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Misguided or Misleading?

I’ve long held that the primary objections atheists have against Christianity are emotional in nature, rather than intellectual. This doesn’t make their objections any less valid, in my opinion. Emotional objections are very real, and usually more difficult to wrestle with than purely intellectual issues, no matter what you do or don’t believe. We’re all […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Apologetics Faith

A True Contradiction?

It’s a tricky thing to engage an atheist in a debate over scriptural interpretation. They are by definition approaching the biblical writings under numerous presuppositions; namely that God doesn’t exist and the Bible is a man-made myth. Therefore the motivation behind their challenges is not typically a desire for an open exchange of ideas or a sincere […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago

Apologetics Faith Philosophy

On Trusting God (One)

@frank_is_free: I often see believers pointing to faith as the reason why they hold their religious beliefs. Would you say your beliefs are more based on evidence than in general? @roso_creative (me): As compared to the average believer I know, I’d say I’m unusual in the degree to which evidence plays a role in my […]

R. L. Solberg 8 years ago