The State of American Apologetics
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Will said,
January 4th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Very true.
Andrew Slater said,
January 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am
added you to my my blog roll as well. Once again, great post.
Allison said,
January 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
And I look forward to future posts with some specific argumentation in rational defense of Christianity.
::nudges::
Good post.
Daniel said,
January 4th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Well sadly Ron Paul got 5th but he did get 10% of the vote and I think he’ll have a much stronger showing in New Hampshire. Giuliani I think is dead in the water and will do even worse in New Hampshire.
Well I greatly enjoy your theory posts and look forward to reading more.
And that Any Rand quote is one of my favorites.
Daniel said,
January 4th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
My next post will be for the primaries overall. I think it’s still a toss up but I don’t think Huckabee is going to get it. I really think it’s a toss up between Ron Paul and Fred Thompson.
plonkee @ the religious atheist said,
January 4th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
It has to be said that I think that atheism and disbelief is the rational argument, but it’s more true and important that people embrace reason rather than wandering round with lazy unexamined beliefs. Quite frankly if you’re afraid your beliefs don’t stand up to reason, you shouldn’t be holding them.
Daniel said,
January 5th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Hey Shaun, great post. Acts 26 is one of my favorite chapters and the stories of Paul in Acts rationally defending himself always give me strength.
I just wanted to let you know I made some prediction on my blog about the primaries and I think you’ll really like the predictions I made about Ron Paul.
I also wanted to ask you if you would, because of our mutual admiration for Ayn Rand, write an article examining her works and what a Christian can take out of them. I’ve run into so many Christians who look down on me because of my reading of Ayn Rand and I feel inadequate in my theoretical knowledge of Ayn Rand and philosophy in general to answer them.
welcome to plonkee money readers, and a little meme : the religious atheist said,
January 6th, 2008 at 4:44 am
[...] but a follower of reason nonetheless, Shaun has kind of different politics to me, as well as different religious views, but no one said we all had to [...]
Stephanie K. said,
January 6th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I had gotten the impression of you questioning your faith, so this didn’t surprise me much.
I guess I think that the church and Christians seem to be struggling with balance right now. One Christian blogger described it as the struggle of balancing theology, spiritual power and social compassion. Faith is a necessary component, but it is not to the exclusion of reason. As Christians we aren’t supposed to be mushy wimps, but warriors understanding (not blindly accepting) the reason why we believe. However, we are beings with emotions, so I don’t think exclusion of emotional feeling is a good idea (not saying you advocate this). Balance of these three components is necessary though.
Shaun Connell said,
January 14th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Stephanie,
Yes, the questioning was fairly obvious. If I was to be sold out for something, it made sense to make sure that it was true. I know now. =)
The rest of your comment is completely dead on. Faith and reason — not faith or reason.
Weekend Kindness » Godly Family Carnival said,
February 26th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
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