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Branches of Apologetics

September 9, 2019 by Jason Petersen Leave a Comment

Written by Jason L. Petersen The word ‘apologetics’ comes from the Greek word, ἀπολογία (Apologia), and it means ‘speaking in defense of a position.’ You may have heard of different types of apologetics such as evidential, classical, or presuppositional apologetics. Some have preferences for how they approach apologetics, but unfortunately, some have wrongly assumed that […]

Filed Under: Apologetic Methodology, Apologetics, Uncategorized Tagged With: Apologetics, Classical Apologetics, evidential apologetics, Holy Spirit, presuppositional apologetics

Defining Christianity

September 3, 2019 by Jason Petersen Leave a Comment

Written by Jason L. Petersen Christianity is the profession of belief in the propositional revelation of the 66 books of the Bible. Implications Christianity is a profession of faith. Notice that in the definition, I said, “Christianity is the profession of belief in the propositional revelation of the 66 books of the Bible.[ref]” This helps […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Understanding Christianity Tagged With: Christianity, Cults, Definitions, Denominations, Messianic Judaism

Who Created God?

February 18, 2014 by Jason Petersen

Written by Jason Petersen The question “Who Created God?” is often asked in response to the Argument from Motion, the Teleological Argument, and the Kalam Cosmological Argument. This article will be addressing this question. Factors to Take into Consideration When we are talking about the Christian God, it is important that we take God’s properties […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized

Which God?

February 18, 2014 by Jason Petersen

Written by Jason Petersen A common objection by atheists to any first-cause argument is asking, “Which God?” Oftentimes, when an argument is presented, such as the Kalam Cosmological Argument, or the Argument from Motion, the atheist will say: “Well, you haven’t proven that it was your god that created everything.” This article will be addressing […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized Tagged With: answers objections, Creation, which god

Falsifying The Flying Spaghetti Monster

November 14, 2013 by Jason Petersen 8 Comments

Written by Jason Petersen Could the Flying Spaghetti Monster have created the universe? There is a fundamental distinction between the way that Christian apologists approach proving a negative and the way that atheists approach proving a negative. The distinction is that Christian apologists give good reasons to accept that something doesn’t exist or isn’t true, […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized Tagged With: answering objections, flying spaghetti monster, pastafarian, pastafarianism, which god

The Existential Argument against Atheism

November 1, 2013 by Jason Petersen 13 Comments

The Existential Argument is an argument that I developed, and it focuses on how the atheist must borrow from the Christian worldview in order live their own lives. Before I explain the Existential Argument against Atheism, we should be clear on the differences between The Transcendental Argument and The Existential Argument.  The Transcendental Argument for […]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Arguments Against Atheism, Uncategorized Tagged With: Atheism, Refuting atheism, The Existential Argument against Atheism

Defending the Watchmaker Analogy and Refuting the “Watch Maker Fallacy” Accusation

October 21, 2013 by Jason Petersen 4 Comments

A common response to arguments concerning design, or you can call them teleological arguments, is the accusation by atheists of the “Watchmaker Fallacy.” They seem to think the accusation to be quite clever; however, the accusation itself is fallacious. The particular teleological(design) argument that this accusation targets is known as the Watchmaker Analogy. In this […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Arguments for Christianity, Evidence for God, Uncategorized Tagged With: Creation, Design, Watchmaker Analogy, William Paley

Refuting the God of the Gaps Cliche

October 4, 2013 by Jason Petersen 6 Comments

Written by Jason Petersen In this article, we will be taking a look at the atheist’s accusation of “God of the Gaps.” This accusation is often leveled at Christians by atheists who lack understanding of what deductive arguments are. What is “God of the Gaps?” “God of the Gaps” is a cliche that is often […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized Tagged With: Apologetics, Atheism, Christianity, God of the Gaps, Ignorance of the Gaps, Refuting

Destroying the “Puddle Analogy”

August 3, 2013 by Jason Petersen 2 Comments

Written by Jason Petersen The puddle analogy is an analogy that was developed by an atheist named Douglas Adams as a response to the Teleological Argument. Teleological arguments are arguments concerning the fine tuning of the universe or other thing such as the complexity of living organisms. The puddle analogy is mostly rhetorical. Inductive rhetorical […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized

Does God Creating the Universe Violate the First Law of Thermodynamics?

July 14, 2013 by Jason Petersen 1 Comment

One interesting thing about the internet is that it can facilitate the reemergence of arguments that have been thoroughly rebutted in the past. This particular objection that atheists make to God is one of those arguments that faded out of existence, but has recently popped back up in online discussions. Another interesting observation that I […]

Filed Under: Answering Objections, Apologetics, Uncategorized

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