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The debate between Dr. David Marshall and Dr. Richard Carrier on "Is the Christian Faith Reasonable?" is now on youtube. You can also watch it right here.

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Over spring break I uploaded all the mp3 audio that we've recorded thus far this semester.  Here's a quick list of the lectures along with links to the MP3:
 

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We hoped to have the video from the Dr. David Marshall - Dr. Richard Carrier debate on "Is the Christian Faith Reasonable" by the end of February.  It's April, and we still don't have it online.  The student volunteers for syncing the audio with two video sources are working hard at it.  In the mean time, the audio is available.

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It's sometimes difficult to choose what links to articles to put on our facebook fanpage.  There are some topics that can give the wrong impression, such as you're going after someone or demeaning a topic.  I think this is particularly true of atheism, as atheism is one of the few topics that is completely contrary to Christianity. 

It's common to see Christians posting articles pointing out the flaws in atheism or naturalism.  I think part of that is to help those who are atheists and naturalists to reconsider their position.  There are other motives that can be good or bad, which is why having the right motives and giving the right impression is important.  With that said, I'd like to post on here a few links to articles about atheists who recently converted to Christianity.

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Christian apologist Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason will be joining us on April 13.  We're excited to have him come speak to our group.

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It's usually not appealing to go over vocabulary.  It brings up memories of weekly Friday tests of 20 words in elementary school.  However, there are some terms that are so widely used that we have to make sure our audience knows what we're talking about.

Three terms that are widely used that the average person may not know are theology, doctrine, and heresy.  As we continue through this semester, we need to know what these terms mean and their implications.

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(This is the final part of a series regarding Dr. Richard Carrier's views according to his book "Why I Am Not A Christian." Be sure to read the intro to the series before reading the article.)

In my final article on Carrier's "Why I am Not a Christian," I thought I'd look at the denial of a Creator.  It's obvious from my previous posts that he tries to interpret everything from a naturalistic world view.  Let's explore that in regards to whether the universe is designed.

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(This is part of a series regarding Dr. Richard Carrier's views according to his book "Why I Am Not A Christian." Be sure to read the intro to the series before reading the article.)

Last time I spent time on a number of quotes from Carrier's "Why I am Not a Christian" in regards to science.  This time I want to focus on a single argument that I omitted in the previous post.  I think this deserves our special attention.

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(This is part of a series regarding Dr. Richard Carrier's views according to his book "Why I Am Not A Christian." Be sure to read the intro to the series before reading the article.)

As I read through Carrier's "Why I am Not a Christian," I noticed a theme of his expectations not being met.  It's one thing to be surprised that things turn out differently than expected, but it's another thing to say it's false because of it.  In today's post, I'll highlight a number of his expectations show the poor reasoning he uses to make his conclusions. 

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February 9 has come and gone.  The debate was a major event for us and we're planning on talking about it during our meeting Tuesday (Feb 12).  Here's the outline I wrote watching it for the second time.

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