Cross Examined
Clear thinking about Christianity
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#10 A Defense of Abortion Rights: The Spectrum Argument
"Abortion means the death of a baby!" That's true only ...
"Abortion means the death of a baby!" That's true only if you say that a newborn baby is no different than the single cell that it came from. But this denies a spectrum of personhood that we all acknowledge. (For the podcast transcript, search for the...
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#9 Weak Analogies Don't Prove God
How do you describe the relationship between you and Jesus? ...
How do you describe the relationship between you and Jesus? It's similar to an ordinary person-to-person relationship ... or so goes the popular analogy. Think about it for a moment, however, and this analogy falls apart. (For the podcast transcript,...
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#8 Lawyer Thinking, Revisited
A podcaster has pushed back against my recent "Scientist Thinking ...
A podcaster has pushed back against my recent "Scientist Thinking vs. Lawyer Thinking" post. Let's give him a hearing and see what that does to my argument. (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined)
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#7 Top Religion Story of 2012
The Catholic League's Bill Donohue enjoys getting agitated about this ...
The Catholic League's Bill Donohue enjoys getting agitated about this or that perceived insult against his religion, but he's delighted with a new study showing the religious to be more generous. A little research uncovers a different story, however....
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#6 Exponentially Increasing Claims and Christianity
"God exists" is an easy claim to make, but how ...
"God exists" is an easy claim to make, but how likely is it? Consider a series of increasingly unlikely categories of claims to see where the Christian claim fits in. (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
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#5 Christianity Infantilizes Adults
Christians often reshape their view of life's events to fit ...
Christians often reshape their view of life's events to fit and bolster their Christian worldview, but give it a little thought. The simple Christian explanation of God's hand at work often leads to a bizarre conclusion. (To find the transcript,...
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#4 What Did Paul Know About Jesus? Not Much.
Sift through Paul's writings, and you get very little of ...
Sift through Paul's writings, and you get very little of the biography of Jesus. What does this say about how the Jesus story grew over time? (To find the transcript, search for the title at www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined)
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#3 Reject the Scientific Consensus? How Do You Justify THAT?
Is a scientific consensus inconvenient? Then just handwave a reason ...
Is a scientific consensus inconvenient? Then just handwave a reason to reject it! Though this is a popular response to unwanted scientific conclusions, it is intellectually indefensible.
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#2 Scientist Thinking vs Lawyer Thinking
Consider two kinds of thinking--scientist thinking and lawyer thinking. Each ...
Consider two kinds of thinking--scientist thinking and lawyer thinking. Each has its place, but we fool ourselves when we use one but pretend that we're using another.
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#1 And God Is Not Good, Either
Christopher Hitchens' book observed, "God is Not Great." While we're ...
Christopher Hitchens' book observed, "God is Not Great." While we're at it, God doesn't seem particularly good, either. Take a look at the slavery, genocide, and general barbarity the all-loving Creator of the universe apparently approves of, and...
