tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post2954030676516173546..comments2024-03-25T17:35:02.238-04:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: Why I've Been Somewhat Quiet LatelyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-89497072776341974222009-08-13T00:27:14.084-04:002009-08-13T00:27:14.084-04:00Thanks, John. I'll keep a lookout.
Presumably...Thanks, John. I'll keep a lookout.<br /><br />Presumably you will post something when Amazon starts featuring it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-69268524502417917652009-08-12T20:30:14.550-04:002009-08-12T20:30:14.550-04:00Don't do it John! Do not release this book! I ...Don't do it John! Do not release this book! I sense strong forces of truth, knowledge, wisdom, rationality, and irrefutable arguments coming from it's pages!<br /><br />Christians, I beg you, please pray to your God that this book never gets out! You probably should also pray that he answers this one, or else....your faith will be destroyed!!<br /><br />Lvka, I hope you remember when someone gives a review of a book defending your side, you "NEVER quote such things as if You truly believe in them." :)Ignerant Phoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166860576010836032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-68743888021561877522009-08-12T08:11:59.326-04:002009-08-12T08:11:59.326-04:00openparachute, it's supposed to be published i...openparachute, it's supposed to be published in April. No doub't you can pre-order it in a few months at Amazon. I am personally amazed at the quality of the chapters and am grateful for each contributor. They each did a yeoman's job. I would not be surprised if a few of these chapters are chosen for some future anthologies on the topics written about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-34943034763592902612009-08-11T22:19:37.528-04:002009-08-11T22:19:37.528-04:00John, what is the current status of this book?
I ...John, what is the current status of this book?<br /><br />I had a bit of a search and couldn't find it, but then again the title may have changed.<br /><br />I ma interested in reviewing it so would like to find out when it's likely to be available.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-41333120341488889742009-08-11T07:49:28.930-04:002009-08-11T07:49:28.930-04:00Lvka, let me repeat myself using different words, ...Lvka, let me repeat myself using different words, okay? I think I do people a service by doing so. If I were a potential reader of a book I want to know what others who have read it say about it, don't you? All I'm doing is passing this information on to potential readers so they are informed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-9699589807867005292009-08-11T07:41:55.954-04:002009-08-11T07:41:55.954-04:00I would avoid referencing such quotes about myself...I would avoid referencing such quotes about myself if I were You - just a friendly word of caution, that's all... :-|The Blogger Formerly Known As Lvkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663692507774640889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-15855711921144657822009-08-10T12:03:10.612-04:002009-08-10T12:03:10.612-04:00Lvka, thanks for the advice but I never said I bel...Lvka, thanks for the advice but I never said I believe what people are saying about my previous book and this forthcoming one. I'm merely quoting what they say, okay?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-61899466015318029682009-08-10T10:45:18.404-04:002009-08-10T10:45:18.404-04:00arguably the best critique of the Christian faith ...<i>arguably <b>the</b> best critique of the Christian faith the world has ever known</i>. <br /><br />NEVER quote such things as if You truly believe in them... You're a fool, or nuts, if You *DO*. [And You know I've never insulted anyone on this blog, so please don't take my words to mean as such: they don't...] :-| <br /><br />It's more than meekness or modesty at stake here: it's <i>sanity</i>. (Even if the guy who said these things were to have all the credentials in the world: instinctively disbelieve him, anything else notwithstanding...)The Blogger Formerly Known As Lvkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663692507774640889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-72554285391538517912009-08-07T16:37:52.104-04:002009-08-07T16:37:52.104-04:00John, thank you very much for that.John, thank you very much for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-45064503391678989372009-08-07T03:10:49.103-04:002009-08-07T03:10:49.103-04:00Oh, Eric, one more thing for now. Having been a st...Oh, Eric, one more thing for now. Having been a student of James D. Strauss I was not thrilled with Bill's apologetics. It was in an era where natural theology was thought to have been dismissed and Bill was a Thomist, along with another of his former professors, Norm Geisler. While I liked his Kalam argument and his argument on behalf of the resurrection, I did not think they were effective as an apologetic. I was a Straussite. The evidences for the resurrection could not serve to bring people to faith, for evidentialism with regard to historical knowledge was dead. You either start with God or you'll never get to God. We must focus on the big picture, I thought. Only God can make sense of reality. And all truth was God's truth so every discipline of intellectual learning would need a grounding in God. And I did not think Plantiga's reformed epistemology worked. It was a non-sequitur to move from the belief in other minds to the belief in God, I thought. And I even took a class with Bill called "Plantinga's Thought." Later I adopted reformed epistemology. Of course, now I deny it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-37563634580050505992009-08-07T02:51:41.981-04:002009-08-07T02:51:41.981-04:00Eric, when I went to TEDS Bill Craig wasn't th...Eric, when I went to TEDS Bill Craig wasn't that well known. In fact I didn't go there to study with him at all. I just wanted to further my education at an evangelical school. I was intending on majoring under Stuart C. Hackett, who was well known, until I had a disagreement with him over his neo-Kantian epistemological dualism. Being disappointed with him I started taking classes with his former student Bill. Bill's classes were all modelled after the Euorpean method of group discussion, and i liked it. He didn't lecture much. He handed out questions for us to answer as we read selections from books and we discussed them in class. Then we each wrote term papers, and in some classses we presented them, and that was it. I don't have a lot of notes because, as I said, he didn't lecture and there were no tests and few handouts. <br /><br />I like Bill. And he liked me. At one point after having discussed a debate he had and offering some suggestions how he should've responded, he actually caught up with me down the hall and said, "Hey, John, good suggestions. I don't want to lose you."<br /><br />I consider him a friend. I am amazed at what he has become. When I studied with him I had no idea. None of us did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-23376992208870979952009-08-06T17:58:13.836-04:002009-08-06T17:58:13.836-04:00John, if you're only doing some light postings...John, if you're only doing some light postings for now, I'd like to put in a request. I think it would be fascinating to read about your time studying under William Lane Craig: what your relationship was like, what you thought of him as a teacher, what the most important things you learned from him were, what some of your most memorable interactions with him were, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-30709583657243159052009-08-05T18:02:14.985-04:002009-08-05T18:02:14.985-04:00any clue when it will be for sale?any clue when it will be for sale?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-57794350101350844402009-08-05T11:39:53.944-04:002009-08-05T11:39:53.944-04:00I, too, am waiting.I, too, am waiting.Jeff Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502136139528025066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-2623394168362347422009-07-29T15:20:17.597-04:002009-07-29T15:20:17.597-04:00John, when possible,I'll get your two books. Y...John, when possible,I'll get your two books. You are now a leading atheologian.<br /> With Jakos Miklo,, deist, in "Confronting Believers," I denounce Yeshua as a fanatic cult leader. Richard Robertson in " An Atheist's Valure's" and Arthue George Wells in ' The Jesuas Legend' fault his morality. <br /> Let's excoriate him as that leader as the Testaament reveals him!<br /> We ignostics find God as a square circle [ Michael Martin and Nicholas Everitt].<br /> Thanks,<br /> your Facebook friend, <br /> griggs1947Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-24396744113214543702009-07-19T11:27:36.858-04:002009-07-19T11:27:36.858-04:00Congratulations on pulling these players together ...Congratulations on pulling these players together to turn out a book I most eagerly anticipate!Ken Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01691247629721313603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-35156814087577640072009-07-19T06:47:36.508-04:002009-07-19T06:47:36.508-04:00Awesome !!Awesome !!Gandolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624178234332819107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-23721672633214033432009-07-17T11:48:27.479-04:002009-07-17T11:48:27.479-04:00Alexis, yes it is.Alexis, yes it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-19715102863077260652009-07-17T11:36:01.045-04:002009-07-17T11:36:01.045-04:00Is this the same book you were talking about like ...Is this the same book you were talking about like 2 months ago and that you tentatively titled "Critics confront Christianity"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-3749332418004477662009-07-16T21:40:02.270-04:002009-07-16T21:40:02.270-04:00What'u you guys tryin'a do, debunk Chris...What'u you guys tryin'a do, debunk Christianity!?Ignerant Phoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166860576010836032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-80698715484266076282009-07-16T19:54:44.349-04:002009-07-16T19:54:44.349-04:00Looks great--- can't wait to read it.Looks great--- can't wait to read it.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818325898576355039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-76171017035396243292009-07-16T19:35:38.143-04:002009-07-16T19:35:38.143-04:00Looks great! Keep up the great work John! ;)Looks great! Keep up the great work John! ;)DJ Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03780049693546900148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-91004516676720244762009-07-16T18:52:45.017-04:002009-07-16T18:52:45.017-04:00Already, I am interested as well.Already, I am interested as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979158536061044873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-19587777824590512092009-07-16T18:28:05.602-04:002009-07-16T18:28:05.602-04:00Wow! With an all-star lineup like that I will be s...Wow! With an all-star lineup like that I will be sure to pick this up when it comes out :)urbster1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11311185717138876809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-6873310064280330272009-07-16T18:13:52.555-04:002009-07-16T18:13:52.555-04:00This looks awesome!! I can't wait to read it!!...This looks awesome!! I can't wait to read it!!AIGBustedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232781356086767207noreply@blogger.com