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72. You’re not as Crazy as I Think
Have you ever noticed how many crazy people there are out there? I’m not talking about folks who sport wild hair and a sandwich board that declares “The end is near”. I’m talking about those people...
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Minding the Memes
A few days ago Jeff Lowder of “The Secular Outpost” started a new series on “stupid atheist memes”. His first installment was: “If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious...
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One of the dumber things Christopher Hitchens said
Christopher Hitchens was a master rhetorician. And like many a master rhetorician, he said more than a few things which are (1) memorable, (2) apparently profound, and (3) actually kind of dumb....
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One simple way to tell that a particular atheist lacks intellectual credibility
The title of this article begins with an ambitious promise: one simple way to tell that a particular atheist lacks intellectual credibility. But as with many ambitious promises, this one comes with a...
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Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The J.L. Schellenberg Endorsement
When I wrote Is the Atheist My Neighbor? I had a very short endorser wish-list. That list consisted of folks who were leaders in their professions and exemplars of the kind of irenic dialogue between...
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73. Randal interviews Randal on the Atheist as Neighbor
I have interviewed many folks on this podcast — theologians, Christian apologists, atheists, philosophers, scientists, pastors — but I have never had the opportunity to sit down with myself. Until...
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My abortive Nuskeptix conversation with atheist Raphael Lataster
On Saturday, June 6th, I appeared as a guest on the YouTube channel Nuskeptix to have a discussion with atheist Raphael Lataster on the topic “The Existence Of God and The Exclusive Truth Of...
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Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Support the Book and Change the Conversation
Do atheists hate God? Many Christians seem to think so. For the last three centuries Christians have widely assumed that atheism is always a result of a rebellious, sinful rejection of God. According...
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74. The Problem with Jebus
One of the oft-noted traits of the New Atheism is a new hostility and contempt toward those of differing opinion. In this episode of The Tentative Apologist Podcast I address this troubling trait with...
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Jeff Lowder on Is the Atheist My Neighbor?
When I was writing Is the Atheist My Neighbor? I wanted to have a chapter devoted to dialogue with an atheist. After all, the best way to gain perspective and nuance regarding the views of another...
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Christians and Atheists: My “Strange Notions” Article
Today the popular Catholic apologetics website Strange Notions published an article I wrote titled “An Atheist in Church? Why Christians Should Listen to Their Atheist Neighbors.”
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The Apologist’s Dilemma
A few days ago I began reading Os Guinness’ latest book, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion (IVP, 2015). I’ve been a Guinness fan since I read The Gravedigger File back in 1997....
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Faith-Head Christians vs. Brain-Dead Atheists
A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled “Faith-Head Christians vs. Brain-Dead Atheists” for the John Templeton Foundation to be published at Slate. The article was published a few days ago. You can...
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A Slap of Persuasion? A Review of Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the...
Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2015). Os Guinness’s latest book, Fool’s Talk, is devoted to a very important topic:...
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The Contemptuous Atheist
Simon Blackburn begins his essay “Religion and Respect” by recalling the time he was invited to a Jewish colleague’s house for dinner: “during the course of the meal, some kind of observance was put in...
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Can Christians and Atheists Stop Fighting? The Rauser/Shaha Conversation
It’s hard to believe, but this is my fourth appearance on “Unbelievable” with Justin Brierley. In this episode we set aside the standard debate format for a more collegial discussion based on my book...
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Apathy, Hostility, and Is the Atheist My Neighbor?
If you ever try to get a book published, one of the first questions a commissioning editor will ask you is “Who is your target audience?” That is, who is going to buy your book? After all, publishers...
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The Golden Rule of Caricaturing the Beliefs of Others
People love to caricature the beliefs of others. And it’s not hard to see why. After all, let’s be honest: it’s fun. Caricaturing the beliefs of others makes them look stupid and makes yourself feel...
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Is the Golden Rule now a luxury we can ill afford?
Some time ago Catholic apologist Matt Fradd posted an exchange we had discussing God’s not Dead in which I offered some serious criticisms of the film. A reader recently posted a comment in response to...
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What Joe Biden can teach us
These days folks don’t merely “agree to disagree”. They go out of their way to call into question the very motives of those on the other side of the ideological aisle. The Rebellion Thesis that...
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