We’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we will focus on the main criticisms of the book, as well as the different tactics that are covered in it. Does it stand to scrutiny?
Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins
Hillary’s article – “How Dawkins’ Outgrowing God Capitalizes on Our Culture’s Inability to Think Critically”
Article – “Churches could win back teens like me if they were more welcoming and less judgmental”
Jana Harmon has studied what causes atheists to convert to Christianity (video of her talk)
Why I Still Believe by Mary Jo Sharp – MaryJo discusses the hurt that she encountered in churches
Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace – a cold case detective who understands evidence, and presents evidence from the New Testament like he would a cold case
Journey from Texts to Translations by Paul D Wegner – answers the question behind how the canon of Scripture was formed
Video of woman at the AOC meeting talking about eating babies
John’s article – “Do Atheists Eat Babies? A Serious Answer to a Silly Question”
Hyper-Fundamentalism – A type of Christian denomination which is really strict, makes every issue a salvific issue, and focuses on authority rather than understanding. Questions are akin to rebellion and the list of rules in order to be a “good Christian” is quite lengthy
Zoroastrianism – an Iranian religion, founded circa 600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu.
Because other conspiracy theories exist, therefore this (this Bible) must be conspiracy theory. It’s like, I think you’ve got a couple steps missing there…
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– Hillary Morgan Ferrer
When you look at these conspiracy theories… he just starts crafting this caricature of what a Christian is, and it’s someone who is blindly holding onto their Bible and smiling while their head is wrapped in tinfoil.
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– Amy Davison
Hillary Morgan Ferrer is the founder of Mama Bear Apologetics. She is the chief author and editor of Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies and Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God’s Design. Hillary has her masters in Biology and has been married to her husband, Dr. John D. Ferrer, for 15 years. Don’t let her cook for you. She’ll burn your house straight to the ground.
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