Responses to Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian

Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian is one of the most well known lectures in defense of the rejection of Christianity.

Here are some Christian responses to the lecture. I'll be adding more as I find good responses.

Why I'm not Bertrand Russell by Steve Hays

Apologetics in Practice by Greg Bahnsen (parts 1 & 2)

A Review Of “Why I Am Not A Christian” By Frederick Meekins

Related Blogposts and Links:

Book Reviews of Recent Atheist Authors by Christian Apologists

"My Father, Bertrand Russell"

Why I Believe by Steve Hays

Part One A Positive Apologetic
Part Two I'm Glad You Asked!

Why I Believe in God by Cornelius Van Til (YouTube audio)

Love the Lord With Heart and Mind
(See especially Steve Hays' contribution)

Did We Get Jesus Right? Lecture by Simon Gathercole

https://youtu.be/DxWBQ8sFwaI

Seminar - Jesus in the Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels

https://youtu.be/rzlmMU7jW64

The Synoptic "I Have Come" Sayings of Jesus and Pre-Existence

https://youtu.be/_MAvmAYyQWQ

See also my Blog Trinity Notes

and the blogpost titled:   Pre-Existence of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels

Flat Earth Refutations

I don't take seriously the idea of a flat Earth. Supposedly there are some interesting arguments in favor of the theory. However, I don't see the need for Christians to argue for a flat Earth. Nothing in the Bible requires it. Also, the arguments I have come across seem very far fetched. So, in my opinion, Christians who defend a flat earth are doing a disservice to Christianity. They are needlessly  creating a stumbling block or obstacle for non-Christians which makes it even more difficult for non-Christians to embrace Christianity. The same goes for those who insist on absolute geocentrism. I find the arguments for geocentrism more plausible than for a flat Earth. However, I don't dogmatically hold to geocentrism for the same reason. Namely, there's no Biblical need to. Having said that I do have a blogpost on the topic here: Quotes in Favor of Geocentrism

The following are links to refutations of a Flat Earth. Some are Christian and others are non-Christian refutations:

Earth is a sphere. Few proofs for the Flat Earth Society
https://youtu.be/d3GD9gXzUBk

Dr. Jason Lisle DESTROYS Flat Earth NONSENSE! | ICR - Christian Creationism
https://youtu.be/KbYbCB5Zj_E

Blowing up the flat earth
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2017/08/blowing-up-flat-earth.html


Proving the Earth is not Flat - Part 1 - The Horizon
https://youtu.be/W9ksbh88OJs?list=PLAbO4DdyTGZpp-IOSB7qUbb_QYYg9ZA9B

Soundly Proving the Curvature of the Earth at Lake Pontchartrain
https://www.metabunk.org/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.t8939/

Dr. Jonathan Sarfati -Why the Bible is NOT a Flat Earth Book & Other Discoveries - Awakening Report
https://youtu.be/8iK5QILwahE
[[Sarfati is a well known Young Earth [Christian] Creationist. I lean toward an Old Earth Creationist position]]

Response to Globebusters - The Earth Still Isn't Flat
https://youtu.be/JDy95_eNPzM

10 Challenges For Flat Earthers
https://youtu.be/AQl8h7Aa75s

Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 1: The Moon
https://youtu.be/_bHqBy92iGM

Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 2: The Stars
https://youtu.be/su-fmoZUkF8

Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 3: Airplanes
https://youtu.be/Dd-FAyHdpxI

The 10 Things That All Flat Earthers Say
https://youtu.be/KyD8VIK032o

Daniel 9:24 Fulfilled

(posted 1/5/2017)

Dispensational Premillennialism denies that Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled. However, there are other Christian views of the Millennium that does affirm that (at least) Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled.


Mp3 lecture by Kim Riddlebarger on Daniel's 70 Weeks (AMILLENNIALIST)
http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/A20101008-Amillenialism.mp3

Mp3 lecture by Ken Gentry on Daniel's 70 Week Prophecy (POSTMILLENNIALIST)
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1270414171

Video lecture by Michael Brown on Daniel 9:24-27 (CLASSIC PREMILLENNIALIST)
https://youtu.be/hESNdHdYGbU?list=UUbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg




More lectures by Ken Gentry. Many of which are on eschatology and Postmillennialism:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Rev._Ken_Gentry

 
More lectures by Kim Riddlebarger. Many of which are on Amillennialism:

https://www.monergism.com/legacy/mt/mp3/amillennialism-101-mp3-series-kim-riddlebarger

http://christreformedinfo.squarespace.com/mp3s-and-real-audio-of-academy/

http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Kim_Riddlebarger

http://kimriddlebarger.squarespace.com/reformed-amillennialism/




 

David Wood versus Shabir Ally

Most Christian apologists agree that Shabir Ally is the best Islamic debater currently alive. A few months ago David Wood and Shabir Ally debated six times in 9 days. If anyone is interested the following are links to those debates.

Monday Sept. 28 2015
Debate 1. "Is Jesus the Son of God?"
Debate 2. "Is Jesus a Prophet of Islam?"
https://youtu.be/idHxegbSunQ?t=2m12s

Tuesday Sept. 29 2015
Debate 3. "Does Paul Give Us the Truth about Jesus?"
Debate 4. "Does Muhammad Give Us the Truth about Jesus?"
https://youtu.be/XvBB8b4VF6M

Monday, Oct. 5, 2015
Debate 5. "Is the Qur'an a Book of Peace?"
https://youtu.be/NiKtuBH5ggM

Or Here https://youtu.be/Foiu6jsI3SY         Or  Here    https://youtu.be/UVh_GlM2tro


Tuesday Oct. 6, 2015
Debate 6. "Is the Bible a Book of Peace?"
https://youtu.be/DYK-CuWV_Ug

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More of their continuing debates....

Tuesday, April 26, 2016
"What Is the Quran's View of the Christian Scriptures?"
https://youtu.be/WKqe8fKhfXg

Saturday, March 3, 2018
"Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?"
https://youtu.be/WYL5TZ9jJqg

Warranted Christian Belief by Alvin Plantinga

Alvin Plantinga's book Warranted Christian Belief can be read at the following links:

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/plantinga/warrant3

or

http://home.sogang.ac.kr/sites/sgphilobk21/%EC%9E%90%EB%A3%8C%EC%8B%A4/Lists/b8/Attachments/3/warranted_christian_belief_alvin_plantinga.pdf

A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism by Steven Cowan and Greg Welty

[UPDATE: ALL the links have been gathered HERE: http://www.gregwelty.com/2016/04/wont-get-foiled-again-a-rejoinder-to-jerry-walls/ ]

1. Jerry L. Walls, “Why No Classical Theist, Let Alone Orthodox Christian, Should Ever Be a Compatibilist,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 13 No. 1 (Summer 2011): 75-104. [link]
2.  Steve Cowan and Greg Welty, “Pharaoh’s Magicians Redivivus: A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2015): 151-173. [link]
3. Steve Cowan and Greg Welty, “Addendum: More Rebuttals of Walls from Pharaoh’s Magicians’ ‘Bag of Tricks’!” (Evangelical Philosophical Society website, September 16, 2015), 1-12. [link]
4. Jerry L. Walls, “Pharaoh’s Magicians Foiled Again: Reply to Cowan and Welty,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2015): 411-426. [link]
5. Greg Welty and Steven Cowan, “Won’t Get Foiled Again: A Rejoinder to Jerry Walls,” Philosophia Christi Vol. 17, No. 2 (Winter 2015): 427-442. [link]

What’s Wrong With Jerry Walls’ Argument Against Calvinism by Dan Johnson
http://www.proginosko.com/2016/10/whats-wrong-with-jerry-walls-argument-against-calvinism/





Greg Welty describes their response article on his website:

A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism


Link to the actual article by Steven B. Cowan and Greg. A. Welty:

Pharaoh’s Magicians Redivivus: A Response to Jerry Walls on Christian Compatibilism


The addendum to their article:

Addendum: More Rebuttals of Walls from Pharaoh’s Magicians’ "Bag of Tricks"!

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See also my other blogposts:

Massive Debate between Calvinism and Arminianism

Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Reformed Theology by Paul Manata

 

Distinctions in God's Will from a Calvinist Perspective

 

Calvinistic Responses to Molinism

 

The History and Theology of Calvinism" by Dr. Curt Daniel (Downloadable MP3 Messages)

 

Sovereign Ruler of the Skies (poem by John Ryland)

 

Calvin and Servetus

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