is God? Of course. Is there a problem here? Not at all.
Jesus the Son is the second person of the Trinity, and in that sense is God’s Son. Jesus is also essentially divine, which is to say that in terms of …
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Evil as an Illusion
To the average Westerner, the religious texts and teachings of the East often read like drug induced nonsense. At the same time, Eastern religions contain some insight in virtue of their very different approach to familiar topics.
Take, for example, the problem of evil. As far as most atheists are concerned, this is the best weapon available against theism, and especially Christian theism. Of course, the problem of evil fails as an objection to the Christian faith due to the unbeliever’s inability to fashion an argument against the premise that ‘God has a morally sufficient reason for the evil He …
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“The dying dreamer”
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“Do Catholics have a cult-mentality?”
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John MacArthur is a Fool
The title of this video mentions homosexuality, but I would encourage you to focus in on what the commentator at the beginning and end of the series of clips has to say. John MacArthur constantly turns the conversation back to the Gospel and authority of Scripture over against the uninformed opinions of the men with which he is in disagreement. Successful media appearances are certainly not as easy as they may look since they rest upon the ability to make succinct yet powerful arguments and responses in sound bite form.
Note the simplicity and authority with which MacArthur …
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“A Simple Proof That Roman Catholicism Is Illegitimate”
http://bnonn.thinkingmatters.org.nz/a-simple-proof-that-roman-catholicism-is-illegitimate
Keep in mind that this is not merely an academic exercise. It is a proof that Roman Catholicism is not officially instituted by God, directed by the Vicar of Christ, or guided by the Holy Spirit. Further, the victims here are real victims who have suffered at the hands of wicked men. Rome is not a good home.…