One of the fallacies the book highlights is asking a Loaded Question. A loaded question is when someone asks two questions, but one is hidden behind the other. For example, if I were to ask you, "Have you stopped hitting your dog?," I am presupposing the fact that you have been hitting your dog! And this line of reasoning is fallacious.
In the same way, when skeptics ask the Christian theist questions such as, "Who made God?," they are guilty of asking a loaded question because they are assuming that Christians believe that God was created; however, that is not what Christians believe. Due to what Scripture teaches1 and good philosophical arguments2, Christians believe that God has always existed. In the same way, when the skeptic asks, "Who designed the designer?," they are guilty of asking a loaded question because Christians do not believe that God (the designer) was designed.
Now, if the skeptic offers an argument that somehow demonstrates why God requires a creator or a designer, then the Christian theist should be obliged to offer reasons why this is not the case. But until this is done, the skeptic should save the "Who made God?," question for those who actually believe in a created God.
Courage and Godspeed,
Chad
Footnotes:
1. See Isaiah 40:48, Psalm 90:2, Romans 16:26, Deuteronomy 32:40 and 1 Timothy 1:17.
2. Philosopher J.P. Moreland makes one such argument here.
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Please see the 7 minute video I provided in footnote #2. In the brief clip, philosopher J.P. Moreland offers one reason Christian theists believe that God is uncaused.
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