By Hugh Ross More than a dozen parameters for the universe have to have values that fall within narrowly defined ranges for life of any kind to exist [1] . Strong nuclear force constant If it is larger: hydrogen would not form; the atomic nuclei for most elements essential for life would be unstable. If […]
Por Huge Ross Cuando se trata de las características de ajuste fino del universo, los no-teístas se encuentran en un aprieto. La evidencia es demasiado significativa y concreta como para dejar de lado. La evidencia es inanimada; así que no se puede apelar a hipótesis darwinistas. Las apelaciones a un tiempo casi infinito se ven […]
Por Scott Youngren “Una interpretación de sentido común de los hechos, sugiere que un superintelecto ha jugado con la física, así como con la química y la biología, y que no hay fuerzas ciegas sobre las que valga la pena hablar en la naturaleza. Los números que uno calcula de los hechos me parecen tan […]
By Terrell Clemmons The man to whom science proved religion Dennis Garvin grew up the second of three sons born into a Norman Rockwell-infused environment in the Berkshire Mountains of upstate New York. After graduating as valedictorian of his class from the Citadel Military College in South Carolina, he went on to graduate with honors […]
Por Natasha Crain En los últimos años, he tenido la oportunidad de hablar en varias conferencias cristianas y en iglesias acerca de la importancia de que los padres les enseñen apologética a sus hijos (cómo presentar defensa de la verdad de la fe cristiana). Cuando doy una charla, a menudo empiezo haciendo las siguientes dos […]
By Michael Sherrard People are hurting. People are angry. And truth be told, fear is the likely emotion consuming many right now– fear of losing position and power, fear of retaliation, fear of exploitation. Some fears are appropriate and some fears misplaced, but all fears can become something dangerous if left alone. Christians, now, is the […]
By J. Brian Huffling Many issues that surround Christian apologetics are philosophical in nature. Thus, if we are going to be good apologists we need to be good philosophers. Evangelical apologists and philosophers typically follow the analytic tradition in philosophy, which seeks to answer individual questions or problems, but it lacks a systematic approach to […]
By Ryan Leasure “Consult the Bible, and you will discover that the creator of the universe clearly expects us to keep slaves.” 1 This provocative statement by atheist Sam Harris is meant to cast shade on the God of the Bible. After all, if civilized humanity overwhelmingly condemns slavery, why should we worship a God who thinks it’s […]
By Luke Nix Introduction In my late teens and early 20s, I was wrestling with many questions about what I believed. I had several challenges to my Christian faith that ranged from the philosophical to the scientific to the historical. One of the challenges that would not go away, due to some college professors and […]
By Brian Chilton Recently, news agencies filled the airwaves and the internet with the news of Stephen Hawking’s last book to be published and released posthumously. The book released on October 16, 2018, is entitled Brief Answers to the Big Questions. Hawking argues through a series of essays why he didn’t think that God existed, did not […]