Atheism is Dead: Is Dan Barker Self Loathing?, part 2 of 2

Mariano has posted his second part of his latest post on Dan Barker. I love his introduction

We now continue and conclude considering Dan Barker’s hypocrisy and contradictions as he seeks to condemn in other those very characteristics which he, himself, displays.

This article is great and take a look!

Atheism is Dead: Is Dan Barker Self Loathing?, part 2 of 2

Doctrines of Grace Seminar, Introduction, St. Charles

Last Friday, James White delivered a presentation of what the Reformed Theology is and is not. This is a great lecture.





Doctrines of Grace Seminar, Introduction, St. Charles

On Remaining Sound in Islamic Apologetics

On his blog today,  Dr. James White joined Dr. Dan Wallace on calling attention to an argument made by "Walid Shoebat [who] alleges that Codex Vaticanus (B) identifies the mark of the beast not as "666" (or 616 as some earlier manuscripts have) but instead an Arabic insertion "in the name of Allah" along with a symbol of crossed swords." Dr. White does not repeat Wallace's arguments but linked to them but I like the two addtitional comments that Dr. White offered. 

1. The rendering of Revelation 13:18 is not from much later than most of of the codex.
2. There is no way you can get the number of the mark of the Beast 666 (or 616) to be "in the Name of Allah" in Arabic! White even posted pictures of the Greek texts verses what Arabic "Allah" looks like. No way do they match!

This is important because in our zeal to show Islam is wrong about key issues concerning Jesus and the Bible, we can't just lie on Islam. We must accurately represent it at all times. Trying to equate Islam with the Anti-Christ is unfair and lying on God!


Revelations 13:18  says:

This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.

666 from Revelations 13:18 

Allah in Arabic

On Remaining Sound in Islamic Apologetics

When sex doesn't sell: Slew of bad ads backfire in the blogosphere -- DailyFinance

Everyone agrees that sex sells! When they work - meaning that advertisements  influence people to buy the product being advertised - they work well. People remember the product. This particular article is great. It points out that people remember advertised products either because they were awestruck or horrified. If you are horrified, you will remember the product but you might not buy it! The article points out 4 advertisements that are recent and shocking that use sexuality to sell their products. The article is right, you may find something humorous that offends another. I find the same thing in these examples. By and large many people were offended.

Example 1:  Halls commercial - mother and roommate eat a halls and it is so good that the middle-aged woman and the roommate make humming sounds of  satisfaction while looking into each others' eyes. I found this funny not offensive because neither person was doing anything wrong...it just looked awkward.



Example 2: Beer ad from Australia....no words. I'm offended because this goes under "things you can't unsee". Snow White has happy, innocent memories for me...sullied for ever.

Example 3: Mrs Clause cheating on Santa. Scary. Somethings just shouldn't be done.



Example 4: Cashing in on Sarah Palin's family problems. Remember Levi? He is the father of Palin's grandson. This ad is not just offensive...it's bad taste. How is this kid going to feel about this when he grows up?




When sex doesn't sell: Slew of bad ads backfire in the blogosphere -- DailyFinance

Richard Dawkins: The Genius of Charles Darwin

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I just came across a television program by Richard Dawkins celebrating the life of Charles Darwin. In the interest of always presenting the views of everyone, even those who disagree with me, I'm posting the three-part series. Listen closely to how Dawkins refers to Darwin in almost messianic tones. Like he was the one who came down from Mt Olympus to enlighten humanity, freeing us from darkness. Too much. IT looks like a love letter.




Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

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