Ward’s Whoppers #9-10: Parting the Red Sea / “Foreigners”

Last updated on: May 18, 2020 at 6:14 pm By Dave Armstrong

Ward Ricker is an atheist who (as so often) was formerly a self-described “fundamentalist”. He likes to poke holes in the Bible and “prove” that it is a terrible and “evil” book, not inspired, hopelessly contradictory, etc. He put together a 222-page book called Unholy Bible (2019): available for free as a pdf file. It contains 421 couplets of passages that he considers literally contradictory, and 256 more couplets of not technically contradictory but “problem” passages (according to him). Ward wrote in his book: “I... Read more

Ward’s Whoppers #7-8: “God of Abraham…” / Passover

Last updated on: May 18, 2020 at 1:32 pm By Dave Armstrong

Ward’s Whoppers #6: Meaning of “Knowing” God’s Name

Last updated on: May 18, 2020 at 10:46 am By Dave Armstrong

Ward’s Whoppers #5: Isaac: Abraham’s “Only” Son?

Last updated on: May 18, 2020 at 10:39 am By Dave Armstrong

Ward’s Whoppers #4: Which Tree Fruit In Eden to Eat?

Last updated on: May 17, 2020 at 12:54 pm By Dave Armstrong

Ward’s Whoppers #1-3: Genesis 1 vs. 2 (Creation)

Last updated on: May 17, 2020 at 9:46 am By Dave Armstrong

Dialogues on “Contradictions” w Bible-Bashing Atheists

Last updated on: May 16, 2020 at 1:01 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is a follow-up comment to my Reply to Atheist Ward Ricker Re “Biblical Contradictions” (5-15-20). He replied with a 5 1/2 page article. And now I counter-reply. Ward’s words will be in blue. ***** I have just read your reply, and it convinces me that constructive dialogue between us will not be possible, for several reasons: 1) You doubt my good will, good faith, and sincerity (a charge I do not reciprocate): which qualities are absolutely essential to assume in an opponent if constructive... Read more

Armstrong Fan Club #7: Fun Insults from James White

Last updated on: May 15, 2020 at 8:00 pm By Dave Armstrong

Bishop “Dr.” [???] James White is the most influential and well-known anti-Catholic (Reformed Baptist) apologist online. I’ve been interacting with and refuting him since 1995. I have made a specific selection out of hundreds of the good bishop’s insults, for the sake of humor, diversion, and entertainment (and to demonstrate that this supposed “champion” often descends to sheer ad hominem attack and personal insult). If I were to do a comprehensive list, the Library of Congress wouldn’t be able to... Read more

Does Sola Scriptura Create Chaos? (vs. Steve Hays)

Last updated on: May 15, 2020 at 11:29 am By Dave Armstrong

Steve Hays of Tribalblogue is an anti-Catholic polemicist and sophist. I’ll be responding to the relevant portions of Steve’s article, “Ten objections to sola scriptura-1” (4-22-04, Tribalblogue). His words will be in blue. ***** Over the years, Catholic apologetics has raised a number of objections to sola Scriptura. Let’s run through the major objections and rebut them one by one. And let’s decisively refute his supposed rebuttals . . . 1. It’s a recipe for chaos: Catholic apologists often point to the proliferation of Protestant... Read more

Reply to Atheist Ward Ricker Re “Biblical Contradictions”

Last updated on: May 15, 2020 at 11:43 am By Dave Armstrong

Ward Ricker is (as so often) a self-described former “fundamentalist” who likes to poke holes in the Bible and “prove” that it is a terrible and “evil” book, not inspired, hopelessly contradictory, etc. He describes his current belief as follows: Some people would refer to me as an “atheist”, which is perhaps accurate, since I don’t believe in god, but I don’t particularly like the word “atheist”, since it only tells you what I don’t believe, i.e,, that I don’t... Read more