A New Look at the Exodus | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament

If Moses and the Israelites had social networks on the Internet 4,000 years ago, the Exodus may would have looked like this. Thanks, Dr. Claude Mariottini for calling attention to this videl




A New Look at the Exodus | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament

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Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: Evidence for Jesus' Trial and Death as real history

Here is an amazing article on the oldest fragment of the New Testament and what it means.

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5 Ancient Acts of War That Changed the Face of the Earth | Cracked.com

Here is an article listing how 5 acts of war changed human history and the face of the earth. Informative and funny. Could do without the profanity but it does drive the points home.

5 Ancient Acts of War That Changed the Face of the Earth | Cracked.com

Fallacy Friday: False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - Apologetics 315

Yesterday, Brian Auten and Matthew Flannagan teamed again to provide another great article detailing another logical fallacy. Follow the link to see it!

Fallacy Friday: False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc - Apologetics 315

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EXCLUSIVE Interview: Shannon Lee

Bruce Lee was a Renaissance Man. I saw a link from Facebook of an interview of his daughter, Shannon. Shannon is overseeing her late father's estate and legacy. I really enjoyed the article and I recommend reading it and seeing what she's up to. I think her father would be proud of her.

EXCLUSIVE Interview: Shannon Lee

Faithful Thinkers: Video: People Are Basically Good

In a word: Nope! But check out the video.





Faithful Thinkers: Video: People Are Basically Good

Christianity & the Tooth Fairy: John Lennox Audio - Apologetics 315

Image by Medienmagazin pro via FlickrBrian Auten has posted a discussion by Dr. John Lennox He discusses the following: Does belief in Jesus Christ require a suspension of logic? Can Christianity be proven to be true? Is belief in God just like believing in the Tooth Fairy? Brian posted links to both the audio and video.




Christianity & the Tooth Fairy: John Lennox Audio - Apologetics 315

Answering Muslims: Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause

David Wood has posted a great video about how our government is placating Islam. I think it is important. I want to know why when Christians speak out, the cry comes out that there must be a separation of church and state and the state should not encourage one religion over another. Yet, it subsidizes insulting Christianity yet protects Islam. Really inconsistent.




Answering Muslims: Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause

Vintage Computing and Gaming | Archive » Jerry Lawson (1940-2011)

Gerald Lawson had a profound impact on my life and society but until today I had never heard of him. He recently died.

I am very saddened to announce the passing of a truly important figure in the history of video games. Jerry Lawson died Saturday morning, April 9th, 2011, at the age of 70.
Lawson was notable not only for being a rare African American electronic engineer in Silicon Valley, but also for leading the team that created the world's first ROM cartridge-based video game console. I speak, of course, of the Fairchild Channel F, which hit the market in August 1976.

Think about it: without the Fairchild Channel F, no Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Dreamcast, Gamboys, or any of the consoles we take for grant it. In short, no Video Game industry.

Vintage Computing and Gaming | Archive » Jerry Lawson (1940-2011)

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Lectures Available for Download | Reflections

Here is a link to many lectures by Dr. Ken Samples. I really like this guy's work.


Lectures Available for Download | Reflections

A Sermon for Ergun Caner and Norman Geisler

Dr. James White posted this interesting sermon to contrast Dr. Ergun Caner's testimony as to how to to witness and evangelize Muslims. Very interesting contrast.

Here's Dr. Patterson's sermon on the 9th Commandment.

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Sam Harris, Norman Geisler, and the Non-Denominational Denomination, on Today's DL

Today, Dr. James White finished his comments on the Craig/Harris debate from last week on his webcast. Follow the link to hear the program.

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Debunking Christianity: Goodness Without God is Good Enough: William Lane Craig vs Paul Kurtz

A couple of atheist have been through dredging up old debates Dr. William Lane Craig has done in the past on Morality. I think it's to make up for the Sam Harris.  For example, John Loftus posted the following:

This debate took place in 2001. Bill Craig has been debating this topic for a long time. Link. A book came out in 2009 with a transcript of this debate along with other essays: Is Goodness without God Good Enough?: A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics.Check it out. I am.

I realize that the truth is that all of the debates and comments that I have heard from Dr. Craig are the same regarding Morality. Anyone who debates him should know what his arguments are going to be and if they have had any decent rebuttal and alternatives they should have brought them. I appreciate Loftus posting links to the following debate. I don't agree with Dr. Craig on every single point of his theology but we do agree that God is the basis for morality. Without God objective morality is not possible. I'll update this post when I decide if I think Paul Kurtz did better than Sam Harris.





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The Question of Miracles: Interview with Craig Keener - Apologetics 315

Here is an interview Michael Licona did with Craig Keener. They discussed what miracles are and give evidence that God is still at work today. It's a very interesting discussion. Got to Brian Auten's blog to get the link.

The Question of Miracles: Interview with Craig Keener - Apologetics 315

William Lane Craig vs Sam Harris - apologetics - blip.tv [Video]

We truly live in an age of wonders. One week after the debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris, we have the video available on the Internet. I plan to watch this although I already listened to it. If you haven't heard it, now you can either listen to it or watch it.




William Lane Craig vs Sam Harris - apologetics - blip.tv

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8 Absurd Jokes That Predicted Real Life Events | Cracked.com

Truth is often stranger than fiction. This is interesting article about how Jokes and sketch-comedy shows predicted real-life occurrences with unnerving accuracy. Click the link below to read the article.

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Video: Anderson Cooper Really Hates Snooki « : Crushable - Crushable gives you the celebrity news, style and scoop on the stuff you care about.

I'm not sure if it's news, but it does say something about society!!

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Thinking God's Thoughts: The Aftermath of Craig Destroys Harris

Brennon has posted his remarks on the debate last week between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris. I think he's right in his assessment. The thing that just amazes me the most is that I wonder how Harris didn't manage to answer Craig directly. Dr. Craig uses the same arguments he always uses when he debates about morality. How could Harris not been ready for them (not that Harris could counter them anyway, but still some effort would have been nice)? Follow the link to read Brennon's post.

Thinking God's Thoughts: The Aftermath of Craig Destroys Harris

Answering Muslims: The Qur'an: A Book Full of Conjecture and Doubt

Anthony Rogers has posted a good response to a Muslim who says there is no evidence for Jesus' crucifixion and Resurrection.

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Friday is definitely one of those tunes that you hate but can't stop hearing in your head. A think you can't unhear! At least someone put some time in giving it some meaning.

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Today on a DeadCast DL

Today on the Dividing line, Dr. James White began his review of the Lane/Harris debate last week. This is well worth listening. Here is what Dr. White commented on the program:

Deadcast, i.e., once again, though we had perfect connectivity all weekend, 50 minutes before the program, BOOM, network outages. Rich has spent the four hours since the program working on stuff, and, for the moment, we are back up and seemingly operational. For now. In any case, started off with the announcement of the 2012 Apologetics Cruise out of Galveston, TX, headed for the Caribbean. Mike O'Fallon, my dear brother who founded Sovereign Christian Cruises as a result of running our first few cruises way back when, joined me to talk about the event, which you can read about by clicking on the banner ad that Hacim, Son of Ramalah, King of Graphics, produced for us in record time. My topics are already listed, and we are looking into expanding the cruise with a possible debate. That is all up to the Lord. In any case, there is a special, and really low, price available only this week, so please take the time to look at the information and see if you might wish to join us! After talking to Mike I spent the rest of the program interacting with the William Lane Craig/Sam Harris debate. I was shocked at Harris' approach and presentation, and did not even finish his 12 minute rebuttal (I will conclude the examination on Thursday's program). Hopefully our phones and internet will be working then, and if so, I would like to hear your thoughts as well! Here's the program.

Today on a DeadCast DL

Link Ink: Scott Pilgrim's New 'Street Fighter' Homage, IDW Tops a Million Digitally Served and The Geek Zodiac - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

Comics Alliance posted my kind of Zodiac today on their blog, if I were into Astrology!

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Apologist Interview: Jay Smith - Apologetics 315

I listened to this great interview with Jay Smith by Brian Auten. I was struck by the timeliness of the interview. I've seen a couple of debates Jay Smith did regarding Islam against Muslims but I didn't know very much about the man. I was pleased to learn so much about him and how he got started in his ministry. This interview is awesome. I like Brian's series of interviews because they are chances to really learn about who many people in the ministry for Jesus are and how they work and how God called them to their respective ministries. Very helpful! I thank God for them. 

Apologist Interview: Jay Smith - Apologetics 315

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William Lane Craig and the Ontological Foundation of Morality

John Loftus posted the following:

Since [Dr. William Lane] Craig made a big deal of this in his debate with Sam Harris, here is Wes Morriston's critique of it. Link. Here's a quote:

Either God has good reasons for his commands or he does not. If he does, then those reasons (and not God's commands) are the ultimate ground of moral obligation. If he does not have good reasons, then his commands are completely arbitrary and may be disregarded. Either way, the divine command theory is false.

Let's take a moment and look as Wes Morriston's premises in this quote. Why should the reasons why God gives his commands be superior to God? He made and set up those reasons also. He is not playing by anyone else's rules. God made up the rules, the environment, and is in complete control. Therefore divine command theory is far from rebutted. If one does not like the way Dr. Craig establishes the ontological foundation of morality, maybe one may prefer this quote Brian Auten posted this morning.

"If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By absolute we mean that which always applies, that which provides a final or ultimate standard. There must be an absolute if there are to be morals, and there must be an absolute if there are to be real values. If there is no absolute beyond man's ideas, then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral judgements conflict. We are merely left with conflicting opinions."1

- Francis Schaeffer

Debunking Christianity: William Lane Craig and the Ontological Foundation of Morality

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