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
A Response to Dan Barker's Pagan Christianity by Tyler V
Dan Barker's Losing Faith in Faith: A Critique by J.P. Holding
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
A Response to "Why I Don't Buy the Resurrection Story" by J.P. Holding
Audio: Unbelievable? Was Jesus created as an ancient myth? Richard Carrier vs David Marshall
Jesus Did Exist: A Response to Richard Carrier by Jimmy Akin
Richard Carrier vs. William Lane Craig Audio Debate- This debate says a lot!
The Problem with Miracles by Kyle Butt
What Should Jesus Do? A Response to Richard Carrier by Carson Weitnauer
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
Ed Feser Responds to Richard Dawkins on Thomas [Aquinas'] 5 Ways (Audio)
Freud's Dad & Dawkins' Delusion – C.S. Lewis Responds? by Melvin Tinker (Audio)
Reflections on Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker by Dallas Willard
Richard Dawkins' Argument for Atheism in The God Delusion by William Lane Craig
The Dawkins Confusion by Alvin Plantinga
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? 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)
Book Review by David Bentley Hart: From Bacteria to Bach and Back by D. Dennett
Earl Doherty
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)
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 Analysi
Bart Ehrman's Forged: Writing in the Name of God- A Review by Mike Licona
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
Review of Bart Ehrman's Book: "Forged: Writing in the Name of God" by Mike Licona
Why the Followers of Jesus Recognized Him as Divine by Craig Evans (Response to How Jesus became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee)
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
Debate Audio: William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris debate, "Is God Good?" Here, Craig decimates Harris' thesis in his book The Moral Landscape.
If I Debated Sam Harris – a mock debate by Lisa Quintana
Is “Right” and “Wrong” Simply a Matter of “Human Flourishing”? by J. Warner Wallace
Navigating Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape by William Lane Craig
Sam Harris, Christ’s Resurrection, and the Nature of Belief by Kyle Butt
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
Sam Harris' Wrongheaded View of Christian Faith by Lenny Esposito
The End of Faith-a review by Peter Hartwell
The Faith of Disbelief by Dennis Prager
Stephen Hawking
Jesus Did Exist: A Response to Richard Carrier by Jimmy Akin
Richard Carrier vs. William Lane Craig Audio Debate- This debate says a lot!
The Problem with Miracles by Kyle Butt
What Should Jesus Do? A Response to Richard Carrier by Carson Weitnauer
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
Ed Feser Responds to Richard Dawkins on Thomas [Aquinas'] 5 Ways (Audio)
Freud's Dad & Dawkins' Delusion – C.S. Lewis Responds? by Melvin Tinker (Audio)
Reflections on Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker by Dallas Willard
Richard Dawkins' Argument for Atheism in The God Delusion by William Lane Craig
The Dawkins Confusion by Alvin Plantinga
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? 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)
Book Review by David Bentley Hart: From Bacteria to Bach and Back by D. Dennett
Earl Doherty
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)
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 Analysi
Bart Ehrman's Forged: Writing in the Name of God- A Review by Mike Licona
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
Review of Bart Ehrman's Book: "Forged: Writing in the Name of God" by Mike Licona
Why the Followers of Jesus Recognized Him as Divine by Craig Evans (Response to How Jesus became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee)
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
Debate Audio: William Lane Craig vs. Sam Harris debate, "Is God Good?" Here, Craig decimates Harris' thesis in his book The Moral Landscape.
If I Debated Sam Harris – a mock debate by Lisa Quintana
Is “Right” and “Wrong” Simply a Matter of “Human Flourishing”? by J. Warner Wallace
Navigating Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape by William Lane Craig
Sam Harris, Christ’s Resurrection, and the Nature of Belief by Kyle Butt
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
Sam Harris' Wrongheaded View of Christian Faith by Lenny Esposito
The End of Faith-a review by Peter Hartwell
The Faith of Disbelief by Dennis Prager
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
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: My Response to god is not Great by Mark Roberts
Debate Video: Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens
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
"A Universe From Nothing" with William Lane Craig; a 3 pt. podcast
Fifty Shades of Nothing by Ed Feser
Not Understanding Nothing by Ed Feser
Pale, Small, Silly Nerdy: NY Times Give a Devastating Smack to New Atheists' Favorite Cosmologist
Scientists Should Tell Lawrence Krauss to Shut Up Already by Ed Feser
What Part of "Nothing" Does Lawrence Krauss Not Understand? by James Barham
John Loftus
Debate Video: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? - John Loftus vs. David Wood
Debate Video: Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs. Christopher Hitchens
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
"A Universe From Nothing" with William Lane Craig; a 3 pt. podcast
Fifty Shades of Nothing by Ed Feser
Not Understanding Nothing by Ed Feser
Pale, Small, Silly Nerdy: NY Times Give a Devastating Smack to New Atheists' Favorite Cosmologist
Scientists Should Tell Lawrence Krauss to Shut Up Already by Ed Feser
What Part of "Nothing" Does Lawrence Krauss Not Understand? by James Barham
John Loftus
Debate Video: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? - John Loftus vs. David Wood
Debate Video: John Loftus v. Abdu Murray- Was Jesus Raised from the Dead?
Loftus: Apologist to Atheist by Norm Geisler
Unbelievable? Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? David Marshall vs John Loftus
What is Biblical Faith? by Chad Gross
Jeffrey Jay Lowder
In my opinion, Lowder is a top notch defender of metaphysical naturalism. He is fair-minded and rigorous in his arguments. Even as a Christian theist, I have found his work personally challenging and helpful.
Answers for Jeffery Lowder by David Marshall
Assessing Lowder’s Argument for Naturalism: Part 1 Part 2
Loftus: Apologist to Atheist by Norm Geisler
Unbelievable? Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? David Marshall vs John Loftus
What is Biblical Faith? by Chad Gross
Jeffrey Jay Lowder
In my opinion, Lowder is a top notch defender of metaphysical naturalism. He is fair-minded and rigorous in his arguments. Even as a Christian theist, I have found his work personally challenging and helpful.
Answers for Jeffery Lowder by David Marshall
Assessing Lowder’s Argument for Naturalism: Part 1 Part 2
Debate Video: Jeff Lowder vs. Frank Turek- What Better Explains Reality: Naturalism or Theism? My review is included.
Looking at the totality of the evidence: a response to Jeffery Jay Lowder via Uncommon Descent
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 and the Gospel of Thomas by James White
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 Conflicted Message by Casey Luskin
Looking at the totality of the evidence: a response to Jeffery Jay Lowder via Uncommon Descent
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 and the Gospel of Thomas by James White
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 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
G.A. Wells
A Summary Critique: Questioning the Existence of Jesus by Dr. Gary Habermas
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.
A Summary Critique: Questioning the Existence of Jesus by Dr. Gary Habermas
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.