Apologetics to the Glory of God

Tag: atheism

  • New Atheist Christopher Hitchens is Dead

    You may read the New York Times article here:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?pagewanted=all

    Doug Wilson, who wrote, toured, debated, and made the movie Collision with Hitchens has reflected on the death of Hitchens here:

    http://www.dougwils.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9203:reflections-on-christopher&catid=104:memorial-homilies

    Dr. James R. White of Alpha and Omega Ministries was working out plans to debate Hitchens prior to Hitchens becoming too ill to participate. White has also provided his thoughts on the passing of Hitchens:

  • “Atheists Are Moral People!”

    Just not this atheist:

    People like Sye, Eric, Joe, Chris, and all the rest of the reality denying crowd, deserve nothing but ridicule for their witlessness. They seem to be getting upset that they aren’t treated with reverence and respect either here, or on the podcast, but you know what? They don’t DESERVE reverence or respect for their idiocy, if anything they deserve even more ridicule. For the ******** they peddle, often for money, they should be laughed out of town, they should be hounded by angry townsfolk armed with pitchforks and flaming torches. They should be confronted by the

  • Dustin Segers and Sye TenBruggencate on Goodness Over God Podcast

    One of my favorite podcasts, Goodness Over God, recently had Dustin Segers and Sye TenBruggencate on to discuss, well, the usual! I have not had the opportunity to listen to more than 30 minutes so far, but I trust that the remainder of the podcast will be as great as the beginning.

    http://goodnessovergod.blogspot.com/2011/11/episode-11-special-guests-sye-ten.html

  • Audience Question and Answer Period in Next Debate Between Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley!

    It’s true! There will be an Audience Question and Answer Period during the next part of the informal debate between Brian Knapp and Matt Oxley. Submit your questions now by following the steps below!

    1. Listen to the first recording of the debate here – https://choosinghats.org/2011/11/praxis-presup-episode-18-brian-knapp-and-matt-oxley/

    2. Address your question to “Brian,” “Matt,” or “Both.”

    3. Write your question.

    4. State at least your first name or nick.

    5. Email to chrisbolt@ymail.com

    DO NOT USE THE CONTACT FEATURE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS! As many suitable questions as we have time for will be directed toward the debate participants in …

  • Atheist Triumphalism

    In this clip, a Christian apologist named Arthur runs into a fundamentalist atheist on his way to engage with others in sober rational discourse. Arthur politely asks the atheist to join him, but the atheist will have none of it. Instead, the atheist makes sure that all of the attention is given to him, makes some ridiculous demands of the apologist, and proceeds to argue with him. After making the first devastating point, the apologist asks the atheist to step aside, but the atheist denies any harm has befallen him. The apologist is forced to show the atheist what he …

  • Ask A Former Atheist

    http://www.worldoncampus.com/article/religion/2011/10/ask_a_former_atheist

    If someone had asked him last fall if he believed in God, he would have said definitely not. But now, Suplita says he is unsure whether he ever really believed that in his heart. He could give a whole list of reasons why he thought it was ridiculous to believe in God, but he now wonders whether he really believed what he was saying.

    “It was more like I was trying to convince myself,” he said.

  • Extraordinary Claims (The Atheist’s Burden of Proof Revisited)

    Fundamentalist Atheists often claim that Christians are making “extraordinary claims” and therefore Christians are the ones that have “the burden of proof” and they use this to try to disarm the Christian from arguing further or they will use this as some sort of dismissive escaping device when an a challenge to the atheistic position is made. Brian Knapp has already shown that Atheists have a burden of proof but I would like to extend his post a little further.

    Often the topic of the burden of proof gets mired down in misunderstanding and sadly in willful ignorance when speaking …

  • Brian Knapp of Choosing Hats to appear with atheist Matt Oxley on Praxis Presup this weekend for informal debate

    Brian Knapp, Founder and Administrator of Choosing Hats and atheist Matt Oxley of RagingRev.com plan to participate in an informal debate consisting of interview, cross-examination, and discussion hosted and moderated by Chris Bolt of the Praxis Presup podcast this weekend. The event will not be live streamed, however the recording of it will be made available on the next episode of Praxis Presup right here on Choosing Hats around the beginning of next week, Lord willing. You won’t want to miss it!…

  • Mr. White, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Black VII

    “But how can anyone know anything about the ‘Beyond’?” asks Mr. Black.
    “Well, of course,” replies Mr. Grey, “if you want absolute certainty, such as one gets in geometry, Christianity does not offer it. We offer you only ‘rational probability.’ ‘Christianity,’ as I said in effect a moment ago when I spoke of the death of Christ, ‘is founded on historical facts, which, by their very nature, cannot be demonstrated with geometric certainty. All judgments of historical particulars are at the mercy of the complexity of the time-space universe. . . . If the scientist cannot rise above rational probability

  • But you use your senses to read the Bible!

    A common objection fundamentalist Atheists will sometimes make after a presuppositionalist has shown that skeptical arguments from within the Atheist’s worldview sever the senses is usually stated O: “But you use your senses to read the Bible!” Let’s take a closer look at this objection and bring some clarity to why it fails.

    Worldview A: “The Atheist Worldview.”
    Worldview C: “The Christian Worldview.”
    Conclusion X: “The senses fall to skeptical arguments.”
    Objection O: “But you use your senses to read the Bible!”

    The objection usually comes about when the Christian has taken on A for the sake of argument and …