http://thinkingchristian.today.com Philosophical Theology, Theological Philosophy, and Apologetics without an Apology. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:58:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most theists who have spent any time debating the existence of God with atheists are familiar with the "God of the gaps" objection -- namely, that the theist simply inserts "God did it" in the gaps of knowledge. While there are some poor arguments for theism that might be legitimately ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2009/02/03/emergence-of-the-gaps/ "Who are you to say?" "It's true for you, but not for me." "It's wrong to impose one's views on others." Probably few of us has managed to avoid hearing the empty slogans that have grown in the soil of postmodern relativism and political correctness to the point of being ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2009/02/02/imposing-your-beliefs-on-others-its-often-the-right-thing-to-do/ During the recent years, Bart Ehrman has become famous by his book "Misquoting Jesus", which deals with issues of New Testament textual criticism. While most of the actual information that he presents is neither new nor controversial, he constantly ends up drawing conclusions that the data doesn't really warrant. Also, ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2009/01/16/upcoming-debate-james-white-vs-bart-ehrman/ Adnan Rashid vs. David Wood: "The Satanic Verses: Fabricated or Authentic?" I found this debate to be very enlightening. The so-called satanic verses are a big problem for Islam, as I think this debate amply demonstrates. Adnan Rashid's opening statement: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5074108594265376338&hl=en David Wood's opening statement: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1693130198610629356&hl=en Rebuttals: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4876153218123366439&hl=en Q & A and conclusions http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3437660053707495295&hl=en See also David Wood's blog at ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2009/01/07/adnan-rashid-vs-david-wood-the-satanic-verses-fabricated-or-authentic/ The definition of truth is actually not the kind of complicated and difficult problem that some people make it to be. Truth is simply a correspondence between a claim that purports to describe reality on the one hand, and the actual reality on the other. This is "a matching relation". ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2009/01/01/what-is-truth/ Is God a Delusion? A debate between William Lane Craig and Bill Cooke I think this is one of the most one-sided debates on God's existence that I have ever heard or seen. Craig has a reputation of winning most of his debates, but this time the opponent didn't really even ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2008/12/30/is-god-a-delusion-a-debate-between-william-lane-craig-and-bill-cooke/ The argument You all are non-believers when it comes to gods like Zeus, Wotan, Thor, etc. We atheists just go one god further than you, and we reject your god for the exact same reason that you reject the others gods. Answer Not true. You have failed to distinguish between two separate ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2008/12/29/answering-common-atheist-arguments-part-5/ As this blog is relatively new, I don't have that many readers yet. But to everyone who happens to read this, I wish a happy Christmas. I hope that you find time to reflect on the actual reason for this time of celebration. It's one of those things that we can ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2008/12/23/peaceful-and-blessed-christmas-to-everyone/ The growth of Islam is one of the biggest challenges for contemporary Christianity. Therefore, it is important that Christians have some knowledge of what Islam is, what it teaches and how a Christian should respond to those teachings. Luckily, there is a good amount of Christian apologetic material on Islam ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2008/12/22/resources-on-islam/ This post is about the classification of Christian apologetic methodologies. I'm sure some may find the subject a bit boring and irrelevant, but it is a topic that is worth some thought for the purpose of gaining clarity in studying the similarities and differences between the methodologies. The main schools of ... http://thinkingchristian.today.com/2008/12/21/definitions-and-basic-methodologies-in-christian-apologetics-a-proposed-categorization/