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This is a discussion about science and evolution with an atheist. I will probably post the full discourse soon. For now though I will post the beginning of the exchange and a link to the Facebook post that the rest can be found. It is very interesting. We went into what it means to be a God of the gaps argument, the evidence for evolution, and the evidence for design in biological human beings. I hope you enjoy it. If you want to read the rest of the dialogue, click…

Many of my followers are aware that I have come from a Oneness Pentecostal background, and I often make harsh comparisons, in saying that they are similar to the Mormon church or the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Of course I went into this thoroughly in my subsection Oneness Pentecostal Heresy but I think it would be profitable to briefly lay out 5 problems with Oneness Pentecostal doctrines. I should also note that not all who claim to be Oneness Pentecostals believe all of these things. Many members of the UPCI do not…

As Christians engage with non-believers and attempt to share their faith, they certainly come across a bit of resistance. People often do not want to hear the gospel message. They are gospel-hardened. So they will raise several objections to Christianity, and we just find ourselves in a debate. In such a scenario, Christians are often found raising a number of bad points, which people find less than persuasive. I think there are at least 5 common debate mistakes Christians make. 1 – They ask, “why are there still monkeys?” When…

Often we will hear atheists say that belief in God is just a crutch for those who cannot bear reality. It is something that some pathetic loser chooses to employ so that they do not have to bear the fact that they are eventually going to die, that they have to live alone in this universe, and so forth. In this way, atheism is thought of as the brave alternative. It is something for only those who are strong enough to bear it, something for only those who are smart…

Despite that we, as Christians, can see through the charade because we have a whistleblower (the inerrant, inspired, and authoritative word of God) a third of human population has been thoroughly deceived by Islam. They have been taught falsehoods and the holiness of God, the nature of man, sin, Christ, and so forth. But, of course, they would say precisely the same thing about Christians. So what is the difference? Why should we believe in the Christian conception of God rather than the Islamic conception of God? I think there…

It is so unfortunate that so many Christians just do not know how to explain why they are Christians. Often the leaders of the congregation fail to even teach them sound doctrine. Instead we teach them only emotional experiences or how we can live good lives. We will seek after miracles and fun Bible stories and nice teachings about love for ones’ enemies, but really, Christians often do not know why they should believe Christianity. Of course, for unbelievers, this may be rather anticlimactic. After all, you may spend time…

When we talk to atheists, they will often say that they refuse to provide any sort of evidence against God’s existence. They will say that they do not have any burden of proof, and that atheism is just a default position. Therefore they have no need to provide any sort of evidence. However, it is my position that this is just a sign of cowardice. Atheists do not provide any evidence, despite that they need to provide evidence. There are at least 5 reasons we shouldn’t believe atheists unless they…

Something interesting that I have encountered is the difference between Jewish and Christian theology. This is interesting because Christianity sprung forth out of Judaism. Christ came from a Jewish background, affirmed that the Old Testament were Scriptures, and provided atonement and revelation to the world. But Christ’s revelation, in many instances, is in contrast with the beliefs of traditional Judaism. Most Jews disagree with many of the fundamental dogmas of Christian belief, not the least of which being the doctrine of the trinity (Note: if you do not know what…

Muslims regard the Qur’an as the finest piece of literature ever written, holding it in even higher regard than Christians hold the Bible. Christians believe that God inspired prophets, apostles, and people close to apostles to write the Scripture as authoritative, and these letters were saved and passed on, and eventually assembled together. This is from where the Bible has come. Muslims do not believe that about the Qur’an. Instead, they believe that the Qur’an is an eternal book, that it has existed forever in Heaven, with Allah, and at…

In this debate over whether Jesus is God, I have found that much of my opponents’ rebuttals have been predicated upon debate tactics and attempting to avoid the arguments so that his conclusion can be protected. That is one reason that I am not really fond of the term debate because it indicates that both sides will just be defending their conclusion, but not really working toward the truth of the Scripture, which is what we should be doing. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the approach that we…

The fascination of education may differ in children in that some prefer only to stay inside watching television and refusing to indulge in the intellectual pursuits which are offered to them. Others participate in science experiments willingly and even enjoy it. However among both of these groups, there are few children that are not fascinated by the concept of dinosaurs. Who could blame them? Of course, many of my certain conservative evangelical Christian brethren find the modern teachings about dinosaurs to be a compromise to biblical teaching. It maintains that…

As we consider our relationship with God, and how to strengthen our ability to walk on the narrow way, we are often reminded that we need to pray more, that we need to pray more fervently and talk to the Lord. Communication is one of the fundamental elements of any relationship, and so the same in our relationship with God. We must communicate with him, lest our relationship dwindles, as would any relationship where we do not talk to the other person (if you had a relationship with a spouse…

Often our logical conclusions presuppose what is known as a basic belief. A basic belief would be a belief that we cannot prove by any empirical means, but that we are all rational accept. They are the foundation that the rest of our beliefs are constructed upon. Metaphysical truths about the existence of the external world (I am not just a mind in vat), the validity of sense experiences, and our ability to learn about the world would be examples of these beliefs. It might also be argued that things…

Rosa Rubicondior: “How did you arrive at the set of all things which don’t begin to exist, why did you exclude all possible natural causes from that set, and why did you restrict it to your preferred conclusion, namely a supernatural deity?” Response: I answered this question a number of times. I suppose once more will not hurt. It begins with the law of cause and effect, namely that a cause must transcend the effect. The effect obviously did not exist prior to its’ existence. Therefore the cause must transcend…

Everything That Begins To Exist Has A Cause In my argument, I explained that the law of causality is strongly founded in philosophical scholarship, so that it would not be dishonest to hold to it for a doctor of philosophy (which I was referring to William Lane Craig, as discussed earlier in the debate, not myself, and not overstating my knowledge of philosophy). Indeed much of science is often grounded on philosophical presuppositions or assumptions. To deny philosophy, seems to me to undermine not only philosophy, but science itself. As…

This is my first rebuttal in my debate on the topic of the Kalam Cosmological Argument with the atheist known as Rosa Rubicondior. Rosa’s introductory post can be found here. I am aware that both Rosa and myself have blogged on this topic a number of times, so I agree that much of what was in both of our introductory posts would be repeats of what we have previously written. However I think the fun really begins at this stage in the debate. I introduced the Kalam Cosmological Argument by…

When a long time member of the body of Christ begins to explore new churches in the area, they are sometimes surprised at what they find; the great contrast between the systems of worship in other churches and their own church. Some denominations seem very ritualistic, bowing to candles before the altar, making the Sign Of The Cross, and some even speak in what they regard as angelic tongues very loudly during worship service. If invited to a church such as this, the person who invited you might say something…

It is usually thought that moral values are sufficient to motivate people to act in a certain way. If somebody points out that some action is wrong, it can convict that person to annul whatever the immoral behavior was. Those who are in jail are there because they have done evil actions. But recently, there has sprung up a philosophy which allows us to say that the difference between right and wrong is relative to each individual, and there is nobody to tell us what is ultimately right and what…