Posts Tagged by Bertrand Russell
Tonight’s Knights of Contention: Are Lutherans Christian? What about Catholics, Baptists, and Cats?
| November 9, 2010 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, Knights of Contention |
Tonight, Nov. 9 2011, I’ll be hosting our third “Knights of Contention” real time streaming audio/visual debate. Direct link to the ‘debate hall.’
There is no requirement that you actually speak. You will want speakers to hear any conversation. You will want a microphone if you want to dialog via voice. A webcam is ok, too, but not required.
Tonight’s topic: Just what is a Christian? Are Lutherans Christian? Are Catholics Christian? What about Baptists, atheists, or cats?
This will be the initial topic but its pretty fluid and informal and who knows where we’ll end up.
Previous Knights of Contention posts can be found browsing the archive of this blog.
For further reading on how I will be approaching this topic, you may consider these blog entries of old:
Christians United on Core Beliefs
Defining ‘Christianity’ Propositionally
I will be alluding to Bertrand Russell to begin with (as I did in the propositionally blog entry above) and his essay, “Why I am Not a Christian.”
Online Apologetics Academy Enrolling
| October 26, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under academy, Blog, General |
The Athanatos Online Apologetics Academy is enrolling now. Enroll in the “Introduction to basic Biblical Greek” course which starts Oct. 27. Beginning on Nov. 3 is the course on “The Reliability of the New Testament Documents.” Beginning on Nov. 17 is the follow up course, “The Formation of the New Testament Canon.” Also beginning on Nov. 17 is the course “Studies in Atheism.” www.academyofapologetics.com
What is Christianity? Why should we Study Atheism? Who cares how the Bible was Formed?
| April 25, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
Beginning on April 30th, 2008, Athanatos Online Academy’s course “Studies in Atheism” will begin. This three week course will give a brief history of atheism through the centuries and then leap to a discussion of more modern atheists such as Bertrand Russell, Antony Flew, and the so-called ‘New’ atheists: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens,…
The Christian and Harry Potter and Dumbledore: A Christian changes his mind?
| October 30, 2007 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
Not too long ago I posted an article talking about Rowling’s outing of Dumbledore as a gay man. In it, I expressed disappointment and wondered what the point and purpose of this unnecessary revelation was. The battle still rages and I have got to say that many Christians are just being absurd. Not only with…
Defining ‘Christian’ Propositionally
| November 8, 2006 | Posted by Anthony under apologetics, Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, philosophy |
Two quotes to start this off with. First, from atheist Bertrand Russell, answering a question in an essay by the same title, “Why I am not a Christian”: “I think that you must have a certain amount of definite belief before you have a right to call yourself a Christian. The word does not have quite such a full-blooded meaning now as it had in the times of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. In those days, if a man said that he was a Christian it was known what he meant. You accepted a whole collection of creeds which were set out with great precision, and every single syllable of those creeds you believed with the whole strength of your convictions. Nowadays it is not quite like that.”
Mr. Russell is about right about this.
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