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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

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

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

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

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

Rand Paul Single-Handedly Tries to Stop Massive Spending Plan (Update: Congress Passes Budget Deal)

Paul said he was prepared to speak "until 3 in the morning," if it would force a debate on the federal budget. As of this moment, Paul is still speaking on the Senate floor. Watch it here. *This story ... read more

Atheists Bully Small Town to Remove God Bless America Flag, What Happens Next Will Lift Your Spirits

It’s the little stories like this one that help restore our faith in humanity. For years, a Post Office in the small town of Pittsburg, Kansas has kept a “God Bless America” banner hanging from the si... 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

Why Scientists Should Be Agnostic: Or, Why Lawrence Krauss Is Still a Windbag

A few months ago, one of us (okay, Andrew), referred to the esteemed physicist and public intellectual Lawrence Krauss as “a windbag.” One of us (Michael) can attest that Andrew is among the kindest, ... 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