Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?
Posted onWho had the superior moral philosophy: Ayn Rand, with her focus on rational self-interest, or Jesus, who saw morality as both individual and communal? […]
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Debate, “Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?”, to Take Place September 9th, 2014
Posted onI’ll have the wonderful opportunity of taking part in a debate with my great friend Ben Doublett on the topic of the relational ethics of Jesus […]
An Interview with Jehovah’s Witnesses (MP3)
Posted onLast year, I had the opportunity of interviewing an older Jehovah’s Witness couple regarding some of the central JW teachings. They were both quite knowledgeable […]
Early Christianity’s Subversion of the Sexual Power Games of Patriarchal Greece and Rome
Posted onI recently discovered an article by David Konstan entitled “Enacting Eros” (http://www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2002.01.0004). What interested me most about this article was its discussion of sex and […]
Begging the Question – A Review of Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God
Posted onConsisting roughly of 50% good scholarship and 50% question begging, Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God is a great popular level look into how liberal scholars deal […]
Responding to popular Muslim arguments against the divinity of Jesus in the New Testament
Posted onThere’s an interesting article that was brought to my attention by a Muslim friend. He asked that I respond to its claims. The article exists […]
World Vision, Same Sex Marriages, and Christian Hypocrisy
Posted onRecently, the Christian humanitarian organization World Vision changed their policy of not hiring individuals in same sex marriages (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html). The change in policy does not […]
Making God’s Name Known – A Response to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Claims About the Name of God
Posted onIn the September 15, 1994 issue of Watchtower magazine (the teaching magazine of the Jehovah’s Witness organization) we read: “Of all international religions which is […]
Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Deity of Jesus
Posted onThe Jehovah’s Witness religion is a cult of Christianity (meaning it appears to be Christian but contradicts central Christian teachings) whose leaders, The Watchtower Bible […]
Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape
Posted onThe Moral Landscape is atheist polemicist Sam Harris’ attempt to explicate an objective moral framework that is consistent with atheism and grounded upon science. A […]