Ken Ham/Pop Culture/Social and Cultural Issues

Josh Harris, Marty Sampson: Why Some Christians Walk Away (…and why others, like Ken Ham, insist they have all the answers)

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Over the past month, two rather prominent Evangelical Christians have publicly announced that they are walking away from Christianity. First there is Josh Harris. Back in 1997, a 21-year-old Harris wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye and became an instant celebrity within Evangelicalism. The book advocated courtship over dating, stressed sexual purity and abstinence before marriage,…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 13)–This is the End! (If I Were an Atheist…)

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Well, we made it. Here we are: the final post of my extended book analysis of Jerry Coyne’s Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I want to not only wrap up my analysis of Coyne’s book, but I also want to reflect a bit on all my previous book analyses on the New Atheist Movement….

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Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 12)–Coyne’s Part in the Culture War

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Welcome to Part 12 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will discuss Coyne’s final chapter: “Why Does it Matter?” When it comes right down to it, this chapter is a blend of a summary of Coyne’s argument throughout the book as well as Coyne’s own take on the “culture…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne–An Extended Book Analysis (Part 11): How Coyne Misses Basic Historical Facts (and instead appeals to…the Jesus Mythicist Richard Carrier?)

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Welcome to Part 11 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. I simply was not able to finish my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes Back,” in Part 10, and so here in Part 11 I am going to address the final two items Coyne brings up in his fourth chapter….

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Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: (Part 10)–Scientism! What a Canard! And Yes, Science Really Can Disprove God! (…or so Coyne says)

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Welcome to Part 10 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I will conclude my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes Back.” I will specifically analyze Coyne’s comments regarding what he calls the “Scientism Canard,” as well as his comments regarding the notions that “Science Can’t Prove God…

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Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 9)–Morality and Other Ways of Knowing? Not so, says Coyne!

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Welcome to Part 9 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In these next two posts, I will take a look at chapter 4: “Faith Strikes Back,” in which Coyne addresses a number of arguments used to challenge his assertion that religion and science are in conflict. In the first part of…

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Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/Ken Ham/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 8)–What Would Convince Coyne of Christianity, and Why He Hates Theistic Evolution

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Welcome to Part 8 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. We are in the middle of chapter 3: “Why Accommodationism Fails.” Do you want to know what would convince Jerry Coyne of Christianity? Then this is the post for you! Let’s get started. What Would Convince Coyne of Miracles and Christianity?Coyne’s…

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Book Review/Creation Evolution Debate/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 7)–Syncretistic Accommodationists are Bad (says both Coyne and Ham)

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We now come to Part 7 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will begin to discuss his comments in Chapter 3: “Why Accommodationism Fails.” A Very Brief Overview of the ChapterChapter 3 is roughly 50 pages long, but when it gets right down to it, providing an overview of…

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Book Review/C.S. Lewis/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 6)–Finishing Up Chapter 2: Religious Conflation and Philosophical Naturalism

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We now come to Part 6 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will attempt to finish up my comments on chapter 2 of his book. Christianity, Scientology and Mormonism: Religious ConflationAnother characteristic of Coyne’s analysis is his failure to distinguish between different religions and cults. To be sure, the…

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Book Review/Church History/The New Atheist Movement

“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 5): Coyne Takes on Aquinas, Faith, and Tertullian…(and gets everything wrong)

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We now come to Part 5 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In this post I will conclude my thoughts on Coyne’s second chapter, entitled, “What’s Incompatible?” In this post, I want to comment on (1) Coyne’s take on the early Church Fathers, (2) his failure to distinguish between various religions…

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