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What sort of rules are good for interpretation? It seems the best interpretation is the one that captures the author’s intended meaning. With Scripture, we who believe that it is God’s word, as well as human writing, …
Another video responding to the same Jehovah’s Witness on YouTube. This one deals with the argument they make that Jesus is Michael the archangel. I must say, I’d never looked into it and was really surprised …
Thought this video merited a response. So here’s my response in two parts.
I put this post in video form on YouTube. Here it is.
Since merely answering questions isn’t enough, I thought I’d pose some of my own, for Jehovah’s Witnesses and anyone else who denies the Deity of Christ. So here they are: If Jesus is not God… Then why does Thomas …
So, it’s been a while since my last post, and I’ve been busy on other areas of life, but I thought this was worth posting. Last week, my wife and I met with a couple of Jehovah’s witnesses, and of …
John Loftus’ Atheistic Ethic In our exchange, Loftus offered up this series of articles in response to my three-question challenge to (1) affirm or deny his belief in objective morality and (2) either account for evil on …
Mysteries Loftus also refers to what he calls, “The Ignorance Defense”. He argues that the Christian will finally “punt to mystery” (p. 256). He makes a similar argument here. Basically, the Christian argues that, since …
Loftus Answers Objections In chapter 13, Loftus presents part 2 of his treatment of the problem of evil, in which he answers some objections and theodicies that have been put forth to answer it. He begins by reiterating …
Loftus begins his argument I’ll be arguing here against the theistic conception of God, who is believed to be all-powerful, or omnipotent, perfectly good, or omnibenelovent (sic) and all-knowing, or omniscient. The …
Recently, I wrote a two-part article on the problem of evil, which can be found here and here. The same day that I posted the second part, John Loftus from Debunking Christianity offered a partial response, linking to an …
The Intuitive Problem of Evil While the logical problem of evil can be evaluated on the basis of a deductive argument, the intuitive problem is a little trickier. On the one hand, it can be expressed much more simply: …
