Atheism vs. Christianity

“In December of 2008 a popular blogger known as ‘The Raving Atheist’ announced his conversion to Christianity and changed the site’s masthead to “The Raving Theist,’ dedicating it ‘to Jesus Christ, now and forever.’ The unbelievers in his readership reacted with a combination of vitriol and, for lack of a better word, unbelief. The Raving Atheist had frequently denounced such conversion stories as hoaxes and believed it could never happen to him, until he experienced for himself what he now knows was God’s grace. Nor did his readers have the benefit of the account he is about to give.”

http://www.salvomag.com/new/articles/salvo17/raving-atheist-to-raving-theist.php

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Atheism, Christianity & Science:

[See, also this page .]

“Christianity… was one of the most influential belief systems contributing to [the] birth [of the scientific method]. This historical fact is beyond contention. Any Doubting Thomas can consult world-class scholars on the matter here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. If we removed the foundational scientific discoveries reached by serious Christians working out of their official Christian vocation, It’s a Wonderful Life – style, modernity would not yet exist. The majority of Nobel Prize Laureates in the sciences are self-professed Christians.”

https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/13/why-science-is-a-false-god-that-will-sorely-disappoint-you/

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The Supposed Warfare Between Christianity and Science

http://www.apologeticalliance.com/blog/2012/09/the-supposed-warfare-between-christianity-and-science/

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Does the Bible Contradict Scientific Principles?

http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/sciencebible.html

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Church Attendance Boosts Student GPAs

http://www.livescience.com/culture/080819-church-grades.html

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“Using a new X-ray technique called ‘Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering‘ to examine a sample of the linen, Liberato De Caro of Italy’s Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council and his colleagues determined in peer-reviewed research the shroud could be around 2,000 years old… [which] appears to contradict a 1988 carbon-dating study that suggested the fabric was only about 700 years old… The scientist believes that carbon dating, a method of age determination that analyzes radiocarbon decay, is not always reliable with fabric, explaining why the 1988 study’s conclusion may be incorrect.”

https://www.christianpost.com/news/new-technology-challenges-old-conclusions-about-shroud-of-turin.html

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“…the exact shade, texture and depth of the imprints on the cloth could only be produced with the aid of ultraviolet lasers – technology that was clearly not available in medieval times… [and] the iconic image of the bearded man must therefore have been created by ‘some form of electromagnetic energy’… And in case there was any doubt about the preternatural degree of energy needed to make such distinct marks, the Enea report spells it out: ‘This degree of power cannot be reproduced by any normal UV source built to date’… [and] ‘the marks were not made by paints, pigments or dyes and that the image was not ‘the product of an artist.’“

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8966422/Italian-study-claims-Turin-Shroud-is-Christs-authentic-burial-robe.html
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-say-turin-shroud-is-supernatural-6279512.html

[ASND simply asks: “Why didn’t they re-date the fibers since that was the main criticism of the Shroud from the last series of tests?”]

[Go figure.]

The Closing of the Scientific Mind

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-closing-of-the-scientific-mind/#.UsVzvbolLBQ.facebook

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The Laws of Logic are a Christian Actuality & Truth Reality

http://thelordgodexists.com/2012/06/the-laws-of-logic-are-a-christian-actuality-truth-reality/

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The Old Testament God:

The Morality of God in the Old Testament
Would a Moral God Kill Children & Condone Genocide and Rape?

http://believinforareason.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/the-morality-of-god-in-the-old-testament-part-1-would-a-moral-god-kill-children/
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http://believinforareason.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/the-morality-of-god-in-the-old-testament-part-2-would-a-moral-god-condone-genocide-and-rape/

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Killing the Canaanites: A Response to the New Atheism’s “Divine Genocide” Claims

http://www.equip.org/articles/killing-the-canaanites/

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Does God Command Evil? Introducing Kline’s Intrusion Ethic

http://reformedforum.org/does-god-command-evil-introducing-klines-intrusion-ethic/

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Debate:

William Lane Craig vs Andrew Pyle: Does the Christian God Exist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsO0ysGyjMg

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The Great Debate: Does God Exist? (Bahnsen v. Stein)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3T1vY0uB9Y&feature=share

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“People who seriously practice a traditional religious faith—whether Christian or other—have a divorce rate markedly lower than the general population. The factor making the most difference is religious commitment and practice.”

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/09/25/factchecker-divorce-rate-among-christians/

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The Real Murderers: Atheism or Christianity?

http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5527

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“Although I am a secularist (atheist, if you will), I accept that the great majority of people would be morally and spiritually lost without religion.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/secularisms_ongoing_debt_to_ch.html

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Responding to Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?

http://chab123.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/dear-believer-why-do-you-believe/

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“… how is it that the celebration of Christmas, specifically, is actually proof the virgin birth? How can a ‘simple’ holiday prove a miracle?”

http://www.jashow.org/Articles/VBP-BPDF-The-Virgin-Birth.pdf

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The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

http://www.wtsbooks.com/common/pdf_links/9781884527388.pdf

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If you want to see intolerance in action, look no further than the humanists’ war on faith schools