Category Archives: Christian Approach to Knowledge

Why Does God Allow Doubt?

In a very thoughtful comment to one of my prior articles, atheist Jack Schifflett raised a series of questions about God that I think most reasonable people have wondered at one time or another.  I myself (you will no doubt … Continue reading

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Why I Distrust Christians…But Still Believe in Christ

I distrust Christians because…Christians are people.  I am a social psychologist by education, and social psychologists are cynical if nothing else.  We study the ways that people’s self-serving interests bias their judgments.  So when a Christian says “the Bible doesn’t … Continue reading

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Problems with Christian Apologetics

I want everyone to repeat after me: “I don’t know.”  Go ahead, say it – it’s quite liberating!  It’s kind of the same feeling as shouting “I admit that I believe Michael Bolton is truly ugly,” but without the popular … Continue reading

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