Stand to Reason Blog has another review of "Religulous." Here are a few excerpts from Religulous is Ridiculous: Watching Bill Maher's supposed expose of the irrationality of religion "Religulous" is like being hit over the head with a club for 90 minutes. Not even a baseball bat. A club. Because it's so atrociously dull, heavy-handed, …
Category: Apologetics
More atheist drivel: Religulous
The title of the movie "Religulous," starring comedian Bill Maher, is a combination of "Religious" and "Ridiculous." Like most of the bitter propaganda coming out of the atheist camp in the past few years, this movie will reinforce the anti-Christian attitudes among the atheists and their allies, but the content of the film is intellectually indefensible. Here …
Following more wrong footprints
The speaker at the young-Earth creationist seminar I'm attending also referred to the Robledos Mountains human footprint, allegedly found in Permian rocks of New Mexico. Again, I'm highly skeptical. Here it is: If this were genuine, it would be the most precious fossil in the entire world. It would be in a glass case in …
Following the wrong footprints
I've been attending a seminar presented by a smaller young-Earth creationist organization. I respect the speakers for their commitment to the inerrancy of Scriptures, and their proclamation of the gospel. I share their trust in the Bible, and my heart is lifted any time I hear Christ proclaimed as God's sacrifice to take away our …
Christianity — protection against superstition and the paranormal
Atheists, and other opponents of the truthfulness of Christianity, often equate Christianity with superstition. A quote from "Look Who's Irrational Now" by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway in the Wall Street Journal: The reality is that the New Atheist campaign, by discouraging religion, won't create a new group of intelligent, skeptical, enlightened beings. Far from it: It …
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Batty Arguments
This item was originally posted in September 2007. I have added it to my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. One way for me to have my faith strengthened is to get in discussions with skeptics. They …
Atheism on Issues Etc.
Issues Etc. is one of the best programs on Christian radio. Host Todd Wilken has done three segments on atheism in the past couple weeks that are excellent: 9/3/08 - Dinesh D'Souza on Responding to Atheists 9/11/08 - Dr. Albert Mohler on the New Atheists 9/15/08 - Dr. Doug Groothuis on Christopher Hitchens' Book, "God …
The Bible Rocks — endorsements
I received my copy of The Bible, Rocks, and Time yesterday (I thought I wouldn't get it until October!). Here are some of the endorsements from inside the front cover: What an enjoyable tour of the history of geology, the interaction between geological study and biblical exegesis, and the current field of geology itself! Professors …
Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth
The Wesley Ministry Network (associated with Wesley Theological Seminary) has created a new DVD course entitled Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth, hosted by Dr. Francis S. Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, and author of The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. I have not seen this …
The Bible Rocks
Back in the 1980s, a key book providing both Biblical and geological evidence for an old age for the Earth was Christianity and the Age of the Earth by Davis Young, professor of Geology at Calvin College. It is still a useful book, but it is about to be superseded by The Bible, Rocks, and …
Quotes on atheism 2
I posted "Quotes on atheism" a few days ago, and it has generated a good discussion in the comments section. If you are all interested in atheism in light of the Christian arguments for the existence of God, take a look at the string on comments, and feel free to jump in. Here are some …
Quotes on atheism
Some quotes on atheism, from the March/April 2008 issue of Modern Reformation magazine: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. -- Francis Bacon If there were no God, there would be no atheists. -- G.K. Chesterton A god who let us prove his existence …
More thoughts on the cosmological argument
In my previous post, I wrote about William Lane Craig's presentation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. I like the cosmological argument and think it is the strongest of the traditional arguments for the existence of God. I usually state it as follows: 1. The universe exists, and there must be an …
God is alive and well
From Christianity Today: God is Not Dead Yet, by William Lane Craig. This article explores the resurgence of belief in a personal God among professional philosophers. The classic arguments for the existence of God--the cosmological, teleological, moral, and ontological arguments--have come back into favor in philosophy departments in American and British universities. The opening paragraph …
Bad apologetics and the search for Noah’s Ark
Christianity Today has a brief article on amateur archeologists who mount expeditions searching for Noah's Ark: Finders of the Lost Ark? A number of explorers have laid claim to discovering Noah's Ark, usually on or near Mount Ararat in Turkey. But each always finds something different. Obviously, logic dictates that they can't all be right—and …
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Anne Rice on faith
Gene Edward Veith (Cranach) quotes Anne Rice, former atheist and vampire novel author, on her conversion to Christianity: Anne Rice, who became famous for writing highly literate vampire novels, gives more details about her conversion to Christianity in a forum on the Washington Post online: On Faith: Guest Voices: My Trust in My Lord. Sample: …
White Horse Inn 2008
The White Horse Inn weekly radio program has begun a year-long series on "Christless Christianity." I listened to the program on Joel Osteen, author of the best-selling "Christian" book Your Best Life Now last night and just cringed at the distortions of the gospel that he proclaims. If you want Christ-centered Christianity that focuses rightly …
Unicorns, the Bible, and education
This item was originally posted in November, 2006. It is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. This entry about "unicorns in the Bible" points out the silliness of some arguments against the reliability …
Earth First/Scream Therapy
At my school, we are having teacher in-service meetings on "worldviews." We're watching a series from The Biblical Worldview Institute, and as part of today's session we watched a video clip about trees, starring people from the radical environmentalist organism organization Earth First! The video can be found here. We are learning about integrating Biblical …
Batty Arguments
One way for me to have my faith strengthened is to get in discussions with skeptics. They usually think they know it all and that Christians are a bunch of idiots, but when they speak they expose their ignorance and poor reasoning. Last year I reported on a discussion I had via World Magazine Blog …
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