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Category Archives: Skepticism
Beware What You Do In Bear Country: Was God Just in 2 Kings 2?
Question: In 2 Kings 2:23-24, a group of youths tease Elisha the prophet because he was bald headed. God then sends a pair of she-bears to kill 42 of the children. How could this be a good thing to do? … Continue reading
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Conclusions About Historical Accuracy of the Bible
I have posted several entries that document the accurate historical accounts in the Bible, especially in the book of Acts (see here, and here, and here.) As shown in Colin Hemer’s landmark work, The Book of Acts In The Setting … Continue reading
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Why Does God Not Speak To Us Directly?
Here’s the next in our series of questions from skeptics and critics. If God is really trying to reach people, why would He entrust His message to sinners? If He knows that not everyone will be convinced by the truth … Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t God Routinely Do Fantastic Miracles Today?
Here’s the latest in the series of questions from skeptics and atheists. Question: Why have we not seen God reattach severed heads, restore someone who has been burned alive, or regrow amputated limbs? If God wanted us to know Him, … Continue reading
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How Can God Have Emotions When He Knows Everything?
This is the next installment in an occasional series on answering questions from skeptics. How can God have emotions, such as jealousy, anger, and sadness, when He is omniscient? Since emotions are reactionary, how can God react when He already … Continue reading
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If Jesus Fulfilled Prophecy, Why Did The Jews Reject Him?
Skeptics have proposed this question, and it is a legitimate one. If Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies so well, it would seem that the Jewish people would have followed Him. There are several reasonable answers to this question. First, … Continue reading
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King of the Skeptics
David Hume (d. 1776) was arguably the greatest skeptic. He certainly is the most well-known and systematic of the historical skeptics, and set the stage for all modern critics of Christianity. Many, if not all, of the skeptical arguments leveled … Continue reading
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Can Miracles Happen?
Modern atheists and skeptics have no better case than that presented by the king of the skeptics, David Hume (d.1776). If we can refute Hume, we have refuted all. Section 10 of Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is arguably the … Continue reading
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Bible Supported By Archaeology: Bethlehem
Today’s AP news wire has a report that archaeologists in Israel have discovered an ancient seal with the name of Bethlehem on it. This is significant because it is the first item found outside of the Bible that contains the … Continue reading
Hume & Miracles: A Complication of Blunders
I have a book titled Infidelity, which in an older context was a synonym for atheism or skepticism. The book was published by the American Tract Society without a date, but it appears to be from the mid-1800′s. It is a … Continue reading
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Could The Bible Be Written Like A Historical Novel?
Skeptics could claim, and often do, that while the Bible may contain historical accuracies, this does not prove that all the statements in the Bible are in fact true. Critics say that just because Homer’s books mention cities that actually … Continue reading
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Failure of Kant’s First Antinomy
In his monumental work, Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant presented four antinomies. These statements consist of a thesis and an antithesis, which contradict each other, but which Kant provides a proof for each. The idea is that if thesis … Continue reading
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Bubblegum Philosophy and Skepticism: Is Watching Video Sufficient?
Philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig is well known for his public debates against atheists and critics. He is also well known for championing the kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God, the argument which says that since the … Continue reading
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Can Miracles Be Proved or Disproved?
Whether miracles have happened in the past cannot be disproved based on counting how many times miracles have not happened. Such logic may seem valid on the surface, saying that someone has observed a phenomenon many times and never seen … Continue reading
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What If We Approached Osama Bin Laden Like Bible Critics?
Three days ago, President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. Since then, the accounts of exactly how Osama Bin Laden died have been a bit murky. In fact, the news reports seem to have had some information that … Continue reading
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Could A Man Rise From The Dead?
I have not met a modern skeptic or critic than can hold a candle to the king of skeptics, David Hume. If the modern midgets have anything to say, it is because they stand on the shoulders of giants. In … Continue reading
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Of Spaghetti Monsters and Pink Unicorns: A Refutation
The Intelligent Design (ID) movement has attempted to take empirical data and draw the conclusion that naturalism could not be possible. Naturalism is physicalism, saying that all that exists is physical matter and energy, that everything that exists is the … Continue reading
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Historical Accuracy of the Old Testament
Old Testament scholar Walter Kaiser has written an excellent book titled The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable & Relevant? Among many other things in this book, Kaiser documents that secular historians and archaeologists have found independent corroboration for many … Continue reading
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How Much Evidence Is Sufficient?
Christian apologists have presented several lines of proof for the knowability of truth, the existence of a theistic God, and the accuracy of the Bible. On the other side, severe skeptics and atheists routinely dismiss these arguments as insufficient. I’ve … Continue reading
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How Much Historical Evidence Is Sufficient To Go Beyond Doubt?
Scottish thinker David Hume (d.1776) was the king of skeptics. Compared to Hume, most of the modern skeptics and agnostics are but amateurs, and many of them follow the same line of reasoning that originated with Hume. Hume carried his … Continue reading
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Reliability of New Testament Manuscripts
The number of New Testament manuscripts (hand-made copies from the early centuries) now stands at over 5,800. The number goes up each year, as more documents are unearthed in the mideast. When we add the number of quotations made in … Continue reading
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Do the Gospel Accounts Contradict Themselves?
Many skeptics and critics attempt to show that there are contradictions in the New Testament accounts of Jesus. They point to the many items in the four gospels which are not identical, and say that since they are not identical, … Continue reading
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An Example of Historical Accuracy in The Bible
In the book of Acts, chapter 27 deals with a shipwreck that the apostle Paul experienced while on his way to Rome. The author of Acts, Luke, goes into significant detail while describing the events of the storm and the … Continue reading
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Why I am Skeptical of Evolutionism
Evolution and creation in our culture today garner a lot of emotion. A cursory reading of the events surrounding the two camps tells us that both sides care very deeply for what they hold to be true. That creationists have … Continue reading
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Lord, Mr. Ford, What Has Dawkins Done?
In John Lennox’ book God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? the author poses a simple but very informative illustration. Suppose a primitive man sees a car driving down the street. He might conclude that there is a god, Mr. Ford, … Continue reading
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Time to Discard the Zeitgeist Myth
There is a film series on the internet with the title Zeitgeist. It has gotten an extremely large number of people viewing it. Among other topics, the first of the series spends time trying to make the case that Christianity borrowed from … Continue reading
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Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie: Theist and Atheist Discuss the Cosmological Argument
Scene 1: Christian: As I look out my window, I see a lot of boxcars moving by. Atheist: Yes, so do I. Christian: This is a very long string of boxcars, because they’ve been moving past for some time now. … Continue reading
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Atheists & Morality (Again)
Another blog post about atheists and morality. Before I start, let me respond to the inevitable criticism that always seems to come up. I affirm that atheists teach morality; I deny that atheists are nessesarily immoral. OK, I said it. I always have to … Continue reading
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Kant on Infinite Series, Part 2
Last post we showed that Immanuel Kant’s first antinomy is not valid. Good thing, for its implications are significant; if true, it would preclude both science and religion from determining origins. As Christians, we would not know that God created … Continue reading
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Kant on Infinite Series, Part 1
Immanuel Kant (d.1804) was a giant figure in the history of thought. Kant had a major influence on many areas, including religion and philosophy, and even mathematics, science, and aesthetics. One of Kant’s ideas was something he called antinomy. Kant’s … Continue reading
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