How do you know you're not wrong? : responding to objections that leave Christians speechless /
Copan, Paul,
How do you know you're not wrong? : responding to objections that leave Christians speechless / Paul Copan. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)2005. - 268 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
How do you know you're not wrong? -- Whatever works for you -- Naturalism is a simpler explanation than theism -- Unless you can scientifically verify or falsify your belief, it's meaningless -- You can't prove that scientifically -- The soul is nothing more than the brain -- Why think immaterial things like souls exist? -- How can an immaterial soul influence a material body? -- You're a speciesist if you think humans are superior to nonhuman animals -- Animals have rights just like humans do -- How could God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? -- Many Old Testament laws are strange and arbitrary -- Why are some Old Testament laws harsh and oppressive? -- It's unfair that humans are punished for Adam's sin (part 1) -- It's unfair that humans are punished for Adam's sin (part 2) -- Why were certain texts arbitrarily excluded from the New Testament canon? -- Isn't the Gospel of Thomas a legitimate source about the historical Jesus?
9780801064999
2005007932
Apologetics.
BT1212 / .H693 2005 BT1212
How do you know you're not wrong? : responding to objections that leave Christians speechless / Paul Copan. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)2005. - 268 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
How do you know you're not wrong? -- Whatever works for you -- Naturalism is a simpler explanation than theism -- Unless you can scientifically verify or falsify your belief, it's meaningless -- You can't prove that scientifically -- The soul is nothing more than the brain -- Why think immaterial things like souls exist? -- How can an immaterial soul influence a material body? -- You're a speciesist if you think humans are superior to nonhuman animals -- Animals have rights just like humans do -- How could God command Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? -- Many Old Testament laws are strange and arbitrary -- Why are some Old Testament laws harsh and oppressive? -- It's unfair that humans are punished for Adam's sin (part 1) -- It's unfair that humans are punished for Adam's sin (part 2) -- Why were certain texts arbitrarily excluded from the New Testament canon? -- Isn't the Gospel of Thomas a legitimate source about the historical Jesus?
9780801064999
2005007932
Apologetics.
BT1212 / .H693 2005 BT1212