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Tu Quoque Apologetics

I don’t think that philosophical defenders of theism could ply their trade without employing tu quoque arguments. The use of this device in defense of theistic doctrine goes back at least to Bishop Be... read more

The Evangelical Advantage

This is not generally a problem for Evangelicals. I eagerly await your comments, but I’m not going to publish comments that are crude tu quoque remarks. There is no Christian church in America that ha... read more

4 Categories of Castro Apologetics, and the Anti-Individualism That Knits Them Together

This is, in the final analysis, what all these categories of apologetics have in common—the euphemism, the whataboutism, the juvenilia, the outsourcing of judgment to celebrities: They all gloss over ... read more

The Atheism of the Gaps and Its Sacramentals

Atheists can do it too. Case in point, the Shroud of Turin. Only True Believers in the Atheism of the Gaps buy the claim that the image on the right above "reproduces" the image on the left. Anyone wi... read more

City needs more information, less drama on refugee issue

This letter is in regard to the Syrian refugee issue in Bowling Green. I thought the federal government had halted all Syrians from coming to this country because of the lack of information we have on ... read more

Roman but not Catholic– Part Four

Chapter Eight: “You are Your Own Pope”: The Tu Quoque Objection Tu quoque is a Latin phrase ... Chapter Fourteen: Protestants in the Crosshairs: Popular Roman Catholic Apologetics While most of this b... read more

A.N. Whitehead on Science and Religion

I’ve been reading Whitehead’s Science and the Modern World (1925), and the section on science and religion intrigues me. It is a powerful reminder that despite all of the “warfare” talk that we get co... read more

Not funny: Jon Stewart interviews Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Jon Stewart misses her point. Ayaan Hirsi Ali just published a new book which calls for reforms in Islam and she’s been making media appearances to promote it. This week she appeared on the Daily Show ... read more

Shorten's union troubles aren't over yet

The royal commission into union corruption may have cleared Bill Shorten, but the Labor leader is still facing pressure over his party's union links and in many ways his job has just been made harder, ... read more

Private Revelation: I Had Something Weird Happen to Me Once…

...and if you promise you won’t laugh at me, I’ll tell you about it . . . As I said previously in this space, I think most people have stories of private revelation to tell and, for what it’s worth, I ... read more

What Would Bridge the New Atheist/Accommodationist Divide?

This question was raised for me by a comment by Luke Vogel, as follows: I have expressed my concerns at length, I do wish we, perhaps with a blog post by the Intersection, that I (we) can return to de... read more

The Alt-Right Is Wrong: Trump Is an Enemy of Western Civilization, Not Its Champion

This is a terrible reason to support Trump, but not because the values of the West aren't worth protecting—they are. The sad! fact is that Trump adamantly rejects two of the most important legacies of ... read more