Skeptical Christian

Over this past week I worked on and finished a response to John Mackie’s critique of the Cosmological Argument in his book “The Miracle of Theism.” (See Here) This is part of my recently created series on the Kalam Cosmological Argument.

I also uploaded my critique of George H. Smith’s “Atheism: The Case against God” second chapter, available here, and fourth chapter, available here.

This last weekend I went on a Christian retreat with the college ministry that I am involved with. The pastor who spoke talked about making sacrifices for Christ and allowing the Spirit to improve the quality of our Christian lives. I had a great time, but taking the entire weekend off caused me to fall behind on homework. It may be a couple days before I can get the next article up, but I’ll try to make some time for it.

I have a new section up, Media. I uploaded four videos that I helped make for my church.

I am now starting a series that defends the Cosmological Argument. (See Here) It gathers together some of my material in response to particular writings as well as some forum discussion, but I also have two new critiques available as of yet; one on Dan Barker and one on Michael Martin.

I hope to start some similar series on some other issues, including the Problem of Evil, Argument from Nonbelief, and eventually the Teleological Argument. If you have a suggestion for a series, feel free to comment.

I am currently working on a comprehensive defense of the Teleological Argument. Due to school, however, this will probably not be completed for at least a couple of weeks.

We are also working on some site improvements. Recent articles are now automatically posted on the right column. We made some slight changes to the homepage. Also upcoming is a media section with some videos and audio files. More on that later.

The notion that Christianity is based on a “leap of faith” rather than an intellectual commitment of mind and soul to God is widespread in today’s culture. Christians are unable to provide a rational defense of their faith, and nonbelievers are convinced that religion is something only for the gullible and weak-minded. At The Skeptical Christian, these problems are addressed head on. Christianity is NOT a worldview for the weak-minded and it is NOT based on a blind leap of faith.

The Skeptical Christian was designed with discussion in mind. Any article on this site can be commented on, and any suggestions, critiques, or alternative perspectives on any of the writings are welcomed and encouraged. Feel free to participate in the discussion of these important topics.

For an entire site outline, read on.

A refutation of Smith’s book “Atheism: The Case against God” has been started, to see the progress so far, see HERE.

Finally uploaded my latest response to Brian Holtz, which can be found HERE.

Just added an article to the Atheism section, which analyzes the claim that “extraordinary events require extraordinary evidence,” particularly in reference to the existence of God and the resurrection of Christ. See HERE.

Also just uploaded an extensive critique of atheist philosopher Doug Krueger’s book “What is atheism.” See HERE.

We are currently undergoing major upgrades to the website and it may take a day or two to move all the content over. Please be patient with us and leave any comments. Really though, leave a comment because we’re quite excited about all these new features. For example, comments.