FEATURED POST
Those Pre-Christian Deities Aren’t Much Like Jesus After All
I’ve written about how we, as Christians, ought to respond to the claim that Jesus is simply a fictional re-creation of prior “dying-and-rising” god mythologies. The first step in assessing the evidence requires us to closely examine attributes of the mythological character offered in comparison to Jesus. It turns out that pre-Christian mythologies are far less similar to the story of Jesus than critics claim. When I first began to examine all the alleged similarities, I found that one … [Read More...]
THE NEW ATHEISM
An Atheist Admires the Contributions of Religion
Atheist Alain de Botton believes that atheists and secularists can borrow a lot of good things from religion: Religions merit our attention for their sheer conceptual ambition; for changing the … [Read More...]
On “You Can’t Prove A Negative”
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof" - Christopher Hitchens A common reply that many atheists give when asked about evidence for atheism is "you can't prove a … [Read More...]
POSTMODERNISM, RELATIVISM & TRUTH
Blind Men and the Elephant
There is an old known as “the Blind Men and the Elephant.” In this story, there are 4 blind men who are asked to determine what an elephant looks. The first blind man feels the leg of the … [Read More...]
If All Religions are True then God is Cruel
In 2003, the short-film Most made its way onto the big screen. The film shows the story of a single father who takes his son to work with him at the bridge which he tends. He was responsible for … [Read More...]
THE RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE
The Gospel According to Bart Ehrman
A June 3rd article that appeared on Christianpost contained an interview with Dr. Bart Ehrman who is a noted author and professor of religion. Ehrman is most famous for his criticisms of the New … [Read More...]
How Can We Trust the Gospels When the Geneologies are so Different?
Skeptics have written quite a bit about the allegedly “irreconcilable” differences between the genealogies of Jesus recorded in the gospels of Matthew (Matthew 1) and Luke (Luke 3:23-38). The … [Read More...]
REVIEWS
World War Z
"The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts.” Patient Zero, a 12-year-old Chinese boy, was bitten by an animal. That much is pretty … [Read More...]
“The Da Vinci Code” Critique – Part 3
(I continue my critique of Dan Brown's book - See Part 1 and Part 2) Brown’s second attack on Christianity is the claim that Jesus was not divine, nor claimed to be divine. Teabing alleges that … [Read More...]
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