On Creationism

This is responding to an article "The Disingenuousness of the Jesus Legend in Popular Media" By Emma Louie. It can be found here, but I think you need to sign in to read it (but it is free): https://www.academia.edu/68997185/The_Disingenuousness_of_the_Jesus_Legend_in_Popular_Media?email_work_card=title The article sets out its stall in the first paragraph. Mom, is Jesus like Santa Clause?” Perplexed by her fifteen-year-old daughter’s question, Sarah a young Christian did not know how to answer as she thoughtfully placed the popular Christmas Blu-ray movie in the shopping cart along side the diet sodas and popcorn. Zoe repeated the question with the persistence of adolescent curiosity. When Sarah did not respond for the second time, Zoe added, “Well, Santa Clause isn’t real.” Just what was an appropriate response to Zoe’s question, in an age when much of what teenagers and young adults know about Jesus comes from sources other than the Christian church. The fact that Jesus ro...

An article from 2012 on CARM is the starting point here. " Looking at Whitney Houston’s death through atheist eyes " https://carm.org/looking-at-whitney-houstons-death-through-atheist-eyes It wasn’t Wax’s argument that gave me pause but rather one of the comments made by one of the hatetheist trolls that consistently man the comment boards of Christian Post. Predictably, the hatetheist mocked anyone who would dare to believe in a personal evil such as Satan, but he went on to say that the death of Houston was “tragic.” You just know an article is going to be intellectual when the author uses terms like "hatetheist trolls"... If someone wants to define Whitney Houston’s death as “tragic,” then he is going to need a couple of things. First, he’ll need to show that she possessed some innate worth that was marred by the lifestyle that eventually took her life. Whitney Huston possessed innate worth because she was a person. It is as simple as that. Compare to the Christi...

With the CARM forum down for three weeks now, I am obliged to read the articles on the site. One that caught my eye is; " Atheists err when asking for material evidence to prove God’s existence ". https://carm.org/atheists-err-when-asking-for-material-evidence-to-prove-gods-existence He says: First of all, the scientific method is a system of learning that consists of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, prediction, and theory.  It is based on logic and observations of the material universe and its properties. Second, the scientific method, along with a materialistic worldview, necessarily excludes transcendence – that which exists independent of the universe.  Therefore, it can’t detect what is outside of the material realm since it is based on observing things inside the material realm. Third, the Christian worldview proclaims a transcendent God who exists outside of, and independent of, the material universe.  In other words, the Christian God is not dependent upo...

This is a response to an article of the same name by Matt Slick at CARM. https://carm.org/is-christianity-or-the-bible-misogynistic Wiki describes misogyny as: Misogyny (/mɪˈsɒdʒɪni/) is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It is a form of sexism that can keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining the social roles of patriarchy. Misogyny has been widely practised for thousands of years. It is reflected in art, literature, human societal structure, historical events, mythology, philosophy, and religion worldwide. But Slick has an agendas, so he uses his own definition. Misogyny is a hatred of and distrust of women. In Slick's world having contempt for all women is not misogymy. Being prejudiced against girls and women is not misogyny. Keeping women at a lower social status is not misogyny. Why is that? Well, I would suggest that as a Christian he has been raised to believe that women really are less than men, and that it is therefore perf...

This is a response to an article by Matt Slick on CARM that seeks to answer the question: " Why would God increase the pain of childbirth because of Eve’s disobedience to Him? " https://carm.org/god-multiplies-the-pain-of-women-in-child-bearing The answer lies in two things. First, we must understand that Eve was the means God commanded to fill the earth with people.  ... Second, Adam was her “head.” What? So Slick is saying God made childbirth painful - and outright dangerous - for women because Eve was commanded to fill the world with people and because Adam was in charge of her! In what way does that explain God's choice here? Both of those are readily achievable without childbirth being painful and dangerous. Indeed the first would be more readily accomplished if it was not! I suppose we need to get into the details here. God commanded to fill the earth with people First, we must understand that Eve was the means God commanded to fill the earth with people. Her union ...