apologetics

[NOTE: The following apologetic OP thread has been inspired by something that my friend, Silmarien, has recently (and very kindly and with her usual professional comportment) addressed in regard to my peculiar behavior as I attempt to interlocute with various other significant people on this...

I've just finished reading Myron Bradley Penner's book, The End of Apologetics, and I've been thinking about the state of the negative and positive inter-personal and other social "flows" that so often manifest among many modern Christian Apologists and various skeptical inquirers... Penner...

[Note: This thread isn't specifically about inappropriate contentography; it is about Social Philosophy and the un-Christian damage it can do in society!] As most of us who live in Western society know, Hugh Hefner's anti-Christian Playboy Philosophy is, for the most part, mainstream today and no longer just a...

So, there's an atheist Youtube channel called 'Truth Wanted' run by an intelligent and really nice guy who goes by the name of Objectively Dan. He's one of the newer ex-christian atheists who has come along over the past few years and started up his own channel on which he features different...

While this OP won't be short, it will have a sharp point. As we all know from the daily news, or if you've just been lucky (or unlucky) enough to watch an episode of some Crime Drama, such as Criminal Minds, or have unfortunately endured a life full of dangerous people (I hope not!), we've had...

We've all encountered some book, movie, album cover or song, or the sensationalist church sermon that has exclaimed some kind of danger, evil or premonition regarding a number that is charged with religious dread and at times, superstition. You know that number, don't you? Below is a video, a...

[See the edit below for additional direction on this OP thread! Thanks!] Kierkegaard, in relation to Lessing, spoke about a leap of faith. And his whys and wherefores for doing so were a little like this (and don't worry, it's a short movie clip): What?! You wouldn't make such a leap for...

While Matthew uses this verse to point to Jesus Messianic birth, if read in context, it sounds as if it is speaking of a literal ruler that will delivers them from the Assyrians. I’m confused on this, I know many Jews believe that the Messiah will be a physics ruler to deliver the Jewish...

Ok. Yes, yes, I know! Everyone hates long, elaborate media representations, and in recognizing this, I realize that the following video is well over an hour long. You can just ignore most of the video if you want to since all that probably needs to be heard is what (Christian) sociologist...

Hello! I've been working on other things for a few months. Some of you may remember me from my notorious thread asking Christians whether or not they believe in evolution. I am not here to deconvert you. There is no possible way for me to convince you of anything because you will simply dismiss...

I have read enough to know that I think the Van Tilian approach to epistemology, vie presuppositionalism is unsupportable (IMO). What alternatives are there?

Someone said not too long ago that "these are the times that try men's souls," or something to that effect. I suppose he was right in some capacity because, let's face it, we all seem to be languishing in a world gone awry, and even if someone doesn't presently adhere to some form of Metaphysics...

As I understands, Christian apologetics (Greek: ἀπολογία, "verbal defence, speech in defence")[1] is a branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections. Christian apologetics - Wikipedia I have been listening to Jay Smith, David Wood, Sam Shamoun, and other Christian...

As I've encountered the various fragmentary theological concepts in the Bible, swimming around as they do within the minds of the writers of both the Old Testament and the New, I've often had the feeling of being somewhat 'weirded out' by it all. This has been markedly the case when I've...

As some of you who are slightly older may remember, there lived for a relatively short time a relatively minor comedian by the name of Sam Kinison. Surprisingly, or perhaps not too surprisingly in this day and age, Sam gained notoriety for having been a former Pentecostal preacher turned...

I saw this video a few minutes back from a Christian Apologist who specialty is studying Islam and taking to Muslims. I found it very informative and well worth the 25 minutes spent watching it, so I'm posting a thread on it. But in looking, at some of the different specific board rules it...

"YOU CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE!" The statement above is uttered repeatedly by theists and atheists alike. Professors make the above statement as frequently as high-school students. Is it true? Here is an article that will help people more accurately understand why we want to consider the claim...

As brother "Whaddo You Meme?" briefly shares, there's a meme going around which implies that everyone, on some level, thinks their religion (or worldview) is right and that those who disagree are wrong, or else they each wouldn't hold to the opinion or viewpoint that they do. And this applies...