Category: apologetics
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A single human’s DNA has 875 megabytes of data . . . which is equivalent to 106 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica. Geneticist Guillaume Riesen explains it here. It’s important to understand that this 875 megabytes of data is “functional” information with specified complexity, as opposed to “Shannon” information (named after…
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Orthodoxy: that which the New Testament calls “sound doctrine” (1 Tim 1:10; 2 Tim 4: 3; Titus 1:9; 2:1) that which rightly reflects in summary form all the teaching of Scripture and which the church is bound to believe and obey. Heterodoxy: Greek meaning a “different belief”, is an opinion…
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Dr. Stephen Meyer, PhD from Cambridge, is an expert in information theory. Functional information, as opposed to random information, necessitates the prior existence of an intelligent mind. In the first video, he describes how “functional” information, such as found in DNA, requires intelligence. In the second 10-min video he explains…
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+ anthony flew, consciousness, DNA, evolution, information, information-theory, Intelligent Design, Math, philosophy, science, Stephen Meyers, Universe+
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“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law” (Gal 4:4.) What does “fullness of time” mean? Is it referring to Newton’s absolute God-time? Or Einstein’s relative time within creation? Or something else? Time has no effect on God…
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There are four areas of apologetic defense (tolerance, rationality, gospel and orthodoxy), two from general knowledge (general revelation) and two from special knowledge (special revelation). TO THE WORLD TO THE CHURCH FROM GENERAL REVELATION TOLERANCESeeking tolerance for the faith RATIONALITYPhilosophical arguments for Christian theism FROM SPECIAL REVELATION GOSPELDefense of Christian…
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There’s an old saying – “There is no doctrine a fundamentalist won’t fight over, and no doctrine a liberal will fight over.” Not every error is a heresy. And when the error we oppose is fatal heresy, the goal should be to heal, not to destroy. Most Christians have a…
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by Bob Pratico, submitted at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Mar 2022 William Lane Craig. Reasonable Faith, Christian Truth and Apologetics. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 1984, 1994, 2008 IntroductionWilliam Lane Craig is a world-renowned, respected philosopher and Christian apologist. He is a Visiting Scholar of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology…
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Last February, Tom Dallis offered a brilliant argument here for the existence of God from “counterfactuals”, asserting that counterfactuals are “one of the most overlooked yet powerful arguments for God.” His argument follows and is both beautiful in logic and elegant in simplicity. Here is his argument: Premise 1: If…
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From the Collaborative International English Dictionary we get the following definition: teleological:– Of or pertaining to teleology, or the doctrine of design.– Showing evidence of design or purpose, especially in natural phenomena.– Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose. The Christian account of reality claims that:…
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Christian Apologetics 