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See poll. This poll is directed at all non-theistic skeptics in general, including agnostics, hard/soft atheists, agnostic atheists, apatheists, igtheists, ignostics, existentialist atheists, etc. Note: The "A" in Atheism means "without." The etymological root for the word atheism...

Awhile ago, one of the atheists here brought this up, and I didn't give it the time it rightly deserved. Whoever you are, I apologize. One of David Hume's objections to the causal argument for the existence of God revolves around the fallacy of composition. First, the definition: (per wiki)...

As a child, I started attending Sunday School in the mid-70s (Southern Baptist Convention). At the time, Broadman press was handling the Sunday School materials. Most every depiction of Bible characters (the classroom posters, etc.) were artistically rendered to a very high standard of realism...

Your feelings? Dogmatic assumption? <-- Whether yours, or someone else's? Belief in the myth of Conflict Thesis? Something else? Or, is the conclusion part of a larger step-by-step process that you can explain in clear detail without being painfully vague and ambiguous?

Question #1. Was Christianity compulsory in Calvin's Geneva? Question #2. If "yes" to the above, then wouldn't this constitute an implicit denial of God's sovereign regeneration? The reprobate cannot genuinely repent by force. Question #3. Was there any Reformed community where...

transitive verb. 6. To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise: "He decided to wing his remarks to reporters." When I was in my early 20s, I took a little business school and briefly trained as a restaurant manager for a Pizza/Sub franchise that was booming at the...

It's not a rule-in-itself. It's only necessary to determine who goes first in a debate; that's all. Taken from the article, "You Can Prove A Negative," by Stephen Law Ph.D.

Will some sins get you there faster than others? If so, which ones? How many times do you sin, confess, sin, confess, sin, confess, etc., before you wake up and realize you're simply nothing more than a hypocrite/apostate?

(Edit 3/18: I have since abandoned this proposal.) - Paulo Usually sin is performed in secret. People spend days, weeks, and even months trying to work out getting away with the perfect sin "on the down-low," right? So what's wrong with confessing the specific temptation out in the open and...

And if so, what year? Or was it a continuous course? Do you recall the basic nuts & bolts of what they taught? I am a Protestant, but this is not a debate thread. These are honest questions. I'm very concerned with all these atheists I encounter online that claim they're "ex-catholics,"...

During the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, where did Hume or Kant ever objectively refute any of the classical logical arguments for God's existence? <-- Don't forget that deductive logic is math-based (bivalent), therefore logic constitutes proof. Only direct citations with book name, page...

(please be patient, this is only a rough draft) I'm becoming more and more convinced lately that Communion/Lord's Supper is not merely a metaphorical, or purely symbolic, memorial. But rather, it's an actual memorial done in obedience, (1 Corinthians 11:24-25; Luke 22:19). In other words, I...

This is one of those situations where I encounter a line of reasoning from an Arminian and dismiss it as a one-off, only to see it repeated by another Arminian a few months later. The way I'm hearing it, the concept goes something like this: - Bob is initially hostile to Arminian god, but is...

Rachel Jankovic breaks down the philosophy behind the idea you can "be whatever you want to be" and how to respond to it as a Christian. This was a very insightful video. Highly recommended. :)

QUESTION: "Are there any ancient or modern-day laws that can be used as illustrative analogies to the substitutionary atonement?" Looking only for direct analogies. Please, no brainstorming or spitballing.

Whether you agree or disagree, I think we can at least understand the concept of the Trinity if we approach this as a gradual point-by-point deductive process. (Note: If you want to skip the necessary build-up, go ahead and skip to #6. But please keep-in-mind this cannot be taken out of its...

Hello, I've been a Reformed Evangelical Christian since 1996. My entire faith statement can be summed up according to the London Baptist Confession 1689, and the Westminster Confession. More specifically, I am a Neo-Augustinian Monergist with a Thomist Apologetic. <-- Which is somewhat rare...

Lets say you're really-really desperate to determine whether or not you're truly saved. I've heard it taught: "One who is indwelt by the Holy Spirit cannot be demon-possessed." Therefore, if I successfully invoke channelling or demon-possession, then I can definitively determine without a...