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Did America Have a Christian Founding? Debate Review

10/17/2019

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I recently had the opportunity to listen to a debate between Mark Hall and Steven Green on the topic of the Christian foundation of America.  Hall has written a book defending the idea that America had a Christian foundation, and Green has written a book in defense of the opposite view.  I obviously agree with Hall, but I thought that he could have done a better job of refuting some of Green’s claims (and he probably does so in his book).  Since I was taking notes anyway, I thought that I would share a few of my objections to Green’s claims.


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A Debate Challenge for Dr. Willie Parker

5/23/2017

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On April 4th, 2017, yet another book was published which claimed to present a moral argument for abortion.  Dr. Willie Parker – the book’s author, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, and a nationally celebrated child killer – claims that he is “doing God’s work” by providing abortions.  I disagree.  I think that Parker’s “God” is a construct of his own imagination and that his so called “moral argument for choice” is a farce.  I’ve challenged Dr. Parker to a public debate in Birmingham, and I am eagerly awaiting his response.
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Where are the Lost Tribes of Israel?

1/31/2015

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Ever since the gospel message was first taken to the Gentiles, there have been those who have claimed that Gentile Christians should submit to the entire Law of Moses.  The Apostle Paul had to deal with such claims among the Galatians in his day, and the same flawed philosophy has plagued every generation of Christians from that day to this.
One of the more recent forms of this philosophy has taken the name of the Hebrew Roots movement.  One of the foundational tenet of this philosophy is the claim that everyone who becomes a Christian actually does so because he is a descendant of one of the lost ten tribes of Israel, and his salvation is a fulfillment of God's promise to reunite all of the tribes.  Thus, according to the Hebrew Roots movement, everyone who is a Christian is also an Israelite and, therefore, should submit to the Law of Moses. 

I have had the opportunity to debate several followers of the Hebrew Roots movement, and this debate is the result of one of my most interesting, and entertaining, encounters.  My opponent in this debate is Mr. Ted Weiland who maintains a very active online presence criticizing the American Constitution as a pagan law.  His writings can be found on his website:
bibleversusconstitution.org.  Ted began this particular debate by challenging me to read his book The Mystery of the Gentiles and offering to pay me $100 if I could prove him wrong.  Of course, he never did send me the promised $100, but the debate itself was still worth the effort.

Click here to read the full debate.
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How to Disagree without being Disagreeable

6/16/2014

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Over the years, I have had at least as many disagreements with other Christians as I have had with non-Christians, and it is disappointing to look back and see how often those disagreements have become disagreeable.  I've been cursed, ridiculed, smeared and dismissed in far more Christian forums than in non-Christian forums.  In fact, I was recently banned from two apologetics associations because my personal view of the Scriptural teaching on a particular issue was more conservative than they were willing to contemplate. 


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Humphreys vs. Loechelt: A Debate on the Age of the Earth

2/8/2014

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In the comments following my review of the debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye, a commenter named Mike G. claimed that the results of the RATE project (a creationist effort to determine if radioisotope dating actually supports a young age for the earth) had been debunked by “legitimate physicists.”  This comment prompted me to spend most of the day catching up on the published material in this area.  I had read much of the material previously, but I found several additional articles that I had not previously been aware of. 



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Bill Nye the Ignorant Guy

2/5/2014

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This morning, I directed my web browser to debatelive.org and watched the recording of the debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye.  The question being posed to the two opponents was “Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?”  Ham argued in the affirmative that the creation model should have a place in scientific discussions of origins, and Nye argued in the negative that the creation model proposed by Ham is detrimental to scientific progress.  I thought that Ham did an excellent job of supporting his view with credible examples, but I was awestruck by the level of ignorance that Nye displayed in regards to the creation model.


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    Bill Fortenberry is a Christian philosopher and historian in Birmingham, AL.  Bill's work has been cited in several legal journals, and he has appeared as a guest on shows including The Dr. Gina Show, The Michael Hart Show, and Real Science Radio.

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