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Five Things You Have Wrong About Christianity

March 18, 2013 Tom Gilson

Which of these do you believe are true about Christianity in today’s world? 1. Christianity in our age is primarily a North American/European religion. 2. The typical Christian in today’s world is a Bible-belt American. 3. Missionaries are usually Europeans or Americans going out to upset other cultures. 4. Christianity is under siege and being squeezed out by science, modernism, relativism, and/or some other contemporary “ism.” 5. Miracles are rare: few people today have seen a genuine miracle in answer…

Stenger Should Stick To Physics

March 16, 2012 Tom Gilson

Victor Stenger, atheist physicist, emeritus professor at the University of Hawaii, writes in New Scientist of why scientists ought to stick to their own competencies. Well, no, he doesn’t say that in so many words, in fact he tries to say the opposite, that science can judge against the existence of God. He tries, but he fails so miserably, the real lesson is what I have just said: stick to what you know, please, so you don’t embarrass yourself. The…

Has Science Disproved Christianity?

March 2, 2011 Tom Gilson

A talk delivered on February 23, 2011: “Has Science Disproved Christianity?” I look at four common objections that some atheists/skeptics tell us “science” makes against Christianity, and show that either they do not come from science at all, or else they misunderstand Christianity. This is a non-technical talk for general audiences, loosely based on a chapter from Timothy Keller’s The Reason for God. (PDF Notes available for download.)

Chesterton Debating Blatchford On Miracles

September 13, 2009 Tom Gilson

By way of The Point, a dramatic re-creation of written debates between G. K. Chesterton, “The Apostle of Common Sense,” and Robert Blatchford, atheist determinist and socialist. Chesterton’s ability to get to the heart of a question is clearly on display here. His quick and generous wit is too, though I think somewhat contradicted by the actor’s mode of portrayal: his mannerisms are more pompous than I think fits the writer.

Richards and Hitchens Debate Intelligent Design at Stanford

January 28, 2008 Tom Gilson

I’m hoping it won’t be long before we can see this on video: last night’s debate between Jay Richards and Christopher HItchens on Intelligent Design. Stanford Daily Online reported on it, including this: Hitchens then requested the chance to ask Richards a question. “Do you believe Jesus Christ was born of a virgin?” he asked when Richards assented. “Do you believe he was resurrected from the dead?” Richards said that he did. “I rest my case,” said Hitchens. “This is…

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