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Is evil a disproof for Christianity?
August 20th, 200910:19 PM ETWhat would you say if an atheist asked you to tell him how best to shake your Christian faith? It would be a strange question wouldn't it? Rather like Caleb Bradham (founder of Pepsi) calling up Asa Griggs Candler (one time head of Coca-Cola) and asking for the secret formula to Coke. And yet, that is what I was asked by one of my readers, Converse... -
Belief in Yahweh in a world of other gods
August 10th, 200910:22 PM ET[Note to the reader: this is the third installment in an ongoing conversation on the rationality of belief in God. We now join this conversation, which is unfolding at a bohemian coffee shop, in progress.] The college guy was looking impatient. "Can you get to the question at hand? Good gosh man, people are beginning to fall asleep!" "Yes, y... -
Yahweh as most perfect being and the burden of belief
August 10th, 200912:35 AM ETRandal took a slurp of his coffee, sat back in his chair, and continued: "So I am trying to address the question, "Why believe Yahweh is the most perfect being?" As we have seen, there are two possible defeaters to this claim. Before I outline those defeaters and seek to address them, I want to say a few words about evidential burden... -
Why believe Yahweh is the most perfect being?
August 07th, 200910:09 AM ETRandal is reading a Calvin and Hobbes book in the middle of a bustling, bohemian coffee shop. Suddenly ConverseAtheist walks up and taps him impatiently on the shoulder. Randal looks up and ConverseAtheist begins to speak: "You requested my patience regarding your case against Zeus... that was a couple of weeks ago." Randal nods as ConveseAtheist ... -
Does the Trinity make sense (and does it matter)?
August 05th, 200902:25 AM ETThe doctrine of the Trinity -- the doctrine that the one God is three distinct and equally divine persons -- stands at the center of Christian confession. Indeed, the doctrine has long been confessed as the foundation stone of Christian orthodoxy, and ideally also the heartbeat of Christian piety. But even so, it also represents what appears to be ...
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