This article will be a little bit of a departure from the usual fare of biblical exegesis or criticism of false theology. It’s still going to be a criticism of some bad arguments about theology, but these are …
In my continuing series evaluating inconsistencies in Unitarian argumentation, I will be looking at a new argument. Once again, this is not, primarily, an argument against Unitarianism, but rather an evaluation of how …
A few months back, I uploaded a video in which I examined inconsistencies in Unitarian argumentation. I thought it would be good now to go ahead and do something similar for the blog. If you’ve seen that presentation, …
In theological debate, you can categorize arguments, generally, into those that are Scriptural in nature and those that are philosophical in nature. When I say “in nature”, I’m referring to the basis of the argument, …
Today, I am going to start a series on Unitarian Arguments against the Trinity. Now, I could definitely make this a very long series if I were to examine every individual argument they employ, but, as we will see, many …
A while back, Dale Tuggy issued a challenge to what he calls “Jesus-is-God apologists”. He said it is an argument, not against the Trinity per se, but against those who just equate Jesus and God. We will examine the …
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 …