Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Literature, CS Lewis and Conversion: Holly Ordway and Laura Miller on Unbelievable? | Hieropraxis

Holly Ordway and Laura Miller had an awesome discussion on the Unbelievable radio broadcast. They talked about the role of Literature in communicating religious belief from the context of C.S. Lewis and  J.R.R Tolkien. Should fantasy literature be used to communicate Christian ideas? They did a great job discussing the topic and it was really done respectfully although they sharply disagreed It's well worth listening to the discussion.

Literature, CS Lewis and Conversion: Holly Ordway and Laura Miller on Unbelievable? | Hieropraxis

Debunking Christianity: Atheism 101: The Null Hypothesis

This particular video was posted on the Debunking Christianity blog. It interesting in that it summarizes the most popular philosophical arguments against Christianity. Nothing new!  Each one has been refuted in the past.




The errors are many but there are two main ones. The video attempts to argue against Christian philosophers but mischaracterizes their arguments. For example. "omnipotence" does not mean God can do anything. When Christians use the term, we mean that God can do anything that is not logically inconsistent. For example, God cannot make a rock too large for God to lift because that would be a contradiction. The author of the video said he could make a rock too large for him to lift, but no human being can make a rock. Very illogical. Secondly, just because something is outside the perception of our senses does not mean it does not exist. According to this logic, the video's author denies science. Neither he or any human being have ever seen a single atom of any kind. Is one then free to conclude atoms do not exist? I don't think so  Likewise you can't deny that God exist Like atoms, God can be detected in other ways We can detect God by harkening to the revelation that God has made available to us

Debunking Christianity: Atheism 101: The Null Hypothesis

Reality Check: What Atheism Looks Like

What Atheists Think They Do to Christianity:



What Atheists Really Do to Themselves:


Truthbomb Apologetics: Short Film: Cruel Logic

Chad, from the Truthbomb Apologetics blog, posted a great video putting naturalistic moral arguments to the test. The video puts those arguments to their logical conclusion. At the end of it all if there is not objective morality how do we really determine what is right and what is wrong? Without God, we don't.


Truthbomb Apologetics: Short Film: Cruel Logic