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unapologetics skip to content unapologetics unapologetics what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence christopher hitchens background disclaimers while i have read and studied the bible extensively i am not a bible scholar i have not studied ancient hebrew aramaic or greek i maintain however that this is a minor issue the fact is numerous true scholars have collaborated on the various bible versions we have today and in most cases their translation continue reading disclaimers un apologetics the world seems to be full today of christians some well meaning and some obvious charlatans who make their livings in the field of christian apologetics for reference let s look at the definition of apologetics from merriam webster online dictionary 1 systematic argumentative discourse in defense as of a doctrine 2 a branch of theology continue reading un apologetics overview this blog is a compilation of essays that are directly aimed at answering the most common arguments of christian apologists my focus on the christian religion s is for two reasons having been raised christian and been a christian for most of my life it is the one religion that i have substantial direct knowledge of continue reading overview about me hi my name is rich prendergast like many other atheists i m a deconverted christian i was born an atheist as is everyone raised catholic and in my mid teens left the catholic church for a protestant denomination congregational united church of christ and shortly thereafter became a born again christian i became unborn again in my continue reading about me blog posts why christianity is incoherent july 19 2023 the christian faith is fundamentally incoherent the reason is simple 1 god is described as omnibenevolent perfectly good loving just and merciful 2 purportedly god created humanity with the overarching command that we worship him according to most not all christians those who fail to do so or who simply disbelieve are punished for continue reading why christianity is incoherent when does human life begin october 25 2022 the essence of the pro life argument against abortion is their belief that life begins at conception they declare that this isn t just their opinion science itself says so they claim that biologists are in broad agreement on this fact and if we re simply talking about the organism itself they re 100 correct when an egg is continue reading when does human life begin the moral bankruptcy of william lane craig january 21 2022 william lane craig is well known as a purveyor of sophistry i only recently came across his bizarre and reprehensible take on the ancient jews campaign of genocide against the canaanites as detailed in the old testament from craig so whom does god wrong in commanding the destruction of the canaanites not the canaanite adults continue reading the moral bankruptcy of william lane craig the criterion of embarrassment december 12 2021 introduction christian apologists will frequently argue that the criterion of embarrassment adds credence to the bible the argument is essentially claiming that any stories which cast a protagonist in any sort of unfavorable light are less likely to be fabrications a couple of commonly cited examples include peter s denial of jesus and the fact that continue reading the criterion of embarrassment the argument from fine tuning october 14 2021 the argument from fine tuning comes in a variety of forms each making the claim that various features of our planet our solar system the universe including a variety of physical constants exist within an extremely narrow range of values that allow life to exist they argue that these are each individually unlikely and are continue reading the argument from fine tuning why do atheists care september 28 2021 in response to criticisms by atheists theists frequently ask the question why do atheists care this is often supplemented with why do atheists spend so much time attacking a god in whom they say they don t believe some further express the opinion that either we hate god or we re just trying to convince ourselves of continue reading why do atheists care the gospel according to me april 26 2021 here s a new gospel given to me by the one true god 1 you humans have finally developed enough for me to reveal myself to you 2 i m actually not the only god there are lots of others like me but they have absolutely no involvement in your universe 3 all the thousands of other continue reading the gospel according to me the ontological argument for god march 30 2021 classic version of the ontological argument the ontological argument for god was first advanced by saint anselm who was the archbishop of canterbury from 1033 to 1109 in the proslogium even a fool when he hears of a being than which nothing greater can be conceived understands what he hears and what he understands continue reading the ontological argument for god the big bang and the laws of thermodynamics may 13 2020 a popular argument by apologists is the claim that the first and second laws of thermodynamics prove the universe had a creator the argument goes as follows from the first and second laws of thermodynamics and the origin of the universe dr danny faulkner 2019 excerpt the first law of thermodynamics is the familiar conservation of energy continue reading the big bang and the laws of thermodynamics no atheism is not a religion may 6 2020 many theists claim that atheism is a religion but that claim is inherently a dishonest one as evidence they often refer to the following merriam webster definition of religion re li gion ri ˈli jən noun middle english religioun from anglo french religiun latin religion religio supernatural constraint sanction religious practice perhaps from religare to restrain tie back more at rely 13th century 1 a the state of a religious a continue reading no atheism is not a religion god is not good february 24 2020 a common claim of christians is that god is good some go even further saying god is good always the two variants are assumed to be synonymous as i ve never heard any suggestion from believers that god is good just some of the time this claim can be evaluated in two ways in neither continue reading god is not good the kalām cosmological argument february 22 2020 updated may 6 2021 one of the most popular arguments of christian apologists is the kalām cosmological argument kalām is so named because it originated within islamic discipline of scholastic theology known as ilm al kalām which is commonly abbreviated as kalām its history actually predates both islam and christianity going back at least to plato and continue reading the kalām cosmological argument the second law of thermodynamics february 20 2020 christian apologists often attempt to use the 2nd law of thermodynamics as an argument against evolution the 2nd law states that total entropy of an isolated system can never decrease over time and is constant if and only if all processes are reversible in simple terms entropy is the randomness or disorder in a system continue reading the second law of thermodynamics the spherical earth conspiracy february 12 2020 introduction while this isn t strictly a apologetics issue it is loosely related since the old testament has numerous passages that only make sense if interpreted within a flat earth paradigm and no small number of flat earthers justify their fierce defense of their bizarre beliefs by pointing to the bible but to be clear the continue reading the spherical earth conspiracy the moral argument for god january 30 2020 the argument from morality has been framed in a variety of ways the most prevalent today is as formulated by william lane craig or some similar variant craig states the moral argument as follows 1 if god does not exist objective moral values do not exist 2 objective moral values do exist 3 therefore god continue reading the moral argument for god the myth of objective morality january 21 2020 a topic commonly discussed by christian apologists is that of morality there are three common arguments they declare that the atheist has no basis for making moral decisions whereas christianity has an absolute basis for morality given to us by god in the bible this argument is often supplemented by accusations that the atheist is continue reading the myth of objective morality abortion is ok god january 18 2020 it would be a mistake to declare the bible to be either pro choice or pro life while there are several verses relevant to the discussion none condemn abortion and none suggest that women should have a choice in the matter in fact since the bible is overtly patriarchal throughout any decisions with respect to the unborn continue reading abortion is ok god pascal s wager january 15 2020 blaise pascal was a brilliant 17th century mathematician physicist and inventor he made enormous scientific and mathematical contributions from his teens through his early 30s at age 31 following a religious conversion he shifted much of his focus to religion and philosophy becoming unfortunately somewhat less productive in mathematics and science in the process pascal s continue reading pascal s wager born again and unborn again january 15 2020 my conversion deconversion in this article i ll recount the story of my own religious journey up through my deconversion i m sharing this story for three reasons so here s my story i was born into a catholic family the sixth of eight sons so i was raised catholic which included a number of typical and continue reading born again and unborn again irrationality of christian theology december 20 2019 in my debates with christians i sometimes discuss my opinion that when read objectively the bible and christian theology make no rational sense some examples god sacrificed his son who is also himself to himself as the means of absolving the sins of many billions of humans past present and future jesus died went to hell continue reading irrationality of christian theology other recommended links debunking the fine tuning argument sean carroll debunking the genesis creation myth follow my blog get new content delivered directly to your inbox type your email subscribe extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence for me it is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion however satisfying and reassuring carl sagan the moral bankruptcy of william lane craig https amp theguardian com commentisfree 2011 oct 20 richard dawkins william lane craig unapologetics blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed unapologetics sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy unapologetics subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website