This is a page designed to offer various critiques and answers to the arguments offered up by opponents of Christianity. I will be adding more names to the list. If you have a specific skeptic that you think should be included or an excellent response to one already on the list, please let me know via the comments.
Dan Barker
Answers to Dan Barker's Bible Quiz by J.P. Holding
Answer to Dan Barker's Easter Challenge by Dr. Gastrich
A Response to Dan Barker's Pagan Christianity by Tyler V
Barker's Blunders: A Response to Dan Barker's "Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" by David Wood
Dan Barker's Losing Faith in Faith: A Critique by J.P. Holding
Dan Barker's 30 Questions by Dr. Gastrich
Dan Barker vs. Mike Licona (2003 Video)
Taming Bible "Discrepancies" by Rachel D. Ramer- This article will aid readers in understanding Barker's brand of Bible reading.
Various Essays by Mariano Grinbank of True Freethinker
Richard Carrier
Do No Miracles Today imply None in the Past?: A Critique of Richard Carrier's methodology by Amy Sayers
Good 'n' Senseless without God: A Critical Review of Richard Carrier's new book, Sense and Goodness without God by David Wood
Is Atheism a Safe Bet? by Amy Sayers; here Sayers responses to Carrier's attack on Pascal's Wager
Mike Licona vs. Richard Carrier (2010 Video)
Richard Carrier: Equal to Aristotle? by David Wood
Richard Carrier vs. William Lane Craig Audio Debate- This debate says a lot!
The Problem with Miracles by Kyle Butt
The Real Jesus: A Brief Portrait by Amy Sayers
Two Ancient Teachers, Two Bad Analogies by Amy Sayers
Richard Dawkins
A Review of The God Delusion by Bede
Comparing Dawkins' Blind Faith with Flew's Evidence by Peter S. Williams
Darwin's Rottweiler and the Public Understanding of Scientism by Peter S. Williams
Dawkins' Central Argument Once More by William Lane Craig
Debunking Dawkins: The God Delusion by Rich Deem
Does Science Prove that God Does Not Exist? A Look at Richard Dawkins by Gregory Ganssle NEW!
Has Science Eliminated God? Richard Dawkins and the Meaning of Life by Alister McGrath [transcript and audio available]
Reflections on Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker by Dallas Willard
Richard Dawkins' Argument for Atheism in The God Delusion by William Lane Craig
Some Thoughts on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion by P.M. Doyle
The Dawkins Confusion by Alvin Plantinga
The Dawkins' Delusion by Alister McGrath [Article summary of his book]
The Delusion's of Richard Dawkins by Peter Harrison
The Devil's Chaplain by Stephen Barr
The Storyteller and the Scientist by Phillip E. Johnson
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Richard Dawkins' Failed Rebuttal of Natural Theology by Peter S. Williams
What would God say to Richard Dawkins? by Melvin Tinker (Audio)
Audio Talk
More rebuttals of Dawkins' work can be found here and here.
Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett Hunts the Snark by David B. Hart
God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality by Paul Copan
In Defense of Theistic Arguments- William Lane Craig critiques Dennett's arguments against theism (audio)
Earl Doherty
A Short Review of The Jesus Puzzle by Christopher Price
Earl Doherty and Apostolic Tradition by Christopher Price
Earl Doherty, the Jesus Myth, and Second Century Christian Writings by GakuseiDon
Earl Daherty's use of the Epistle to the Hebrews by Christopher Price Part I Part II
Earl Doherty use of the phrase "According to the Flesh" by Christopher Price
Mike Licona responses to Earl Doherty (Deals with Flemming's film, The God Who Wasn't There)
The Myth Makers: A Review of Doherty's The Jesus Puzzle by Roger Pearse
Bart Ehrman
A Response to Bart Ehrman by Thomas Howe [PDF]
Audio of Mike Licona Responding to Bart Ehrman by Apologetics315 [47 minutes]
Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus: An Analysis by Peter J. Williams; other materials here offered that deal with Ehrman's arguments
Debate on the NT Documents between Bart Ehrman and Peter Williams
Ehrman Project- This site provides responses to Ehrman's provocative conclusions
Losing Christianity: A New Testament Scholar's Fall from Faith by Stephen J. Bedard
Misquoting Jesus: Does Bart Ehrman Prove that the New Testament is Corrupt? by Daniel McCarthy
Misunderstanding Christianity: Do Scribal Changes really Matter and Why? (A Response to Bart Ehrman by H.L. Nigro
Review of Bart Ehrman's Book: "Forged: Writing in the Name of God" by Mike Licona NEW!
Brian Flemming
A Review of The God Who Wasn't There by Mike Licona
The Argument that Wasn't There by Melinda Penner
Sam Harris
Among the Unbelievers: The Tedium of Dogmatic Atheism by Christ Lehman, Reason Magazine
A Review of Sam Harris's book "Free Will" by Sean McDowell
Navigating Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape by William Lane Craig
Sam Harris' Equivocation on "The Good" by Max Andrews NEW!
Sam Harris' Faith in Eastern Spirituality and Muslim Torture by John Gorenfield
Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation: Answer Key by J.P. Holding
Stoning and Cherry Pickers by Mariano Grinbank
The End of Faith-a review by Peter Hartwell
The Faith of Disbelief by Dennis Prager
The Undeluded Truth? by Ravi Zacharias
Stephen Hawking
As a Scientist I'm Certain that Stephen Hawking is Wrong. You can't Explain the Universe without God by Professor John Lennox
Has Science Eliminated God? with Dr. William Lane Craig (mp3s)
Part I Part II
Christopher Hitchens
A Chapter by chapter critique of Hitchens' God is Not Great by Douglas Wilson [Be sure to start at 31 and work your way backwards]
Atheism Ranting: The Pity and Poverty of Modern Anti-Theism by John Mark Reyonolds
Hitchens Doesn't have the Goods by Stand to Reason
Hitchens vs. Hitchens by Peter Hitchens
Is Christianity Good for the World? A discussion between Douglas Wilson and Christopher Hitchens hosted by Christianity Today
Lawrence Krauss
A Universe From Someone: Against Lawrence Krauss by Peter S. Williams NEW!
Pale, Small, Silly Nerdy: NY Times Give a Devastating Smack to New Atheists' Favorite Cosmologist
What Part of "Nothing" Does Lawrence Krauss Not Understand? by James Barham
"A Universe From Nothing" with William Lane Craig; a 3 pt. podcast
John Loftus
Another Failed Argument from Evil by Mary Jo Sharp
Loftus: Apologist to Atheist by Norm Geisler
The Will to Disbelieve: A Critical Review of the Loftus-Wood Debate
Elaine Pagels
Beyond Credibility: A Critical Review of Elaine Pagels' Beyond Belief by Sophia De Morgan
Gnostic Gnonsense: A Critical Review of Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels by Sophia De Morgan
What about the Gospel of Thomas?: A 14 minute video debate between Mike Licona and Elaine Pagels
Jesus Seminar
Darrell Bock on the Jesus Seminar(MP3 Audio) by Apologetics315
Five Gospels, but No Gospel: Jesus and the Seminar by N.T. Wright [PDF]
Marcus Borg: a Critique by J.P. Holding
Rediscovering the Historical Jesus: Presuppositions and Pretensions of the Jesus Seminar by William Lane Craig
Response to J.D. Crossan: Doing Justice to Jesus by N.T. Wright
The Jesus Seminar by Jimmy Williams
The Jesus Seminar and the Gospel of Thomas by James White
The Jesus Seminar and the Public: Take Another Look by Darrell Bock
The Jesus Seminar Under Fire by Greg Koukl
Unmasking the Jesus Seminar by Mark D. Roberts
William Lane Craig vs. Marcus Borg: The Resurrection(MP3 audio) by Apologetics315
Michael Shermer
A Summary Critique: Why Science Can't Explain Morality by Paul Copan- Book review of The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
Michael Shermer and Ben Witherington Discuss the Gospels by Mariano Grinbank
Michael Shermer- The Moral Argument for Embarrassment by Mariano Grinbank
Michael Shermer, "Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against ID" (Lecture) Corrected by Doug Groothuis
Shermer's Chivalry by Mariano Grinbank
Shermer's Conflicted Message by Casey Luskin
Has Science Eliminated God? with Dr. William Lane Craig (mp3s)
Part I Part II
Hawking and the Grand Designer MP3 by Peter S. Williams
The Grand Design- Truth or Fiction by Dr. William Lane Craig
The Grand Design- Truth or Fiction by Dr. William Lane Craig
Christopher Hitchens
A Chapter by chapter critique of Hitchens' God is Not Great by Douglas Wilson [Be sure to start at 31 and work your way backwards]
Atheism Ranting: The Pity and Poverty of Modern Anti-Theism by John Mark Reyonolds
Hitchens Doesn't have the Goods by Stand to Reason
Hitchens vs. Hitchens by Peter Hitchens
Is Christianity Good for the World? A discussion between Douglas Wilson and Christopher Hitchens hosted by Christianity Today
Lawrence Krauss
A Universe From Someone: Against Lawrence Krauss by Peter S. Williams NEW!
Pale, Small, Silly Nerdy: NY Times Give a Devastating Smack to New Atheists' Favorite Cosmologist
What Part of "Nothing" Does Lawrence Krauss Not Understand? by James Barham
"A Universe From Nothing" with William Lane Craig; a 3 pt. podcast
John Loftus
Another Failed Argument from Evil by Mary Jo Sharp
Loftus: Apologist to Atheist by Norm Geisler
The Will to Disbelieve: A Critical Review of the Loftus-Wood Debate
Elaine Pagels
Beyond Credibility: A Critical Review of Elaine Pagels' Beyond Belief by Sophia De Morgan
Gnostic Gnonsense: A Critical Review of Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels by Sophia De Morgan
What about the Gospel of Thomas?: A 14 minute video debate between Mike Licona and Elaine Pagels
Jesus Seminar
Darrell Bock on the Jesus Seminar(MP3 Audio) by Apologetics315
Five Gospels, but No Gospel: Jesus and the Seminar by N.T. Wright [PDF]
Marcus Borg: a Critique by J.P. Holding
Rediscovering the Historical Jesus: Presuppositions and Pretensions of the Jesus Seminar by William Lane Craig
Response to J.D. Crossan: Doing Justice to Jesus by N.T. Wright
The Jesus Seminar by Jimmy Williams
The Jesus Seminar and the Gospel of Thomas by James White
The Jesus Seminar and the Public: Take Another Look by Darrell Bock
The Jesus Seminar Under Fire by Greg Koukl
Unmasking the Jesus Seminar by Mark D. Roberts
William Lane Craig vs. Marcus Borg: The Resurrection(MP3 audio) by Apologetics315
Michael Shermer
A Summary Critique: Why Science Can't Explain Morality by Paul Copan- Book review of The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
Michael Shermer and Ben Witherington Discuss the Gospels by Mariano Grinbank
Michael Shermer- The Moral Argument for Embarrassment by Mariano Grinbank
Michael Shermer, "Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against ID" (Lecture) Corrected by Doug Groothuis
Shermer's Chivalry by Mariano Grinbank
Shermer's Conflicted Message by Casey Luskin
John Shelby Spong
John Shelby Spong's Liberating the Gospels: A Critique by Brent Hardaway
Spong Kong Phooey by Brent Hardaway
What is Wrong with Bishop Spong? by Michael Bott and Jonathan Sarfarti
Farrell Till
Farrell Till Exposed: A Response to Ferrell Till's Take on Prophecy by Firebranded
Firebrand's Answer to Till, Part 2
The Resurrection of Osiris According to Farrell Till by Mark Mcfall
G.A. Wells
A Summary Critique: Questioning the Existence of Jesus by Dr. Gary Habermas
Who is G.A. Wells? by Gregory S. Neal
Courage and Godspeed,
Chad
Note to Readers: The use of the film The Usual Suspects is simply for creative fun! This is not meant to imply anything about skeptics themselves.
Farrell Till Exposed: A Response to Ferrell Till's Take on Prophecy by Firebranded
Firebrand's Answer to Till, Part 2
The Resurrection of Osiris According to Farrell Till by Mark Mcfall
G.A. Wells
A Summary Critique: Questioning the Existence of Jesus by Dr. Gary Habermas
Who is G.A. Wells? by Gregory S. Neal
Courage and Godspeed,
Chad
Note to Readers: The use of the film The Usual Suspects is simply for creative fun! This is not meant to imply anything about skeptics themselves.
10 comments:
Thank you Chad, this is a great resource. I would only add Marcus Borg and John Dominick Crossan
Hello Shelby,
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for your great ministry!
Crossan is one I was planning on adding, but I had forgotten about Borg.
Thanks!
Godspeed
Wow, this is quite helpful. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the website.
The link on Christopher Hitchens
A Chapter by chapter critique of Hitchens' God is Not Great by Douglas Wilson [Be sure to scroll down]....
is down, could you please fix it?
Cheers
yea, I'm in the same boat as Shelby, I would like to see Borg and Crossan on there as well. other than that, thank you very much Chad, this is some great resources!
These resources will definitely help out with potential conversations with some family members who are not believers. Appreciate you putting this out here in one spot!!
Hello,
Thank you everybody for your helpful suggestions!
I fixed the link to Doug Wilson's chapter by chapter review of Hitch's God is not Great. The format is a little strange, but it's there.
Further, regarding Borg and Crossan, I am thinking of adding a section that deals with the Jesus Seminar in general. It seems that most the refutations and rebuttals of their works that I am finding are under that label.
Thoughts?
Thank all of you again!
Godspeed
Wow!
Thanks guys this is going to be very helpful.
Do you know where I can get some information on the dating of the gospels?
I have read a few articles of guys claiming that even some liberals agree with conservative scholar Wenham on the dating of Matthew at about 46Ad. Do you know who they are?
Hello Everyone,
I added sections for the Jesus Seminar and Michael Shermer.
More to come!
Godspeed
Hello Thomas,
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
A recent article I've checked out that could help is Recent Perspectives on the Reliability of the Gospels by Dr. Gary Habermas.
Do you know who they are?
I do not. If I run across anything in the near future that might be helpful I'll be sure to post it here!
Godspeed
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