Debate: William Lane Craig & Peter Atkins: Does God Exist? Audio and Video - Apologetics 315
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Debate: William Lane Craig & Peter Atkins: Does God Exist? Audio and Video - Apologetics 315
Debate: William Lane Craig & Peter Atkins: Does God Exist? Audio and Video - Apologetics 315
Not All Dead Men Stay Dead: 10 Essential Points about the Resurrection | Reflections
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Historic Christianity contains numerous beliefs that are theologically and philosophically volatile (in the best sense of the term). These powerful truth-claims have transformed the church and even turned the world upside down. My new book, 7 Truths that Changed the World, explores seven of historic Christianity’s dangerous ideas. The following 10 points give a brief overview of what I consider to be the Christian faith’s most dangerous idea.
Not All Dead Men Stay Dead: 10 Essential Points about the Resurrection | Reflections
Desposyni: Albert Mohler and Perspectives on Theistic Evolution
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Matthew Dowling has posted a good article summarizing and responding to a lecture by Dr Albert Mohler on perspectives on Theistic Evolution,. Given his background in Biology, Dowling's comments and insights are well worth reading! Follow the link to his blog to see a link to the lecture and read his comments.
Desposyni: Albert Mohler and Perspectives on Theistic Evolution
Monday, April 9, 2012
More on Trayvon Martin case
U.S. News - Prosecutor: No grand jury for Trayvon Martin case
And Here is an article detail some of the mistakes law enforcement made in "investigating" the death of Trayvon Martin. Trayvon Martin Case Spotlights Florida Town's History Of 'Sloppy' Police Work
Answering Muslims: Paul Williams' "Scholarship" Pierced Through
Answering Muslims: Paul Williams' "Scholarship" Pierced Through
Desposyni: Ministry in the Trenches: How to 'deal' with the old "What about the dinosaurs?" question
Desposyni: Ministry in the Trenches: How to 'deal' with the old "What about the dinosaurs?" question
Sunday, April 8, 2012
FacePalm of the Day - Debunking Christianity: Quote of the Day, by Sir_Russ
God isn't the 300 people who died in the plane crash. No, no, no. God is the one person who survived it. God is that unlikely event.
I disagree. God's hand is both in the 300 people who would die a plane crash and in the one who survived.
God isn't the death, mayhem, destruction and chaos of the tornado. No, no, no. God is the miracle puppy which lived through it.
God isn't the hundreds of US children who die every year due to medical neglect by their Christian Science parents. No, no, no. God is the one who may have suffered needlessly, but didn't die.
Christian faith is blindness to manifest horror in favor of comfort. Christian faith is picking over a cataclysm looking for anything to indulge their insatiable lust for feeling good. Link
Christian faith is not about turning your brain off or about feeling good. At its core, the Gospel cuts through pride and recognizing your own brokenness. Who expects to feel good about deserving to go to hell because of your sinfulness? The Gospel is the good news that Jesus redeemed us. We don't have to go to hell if we put our trust in Him. As for all the bad things that happen in the world, God does not owe us any explanation. I think Job put it best when his wife thought he should just give up his faith and integrity after they lost everything.
9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.- Job 2:9-10
Debunking Christianity: Quote of the Day, by Sir_Russ
Friday, April 6, 2012
Who are getting food stamps?
1. Even if all black people in the US were on welfare (and we aren't all on welfare) we are all such a small percentage (we are a minority, remember?) I doubt that it would make a huge difference.
2. A higher percentage of people in the US are on welfare are white! Take the example of food stamps.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Faceplant of the Day: Debunking Christianity: Playing God: The Loving Psychopath
There are so many mistakes in this video. The metaphor does not work . God is not like a man who made an ant farm out of stuff that already exists. The man organized the farm. He did not make the ants. He did not make the soil. He did not make the food the ants eat. On the other hand God, made everything. Not just organize reality but created everything that exists out of nothing.
Given that a man does not have control of anything that the ants do or what happens to anyone of them, the metaphor breaks down when you try to see God the same way. From God's perspective human beings have no more free will than ants/ And while the man is incapable of communicating with the ants in his farm, God is more than able to make Himself known to us. Just because some humans don't listen, doesn't mean that God does not speak or is incomprehensible.
If you want to make the metaphor perfectly resemble what God did, you would have to make the man become an ant, live as an ant, die as an ant for their sins and be resurrected! Without that, the charge that God is like a sadistic man who manipulates an ant farm. The thought is that the man is not worthy to be worshiped to be obeyed, and loved so the ants are owed something. The man of course is sinful and imperfect and fallible. God however is perfect. Of course he has the right to do whatever He sees fit.
Debunking Christianity: Playing God: The Loving Psychopath
The Dunamis Word: The Resurrection Of Jesus, Critical Claims Debunked!
The Dunamis Word: The Resurrection Of Jesus, Critical Claims Debunked!
Desposyni: How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens
Michael Dowling posted a video from YouTube of Michael Williams, author of the fine new book How to Read the Bible Through the Jesus Lens: A Guide to Christ-Focused Reading of Scripture (Zondervan, 2012), giving a discussion on his book.
Desposyni: How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The Muslim Use of the Errant Unitarianism of Sir Anthony Buzzard
Dr White writes:
If one does not assume unitarianism my comments are, well, obvious. Only by cutting, editing, and ignoring context, can Sir Anthony attempt to create confusion and hence contradiction. He refuses to allow for the distinction between being and person, and on the basis of that refusal, asserts contradiction on my part. Yet, my very definition is based upon the distinction in usage and referent for the terms "being" and "person". Hence, to reject part of my definition, import a different definition, and on that basis accuse me of contradiction is irrational. We have seen this error on Sir Anthony's part many times. But what is MuslimByChoice's excuse this time? He is citing a man who believes Jesus died and rose again. He believes Jesus is properly called the Son of God (in a much higher sense than Islam can possibly allow) and hence is someone who rejects the inspiration of the Qur'an and the prophethood of Mohammed. It is clear once again that MuslimByChoice chooses to use any source, no matter how inconsistent with Islamic doctrine, teaching, or history, as long as it looks like it is contradictory to the Trinity. Isn't it interesting to see how dependent Muslims are upon enemies of the Christian faith, like Bart Ehrman, for example? Rejection of biblical teaching makes strange bedfellows, to be sure!
Follow the link at the end to see the videos.
The Muslim Use of the Errant Unitarianism of Sir Anthony Buzzard
Timeline of Trayvon Martin's Last Minutes - YouTube
Timeline of Trayvon Martin's Last Minutes - YouTube
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