John Loftus reduced to absurdity—without apology, by his own admission | True Freethinker

Mariano has posted a great video regarding a discussion between bloggers Paul Manta vs John W. Loftus on Gene Cook Jr.'s radio show "The Narrow Mind." Loftus tries to defend his Atheist's worldview and comes up short. It's not that Loftus is stupid just that his position on Christianity and God are indefensible. I'd like to know if Loftus has ever pointed to these interviews on his blog? Hmmmm. He may have but I will have to check.










John Loftus reduced to absurdity—without apology, by his own admission | True Freethinker

Common Sense Atheism » CPBD 045: Richard Carrier – Is Christianity Responsible for Science?

Here is an interview with Richard Carrier in which he tries to explain why Christians are wrong in saying that science needed Christianity. I agree with him but I think he's over-reaching.  I haven't heard Christian scientist ever try to suggest that no science was ever done without Christianity. I wouldn't ever try to argue that. It's amazing that some atheists are more than willing to argue that the ancients were knowledgeable about a great much of science and engineering, yet when it comes to believing that they the can correctly record historical events they are inept. Carrier makes good points that the ancients did see order in the universe and studied it. The interview is interesting but I can barely hear the interviewer but you can hear Carrier very well. I disagree with much of Carrier's conclusions but we need to be careful not to assume that God does not give nonbelievers enough grace to be moral or to learn about the Universe He created.

 ¹⁸The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ¹⁹since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. ²⁰For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.- Romans 1:18-20

Common Sense Atheism » CPBD 045: Richard Carrier – Is Christianity Responsible for Science?

Apologetics 315: Apologist Interview: Keith Kendrex of Evidence4Faith

Recently, Brian Auten interviewed Keith Kendrex about his experiences as he came to Christ and how Apologetics has been important in his life and ministry including the Evidence4Faith radio broadcast.

Apologetics 315: Apologist Interview: Keith Kendrex of Evidence4Faith

Will William Lane Craig debate Richard Dawkins? | True Freethinker

Richard Dawkins is a plain coward. Mariano has posted a couple of awesome posts logically demonstrating that if Dawkins really wanted to stack his arguments against God's existence up against one of the best scholars Christianity has to offer today, he'd be hard pressed to ignore William Lane Craig. Mariano quotes Dawkins as saying:

As for William Lane Craig, Richard Dawkins has stated, “I've never heard of William Craig” and that he will not debate this stranger as “A debate with him might look good on his resume, but it wouldn't look good on mine!”

In my opinion, it's Dawkins resume would surely suffer because he would loose this debate hands down. I'd put Dawkins up against many scholars without even batting an eye, and they wouldn't either because they already know what the outcome would be. So does Dawkins, that is why he will not debate them. He can already smell his blood in the water. On the following links, Mariano lists Dr. William Lane's credentials - his educations, many of his publications, a list of some of his debate opponents - all of which add up to Dr. Craig more than being worthy to debate any subject Dawkins would like to discuss in a public, moderated debate. I think the better question is: Is Dawkins worthy to debate William Lane Craig?


Will William Lane Craig debate Richard Dawkins? | True Freethinker
William Lane Craig - Various Texts

Michael Shermer and Ben Witherington Discuss the Gospels | True Freethinker

Mariano has posted a couple of great  videos regarding Michael Shermer. In the first video Shermer and Dr. Ben Witherington discuss whether or not the Gospels are trustworthy. Shermer as an atheist comes up really short! Mariano does a great job explaining why Shermer is fundamentally wrong. You can read the post at the link below and i really wanted to share the graphic he posted summing up Shermer's inadequate argumentation - this time concerning whether scientists lost their jobs because of their position on Intelligent Design or not.






Michael Shermer and Ben Witherington Discuss the Gospels | True Freethinker