Seidensticker Folly #4: Jesus Never Existed, Huh?

Last updated on: July 25, 2019 at 5:16 pm By Dave Armstrong

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts here attacking your worldview. You just going to let that stand? Or could you present a helpful new perspective that I’ve ignored on one or two of those posts?” He also made a general statement on 6-22-17: “In this blog, I’ve responded to many Christian arguments . . . Christians’ arguments are easy to refute.” He added in the combox: “If I’ve misunderstood the Christian position or... Read more

Seidensticker Folly #3: Falsehoods About God & Free Will

Last updated on: August 17, 2018 at 12:42 pm By Dave Armstrong

Biblical Evidence: Formal Prayer Isn’t “Vain Repetition”

Last updated on: August 14, 2018 at 12:46 pm By Dave Armstrong

From my 2009 book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths, except the verses are in RSV below (not KJV). ***** Psalm 136:1-5 [1] O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever. [2] O give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures for ever. [3] O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures for ever; [4] to him who alone does great wonders, for... Read more

Seidensticker Folly #2: Atheist vs. Christian Mental Health

Last updated on: August 17, 2018 at 12:43 pm By Dave Armstrong

Brief Answers to 11 Atheist’s Questions About Christianity

Last updated on: August 13, 2018 at 12:41 pm By Dave Armstrong

Taneli Huuskonen asked these on my blog. His words will be in blue. ***** [M]y own deconversion essentially consisted of finally being able to take seriously the possibility that Christianity was entirely false. Once I stopped mentally recoiling from that idea, I could see how much sense it made. At that point, I didn’t need to do any elaborate reasoning any more, as I’d already been doing it for years as a Christian while trying to find intellectually satisfying answers to... Read more

Response to the Deconversion Story of “Anthrotheist”

Last updated on: August 14, 2018 at 12:40 pm By Dave Armstrong

Words of Anthrotheist: a friendly regular contributor on my blog (he wrote this in a combox there), will be in blue. ***** I remember some time ago having a conversation with Dave, the author of this blog, and he expressed interest in my ‘deconversion’ story. So here goes. I don’t remember there ever being any particular anguish or trauma involved as I drifted away from church. I grew up in a Methodist home with my grandparents who attended services every... Read more

Seidensticker Folly #1: Atheist vs. Christian Generosity

Last updated on: August 17, 2018 at 12:43 pm By Dave Armstrong

Rebuttal of Seidensticker’s Anti-Christian Science “History”

Last updated on: August 29, 2020 at 10:33 am By Dave Armstrong

For a completely warped, cynical, jaded, ignorant, one-sided alt-version of the history of early science, see anti-Christian atheist Bob Seidensticker’s post, “When Christianity Was in Charge, This Is What We Got” (8-10-18). In this disgraceful, outlandish piece, he wrote: When Christianity was in charge, the world was populated by mystical creatures, we had little besides superstition to explain the caprices of nature, and natural disasters were signs of God’s anger. Christianity’s goal isn’t to create the internet, GPS, airplanes, or... Read more

Reply to the “Deconversion Story” of a Pastor’s Wife

Last updated on: August 10, 2018 at 6:49 pm By Dave Armstrong

A “deconversion” is a sort of “anti-testimony” story of the odyssey from Christian faith to atheism or skepticism or agnosticism (the loss of faith in some sense). I have written papers analyzing many of these. Atheists, for their part, constantly run down Christianity and Christians. Surely they can’t object if we (especially apologist types such as myself) simply scrutinize reasons they themselves give as to why they rejected Christianity. For the life of me, I don’t see why that should... Read more

Hysterical Frenzy vs. Me on Atheist Seidensticker’s Blog

Last updated on: August 13, 2018 at 10:40 am By Dave Armstrong

I dared to ban atheist icon / sacred cow Bob Seidensticker, for reasons carefully explained in these two papers: Seidensticker: Christians R Intellectually Dishonest Idiots * Why I Blocked Anti-Theist Atheist Bob Seidensticker * That set off (utterly predictably) a “feeding frenzy” on his blog: a no-holds-barred / anything goes insult-fest against yours truly. I had hell to pay. One simply doesn’t criticize the big shot atheists online. As usual in such instances, I shall now merely document and expose... Read more