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August 2018

August 23, 2018

Dialogue with Atheist Dr. Jim Arvo, on Deconversion

This exchange took place on the ExChristian.Net site, in response to my critique of the webmaster Dave Van...

August 23, 2018

Critiquing Atheist Deconversions = “Spiritual Predator”?

If one dares to critique an atheist's "deconversion" from Christianity to atheism one will prove...

August 23, 2018

Atheist Joe E. Holman’s Deconversion Story Critiqued

Joe E. Holman used to be a preacher in the fundamentalist Church of Christ denomination....

August 23, 2018

Ecclesiological Certainty (?) & the “Infallibility Regress”

The so-called "infallibility regress" argument breaks down insofar its tacit assumption that no one can...

August 22, 2018

Catholic Charismatic Renewal: Opinions of Recent Popes

Pope St. John XXIII Prayer to the Holy Spirit (1961): Divine Spirit, renew your wonders...

August 22, 2018

Conciliarism: “Orthodox” Option in Medieval Catholicism?

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Pope Gregory VII's (Hildebrand's) Papacy (1073-1085): Radical Novelty or...

August 21, 2018

“Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner”: Biblical & Christlike?

According to a lot of people, it's not. One Christian observer (in a very popular article)...

August 21, 2018

Was Medieval Ecclesiology “Fallibilist Conciliarism”?

Conciliar infallibility is just as firmly entrenched in Christian and "Roman" (also Orthodox) Tradition as...

August 21, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #12: God Likes Child Sacrifice? Huh?!

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 20, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #11: Slavery & the New Testament

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 20, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #10: Slavery in the Old Testament

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 18, 2018

Jeremiad on the Disgraceful Sexual Abuse Scandal

I've been writing about this in several Facebook posts, but I thought I would "collect"...

August 17, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #9: Trinity Unclear in the Bible?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 16, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #8: Physics Has Disproven Souls?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 16, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #7: No Conditional Prayer in Scripture?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 15, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #6: God Has “No Problem with Rape”?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 15, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #5: Has Archaeology Disproven the Exodus?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 14, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #4: Jesus Never Existed, Huh?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 14, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #3: Falsehoods About God & Free Will

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 14, 2018

Biblical Evidence: Formal Prayer Isn’t “Vain Repetition”

From my 2009 book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths, except the verses are in RSV...

August 13, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #2: Atheist vs. Christian Mental Health

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 13, 2018

Brief Answers to 11 Atheist’s Questions About Christianity

Taneli Huuskonen asked these on my blog. His words will be in blue. ***** [M]y own...

August 13, 2018

Response to the Deconversion Story of “Anthrotheist”

Words of Anthrotheist: a friendly regular contributor on my blog (he wrote this in a...

August 12, 2018

Seidensticker Folly #1: Atheist vs. Christian Generosity

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts...

August 11, 2018

Rebuttal of Seidensticker’s Anti-Christian Science “History”

For a completely warped, cynical, jaded, ignorant, one-sided alt-version of the history of early science,...

August 10, 2018

Reply to the “Deconversion Story” of a Pastor’s Wife

A "deconversion" is a sort of "anti-testimony" story of the odyssey from Christian faith to...

August 10, 2018

Hysterical Frenzy vs. Me on Atheist Seidensticker’s Blog

I dared to ban atheist icon / sacred cow Bob Seidensticker, for reasons carefully explained...

August 10, 2018

Documentary Theory of Biblical Authorship (JEPD): Dialogue

My dialogue opponent (on my blog) is a self-described "liberal" Catholic. His words will be in blue....

August 10, 2018

Biblical Inspiration & Cultural Influences: Contradictory?

Elzbieta Kraszewski, who was raised Catholic, wrote in one of my comboxes (words in blue...

August 09, 2018

Am I the Christian Equivalent of the “Angry Atheist”?

The following came from a critique from Grimlock: a frequent atheist contributor to my blog...

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