Month: June 2025
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“Scientism” asserts that the only things we can know are things that can be tested scientifically. Scientism comes in two forms: Strong scientism is self-refuting because the assertion that “we can only know things that can be tested scientifically”, cannot itself be tested scientifically and therefore we cannot know it.…
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A self-refuting statement contradicts itself, making it logically false. However, Christians sometimes unfortunately mischaracterize an assertion as self-refuting. An example is the statement “There are no moral absolutes” to which a Christian might respond “Are you absolutely sure?” believing he has demonstrated the statement to be self-refuting. In fact, the…
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A worldview represents one’s understanding of reality. This understanding can either correspond to reality or deny reality. False worldviews have an inevitable tendency to either collide (sometimes violently) with other worldviews, or implode. Some of the major conflicts in our culture represent worldviews in collision: i.e., between naturalism and supernaturalism,…
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Bad apologetics does not have the gospel as the goal; it is arguments for argument’s sake. If an apologist spends an hour talking with an unbeliever offering numerous arguments but never gets to the gospel, his priorities are misaligned. The gospel must always be the goal in apologetics. We may…
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I was asked to respond to this article by Ewdard Babinski. In responding to anyone, I of course want to know something about the author. In Babinski’s case, the information is sparse, almost non-existent. He apparently claims to be an “independent researcher”, whatever that is. He also apparently claims to…
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“Using the problem of evil as an argument against God is dangerous for the skeptic, since, ironically, this problem can turn into an argument in favor of God’s existence.” — The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics by Joseph M. Holden Scripture teaches 4 truths simultaneously: Scripture teaches 5 truths simultaneously with…
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Here is the classic problem: Most philosophers agree that Alvin Plantinga successfully refuted the logical problem of evil using the Free Will Defense; it is no longer considered a valid argument by most philosophers and theologians. Note this applies only to the logical problem of evil, not the evidential or…
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A willingness to live with unresolvable questions is a mark of intellectual maturity, not a matter of logical nonsense as some unwisely regard it.” – Oxford Professor Alister McGrath The problem of evil is often deployed by atheists as their decisive “nuclear option” against theism. Evil can precipitate a “crisis…
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(The following is extracted from a research paper entitled “The Argument From Beauty” submitted on Jun 20, 2022 at Southern Seminary.) We often hear that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Does that mean that beauty is subjective and not objective? Is beauty objective or subjective? The ancient…
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The EndGame For Transgender Insanity In the analysis of any worldview, one of the primary considerations is to follow its understanding of reality to its logical conclusion. In other words, what is the “endgame”? The endgame for nihilism is despair, mental illness and ultimately . . . destruction . .…
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Christian Apologetics 