A Good Portrait of Mainstream Evangelicalism Today
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“Greg Koukl is a great example of the average evangelical apologist today. He is very personable, and comes across as a nice guy. I'm a regular listener, and use many of the arguments found in this podcast in the critical thinking classes I teach. Here are a few thoughts on the content.
- The arguments made on the podcast are often quintessential examples of motivated reasoning. It is emotionally unacceptable to most of the listeners to contenance a universe without objective meaning, objective morality and eternal life. Many of the arguments often stop here at the emotional discomfort. There is no need to actually substantiate a personal God to those who can not accept the emotionally unpalatable implications.
- The arguments are often largely maneuvering to occupy all of the logical space. For example, all "evil" is attributed to Satan or the wickedness of humans, and all "righteousness" found is attributed to God. There is too conveniently no state of affairs that would falsify Christianity.
- Greg simply dismisses the existence of those who hold there is no actual evil in the world (that what we call "evil" is simply what we emotionally abhor), and he claims that anyone denying evil, prodded sufficiently enough, will end up revealing that they actually do believe in evil. It appears no degree of consistency in an alleged evil-free ideology will convince Greg to change his mind. He states over and over again that no one actualy believes there is no evil.
- Greg is not ashamed to introduce extra-biblical explanations to fill in the gaps to support his theology. For example, he claim the torments of Hell are eternal since, if souls were burned up by the flames, the eternal fire of Hell would not be eternal as the Bible claimed since there would be no more fuel. The physics of the spiritual realm he does not fully explain though he seems quite confident on this notion that spiritual flames need the spiritual fuel of spiritual souls.
- The podcast is a great source of examples of the logical fallacies and cognitive biases that I introduce to my critical thinking students. I highly recommend the podcast to anyone who want to hone their critical thinking skills.
- A sophmoric understanding of science is maintained on the podcast in which cognitive scientists, evolutionary biologists and cosmologists are invoked for the few arguments favorable to Christianity, but then their many conclusions that may run counter to Christian theology are completely shrugged off and scorned. Greg chuckles, unaware at his degree of ignorance, at how blind scientists are to what is "obvious" to him.
- The podcasts appears to work off the premise that, if they can only demonstrate another ideology false or weak, it somehow makes Christianity more probably true. The focus is on the irrational arguments made by some of the "new atheists" and other religions instead of addressing substantial objections to Christianity.
In spite of this podcast's unintentional contributions to the awareness of irrational arguments, it promotes a debilitating ideology that mendaciously tells children they are inherently wicked, and I am forced to give it a single star.”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
10/29/18
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“This is “a must listen” podcast for every born-again pastor, parent and teacher! Those who are under you need you to know and share with them what Greg is teaching. Thank you Greg!”
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07/07/20
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“I love Greg and his unassuming ways. He is a dedicated apologist and on top of that he’s a friend, father and husband. I love listening to his podcasts.”
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09/09/19
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“You must subscribe to this podcast, listen, review and take notes if you want to enhance your knowledge and engage people of all persuasions. Greg’s demeanour is charming and he engages with his callers in a genial manner. He starts each podcast with a quick exposition on a current affair and...”Read full review »
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Great Britain ·
11/22/18
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