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Can Atheists Be Saved? YES! (Possibly Some . . .)

Summary: Salvation comes through Jesus Christ's sacrifice. But does one have to know about...

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February 15, 2023

Who Seized Jesus & Struck Him During His Trial? (vs. Bob Seidensticker)

Atheist and prolix critic of Christianity and the Bible Bob Seidensticker runs the popular and...

December 2022

December 15, 2022

Reply to Seidensticker’s 50 “2-Minute” Anti-Christian Arguments

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. I have critiqued 80 of his posts, but...

March 2022

March 04, 2022

Pearce Pablum #71: Dragons in the Bible?

Atheist anti-theist and “philosopher” Jonathan M. S. Pearce runs the blog, A Tippling Philosopher. He has encouraged me to...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

Seidensticker Folly #78: “Natural Evil” & Uniformitarianism

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...

January 25, 2022

Seidensticker Folly #77: Free Will & 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+...

December 2021

December 07, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #76: Resurrection Eyewitnesses

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...

October 2021

October 17, 2021

Are Christians Uniquely Averse to Criticism?

Former Christian Dr. David Nicholls wrote his deconversion story, entitled, Real Deconversion Story #19 –...

September 2021

September 25, 2021

Deconstructing a Typical Atheist “Santa Claus” Argument

Atheist anti-theist "Captain Cassidy" runs the Roll to Disbelieve blog. Here's how she describes herself:...

September 17, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #74: Omniscient God & Clueless Bob

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

July 2021

July 12, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #73: Philosophy & “Who Created God?”

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...

April 2021

April 10, 2021

Madison Malarkey #46: How Can Mary Verify the Virgin Birth?

Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a...

April 10, 2021

Madison Malarkey #45: Biblical Proverbial Language

Mark 16:17-18 and the Various Sign Miracles Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a...

March 2021

March 15, 2021

Reply to a Bible-Challenged, Judgmental (?) Atheist

This exchange took place on atheist Jonathan MS Pearce's forum. Words of Deepak Shetty (presumed atheist)...

March 03, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #72: Why an Eight-Week Fetus IS a Baby

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...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #70: Biblical “Henotheism” [?] Redux

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...

January 04, 2021

Seidensticker Folly #69: “Difficulties” Aren’t Contradictions

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...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Madison Malarkey #44: Gospel Gish Gallop Garbage

Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a...

December 29, 2020

Madison Malarkey #43: Recycled Lies & Closed Ears

Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a...

December 12, 2020

Atheist Ignorance of Christianity: Typical Example

Calvinists make up only some 5% of all Christians, so why do atheists so often...

December 10, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #67: Atheism’s Logical End: Nihilism

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...

December 09, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #66: Biblical “Evidence-Less Faith”?

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...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #65: “Hear No Evil, See No Evil . . .”

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...

July 2020

July 02, 2020

Did Jesus Minister Exclusively to Jews and not Gentiles?

Some Catholic liberals argue that the following famous "missionary / evangelism" passage refers only...

July 02, 2020

Did the Blessed Virgin Mary Think Jesus Was Nuts?

Some liberal Catholics claim that the Gospel of Mark presents a very unflattering picture...

May 2020

May 25, 2020

Atheist-Christian Discussion: Centrality of Premises

This dialogue began when atheist "Sporkfighter" started commenting underneath my paper, Dialogues on “Contradictions” w Bible-Bashing...

April 2020

April 17, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #40: Craig, Trinity Definition, & Analogies

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

April 16, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #39: “The Sun Stood Still” (Joshua)

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

April 16, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #38: Eternal Universe vs. an Eternal God

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

April 15, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #37: “What is a Contradiction?” 0101

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

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