I already say this on my works page, but I just want to make sure everyone knows that I’m available to do religion-related debates. Live, podcast, or radio, all are good. While I’m at it, I want to say something that I hopes gets broadcast loud and clear through religion-debating circles: If I debate William [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
I’m available for debates (and if I debate William Lane Craig on the resurrection, I’ll win)
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 29, 2010
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Unbelief by default and selective credulity
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 22, 2010
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Recently, Victor Reppert claimed that, “as the OTF [Outsider Test for Faith] is typically presented, it attempts to give a kind of special default status to the denial of religion, and in doing so it starts to engage in anti-religious special pleading.” This sounds like a fair criticism… but it misses the point that unbelief [...]
William Lane Craig vs. cute teddy bear girl on morality
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 17, 2010
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There’s something about Xtranormal videos that makes almost any situation funnier. It occurred to me that this makes them a great vehicle for mocking the rhetoric of religious apologists. I want to emphasize that everything the Craig teddy bear says is based on things Craig actually has said. I relied especially on three books, each [...]
Hemant on working with a Christian publisher, and being blunt
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 10, 2010
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This caught my eye: When I wrote I Sold My Soul on eBay, my Christian publishers were excellent to work with and never tried to change the true meaning of what I was writing. But my editor’s suggestions were often along the lines of, “Christians will tune out if you say this that bluntly. You [...]
On Anwar al-Awlaki
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 8, 2010
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Note: I was initially keeping this semi-secret, but I’m currently applying to law schools. Or just got done applying, last week was my big push to get all my applications in, and I didn’t accomplish much else, including a regular blog post. I did, however, write the below in response to Yale’s request for, basically, [...]