Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 4.12.19 12 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 "Mark, wanting to make a theological point, locates the event in a place whose name is associated with casting out demons – the language, as Marcus points out, does kinda support this. This…
Atheism… The Weekly Roundup – 1.25.19 25 Jan 201926 Jan 2019 Over on his blog Charles Payet has a post entitled "It's the End of the World as We Knew It." Overall, it is a rather pessimistic piece and one with which…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5b 14 Jan 201920 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
'The Case for Miracles'… Book Review: ‘The Case for Miracles’ by Lee Strobel, part 5a 10 Dec 201820 Jan 2019 In part one of my review of Lee Strobel’s The Case for Miracles I covered chapters 1-3, a section featuring Strobel’s interview of the skeptic Michael Shermer. In part two I…
Atheism… The Weekly Round up – 11.9.18 9 Nov 201812 Nov 2018 "Jesus’ followers are to abandon any and all means of procuring a socio-economic livelihood, or more accurately conceiving of a livelihood in socio-economic terms." - Steven DiMattei Over at his…
(Re)Considering Christianity (series)… (Re)Considering Christianity: A Skeptic Looks at the Christian Religion – Introduction, part 2 15 Oct 201820 Jan 2019 "Outside of Christ there is no law, no hope, and no meaning." - Ravi Zacharias.1 To see more posts in this series, please go to the series' page. In part…
Atheism… Weekly Roundup – 10.5.18 5 Oct 20183 Oct 2018 Here's the Weekly Roundup! (Note: there will be no Roundup next Friday.) Over at bibleinterp.com there is an excerpt from John: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators (Eerdmans, 2018) entitled "The Spiritual…
Adam and Eve (Hebrew Scriptures)… James Anderson Tries to Answer, “Why Did God Allow the Fall?” 26 Jul 20185 Jul 2018 When Christians talk about "the Fall," they aren't referring to Autumn. The Fall in Christian theology is a reference to the sin of Adam and Eve which resulted in their…
Philosophy… Jonathan Garner: Skeptical Theists Admit Defeat 24 Jul 201824 Jul 2018 Some of you may have heard of "Skeptical Theism," the position that says that while God exists it may be impossible to discern correctly his motives for allowing things like…
'The Meaning of Belief' (2017)… Tim Crane: Religion and Violence 2 Jul 201820 Jun 2018 Tim Crane, The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist's Point of View (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017), 123-124. Given the violence at the heart of the monotheistic religions, it is…
