Challenge: I see so much evil in the world, I just can't be a Christian.
Response: Did you mean to say that's why you can't be a Christian Scientist? Only Biblical Christianity can make sense of the evil in the world.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
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02 October 2015
The existence-of-evil dodge (NEXT! #44)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: I see so much evil in the world, I just can't be a Christian.
Response: Did you mean to say that's why you can't be a Christian Scientist? Only Biblical Christianity can make sense of the evil in the world.
Challenge: I see so much evil in the world, I just can't be a Christian.
Response: Did you mean to say that's why you can't be a Christian Scientist? Only Biblical Christianity can make sense of the evil in the world.
30 September 2014
The category-error dodge (NEXT! #43)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: "God"? What God? I've never seen any God. Real things weigh something. What does your Imaginary Friend in the Sky weigh? I'll just stick with reason and science.
Response: Really? What color is "reason"? How much does "science" weigh? Was that supposed to be an argument? How many millimeters was that argument? What atomic number is it on the periodic table? Does it taste like chicken?
Challenge: "God"? What God? I've never seen any God. Real things weigh something. What does your Imaginary Friend in the Sky weigh? I'll just stick with reason and science.
Response: Really? What color is "reason"? How much does "science" weigh? Was that supposed to be an argument? How many millimeters was that argument? What atomic number is it on the periodic table? Does it taste like chicken?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
23 September 2014
The Reason, Not Religion Dodge (NEXT! #42)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Prove that Christ is ultimate truth — without quoting Bible verses.
Response: First, prove that reason is ultimate truth — without giving reasons.
Yes I suppose it's odd that atheists sometimes say Jesus, and Oh My God. But odder than the religious saying "let's be reasonable"?
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) September 10, 2014
Response: First, prove that reason is ultimate truth — without giving reasons.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
13 June 2014
The Snarky Materialistic Reductionism Dodge (NEXT! #41)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Oh look. Bob's talking about his Invisible Friend!
Response: ...came the noise from the bipedal meatbag-shaped hodgepodge of random atoms.
Response: ...came the noise from the bipedal meatbag-shaped hodgepodge of random atoms.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
24 April 2014
The Neo-orthodox Bibliolatry Dodge (NEXT! #40)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: You worship a book. I worship the Living Word!
Response: Really? And where, pray, do you learn of this "Living Word"?
Challenge: You worship a book. I worship the Living Word!
Response: Really? And where, pray, do you learn of this "Living Word"?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
14 November 2013
The "Luther Was a Screw-Up!" Dodge (NEXT! #39)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Y'know, Luther said [this atrocious thing], and did [that atrocious thing].
Response: Really? Wow. I guess it's like Luther said: he really needed a Savior. But just think: a basket-case like Luther could figure out the Biblical Gospel, yet all those geniuses in Rome are still missing the boat and still perverting the simple Gospel, 500 years later. Pathetic, huh?
Response: Really? Wow. I guess it's like Luther said: he really needed a Savior. But just think: a basket-case like Luther could figure out the Biblical Gospel, yet all those geniuses in Rome are still missing the boat and still perverting the simple Gospel, 500 years later. Pathetic, huh?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
01 October 2013
Written-by-man dodge (NEXT! #38)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: The Bible was written by men. We shouldn't take it too seriously.
Response: ...and your evaluation of the Bible was spoken by...a what, now? So how seriously should I take that?
Response: ...and your evaluation of the Bible was spoken by...a what, now? So how seriously should I take that?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
18 September 2013
The Bible-only(-except-for-me!) dodge (NEXT! #37)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: I care not for the words of mortal man. I only study the Bible. So let me tell you what I think the Bible says about...
Response: Hold up there, Turbo. If I listen to what you just said, I shouldn't be listening to what you want to say. Or to what you just said. So... I guess we're done here!
Response: Hold up there, Turbo. If I listen to what you just said, I shouldn't be listening to what you want to say. Or to what you just said. So... I guess we're done here!
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
20 August 2013
The anthropolater's dodge (NEXT! #34)
by Dan Phillips
Biblical Christian: The Bible says XYZ {begins to offer Biblical proof}.
Dodge: But {Revered Big Name Du Jour #247} says...
Biblical Christian Response A: Oh... sorry, do you not have a Bible? Can I get you one?
Biblical Christian Response B: Oops. My mistake. You want to compare biographies. I thought we were talking about Bible and truth. Perhaps you could look up a church historian? Maybe he could help you.
Dodge: But {Revered Big Name Du Jour #247} says...
Biblical Christian Response A: Oh... sorry, do you not have a Bible? Can I get you one?
Biblical Christian Response B: Oops. My mistake. You want to compare biographies. I thought we were talking about Bible and truth. Perhaps you could look up a church historian? Maybe he could help you.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
06 August 2013
The no-no-no-YOU'RE-arguing-from-experience diversion attempt (NEXT! #35)
by Dan Phillips
"Continuationist": You pointing out the indisputable fact of the cessation of Biblical revelatory/sign gifts is arguing from experience.
Biblical Christian: ...said the man whose claim to fame is promising 1900+ years of a particular set of well-defined experiences, in the hopes of diverting attention from all the crickets.
Biblical Christian: ...said the man whose claim to fame is promising 1900+ years of a particular set of well-defined experiences, in the hopes of diverting attention from all the crickets.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
02 July 2013
The hypocrite's anti-hypocrisy dodge (NEXT! #34)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Sure, I believe in Jesus. But I don't go to church because, you know, there's hypocrites there.
Response: "Hypocrites"? You mean, people who say they believe in Jesus, but don't obey Him? Yeah, epic; I can definitely see how you wouldn't want to have any part of that...
Response: "Hypocrites"? You mean, people who say they believe in Jesus, but don't obey Him? Yeah, epic; I can definitely see how you wouldn't want to have any part of that...
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
09 May 2013
"Born in Araby" dodge (NEXT! #33)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: What if you were born in Saudi Arabia? Then you know you'd be a Muslim!
Response: What if you were born an idiot? Then you'd waste your days asking hypothetical questions with no evidentiary val... oh.
Response: What if you were born an idiot? Then you'd waste your days asking hypothetical questions with no evidentiary val... oh.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
18 April 2013
"Did you take him to coffee first?" dodge (NEXT! #32)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: I felt I needed to say publicly that you should have privately taken X out for coffee before publicly taking him/her to issue for his/her public teaching and conduct.
Response A: Yeah... so where's my coffee?
Response B: You're as right publicly to fault my public statement as Paul was publicly to fault Peter's public behavior, and as I was to fault his/hers.
Challenge: I felt I needed to say publicly that you should have privately taken X out for coffee before publicly taking him/her to issue for his/her public teaching and conduct.Response A: Yeah... so where's my coffee?
Response B: You're as right publicly to fault my public statement as Paul was publicly to fault Peter's public behavior, and as I was to fault his/hers.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
19 February 2013
"Who are you to judge?" dodge (NEXT! #31)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Who are you to judge [insert actions or words here]?
Response: Absolutely no one. But God is. I'm just someone who can read, believe, think, understand, discern, and affirm out loud.
Response: Absolutely no one. But God is. I'm just someone who can read, believe, think, understand, discern, and affirm out loud.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
25 September 2012
The "God and evil" dodge (NEXT! #30)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge Version A: Why does God permit evil?
Response: Good thing He does, eh?
Challenge Version B: Can God be good and all-powerful, and permit evil?
Response: [Eyeing challenger.] Evidently.
Challenge Version A: Why does God permit evil?
Response: Good thing He does, eh?
Challenge Version B: Can God be good and all-powerful, and permit evil?
Response: [Eyeing challenger.] Evidently.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
14 February 2012
The "to err is human" dodge (NEXT! #29)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: The Bible can't be inerrant because it is human speech, and all human speech is errant.
Response: Including that assertion? (Oopsie.)
Response: Including that assertion? (Oopsie.)
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
05 January 2012
The "pious heretic" dodge (NEXT! #28)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Anyone who does good works in the name of Jesus must be acceptable to God. Especially if they're really-really good.
Response: ...and the man who rapes your daughter but gives her car an oil change because he "loves" her so much should be acceptable to you?
Response: ...and the man who rapes your daughter but gives her car an oil change because he "loves" her so much should be acceptable to you?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
19 April 2011
The "scientific evidence" dodge (NEXT! #27)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: Unless you give me (materialistic) scientific evidence for the existence of God, I will not believe.
Response: ...and the materialistic scientific evidence that "(materialistic) scientific evidence" alone can and will always be dispositive of everything is...?
Challenge: Unless you give me (materialistic) scientific evidence for the existence of God, I will not believe.Response: ...and the materialistic scientific evidence that "(materialistic) scientific evidence" alone can and will always be dispositive of everything is...?
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
24 March 2011
The Japan/God dilemma (NEXT! #26)
09 September 2010
The problem-of-evil dodge (NEXT! #25)
by Dan Phillips
Challenge: You're a Christian? How do you handle the problem of evil?
Response: Me? Mainly, by switching sides, by God's grace.
Response: Me? Mainly, by switching sides, by God's grace.
NEXT!
(Proverbs 21:22)
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