Randal Rauser's Blog, page 17
July 6, 2022
An Evangelical and a Progressive Christian in Conversation
Check out my conversation on progressive Christianity with evangelical Ryan Pauly. ?
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July 4, 2022
How Conservative Evangelicals Foment Hatred and Suspicion toward Progressive Christians
Today, I received the following comment in response to a YouTube video in which I critique Sean McDowell’s misinformation about progressive Christians. The comment sounds like a string of talking points from conservative evangelicals like Alisa Childers, Mike Winger, and Sean McDowell. To begin with, the comment offers an absolute binary judgment in which progressive […]
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“Put Your Damn Bible Down”? How Sean McDowell spreads Misinformation About Progressive Christians
Evangelical Christians like Sean McDowell claim that progressive Christians undermine truth. And yet, McDowell’s own interaction with progressive Christianity is characterized by strawmanning, hasty generalization, cherry-picking, and other tools of misinformation. You can’t serve truth by promoting falsehood. ?
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July 1, 2022
An Embryo isn’t a Baby: A Response to Trent Horn
In my article “The Absolutist Prolife Position: A Critique,” I argue against the view that a human being should be granted full ontological status from the point of conception. (Conception isn’t actually a point, of course, it’s an extended process. But let’s leave that aside for this discussion.) My argument centers on two scenarios: Scenario […]
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June 29, 2022
What if You’re the Only Thing That Exists?
Have you ever wondered that you might be the only thing that exists? Have you ever met someone else who thought that? If you did, how would you reason with them? How would you convince them that other things exist? In this video, we take on the topic of solipsism. ?
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June 25, 2022
Are Progressive Christians Relativists? Rebutting the Absurd Claims of Alisa Childers
This article consists of three excerpts from one chapter in my book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. To read more, pick up a copy of the book! Time and again, I find a common error among many conservative Christians: they confuse a healthy awareness of our own fallibility in knowledge with relativism about truth. For […]
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My Quick Thoughts on SCOTUS and the Overturning of Roe
The GOP scored a big victory on abortion yesterday, but at the cost of further undermining the moral authority of SCOTUS and the GOP. I’m prolife, but I’m not a fan of hypocrisy or winning by hook or by crook. Here’s a quick list of my main concerns (#5 is not about Roe per se): […]
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June 24, 2022
On the Idea of (Male) Privilege
Do men enjoy special privileges in society that women lack? Do we all possess some privileges and lack others? Here’s my six-minute take. ?
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June 23, 2022
More Debate on Progressive Christianity with Joshua Swamidass
In this special episode of Capturing Christianity, Randal Rauser (Progressive Christian) and Joshua Swamidass (Conservative Christian) dialogue about the key differences between Progressive and Conservative Christianity. ?
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June 22, 2022
Strawmanning Progressive Christians: Lessons from Mike Winger
In this video, I conclude my critique of Mike Winger’s popular video on progressive Christians by pointing out how he strawmans the views of Richard Rohr and Brian Zahnd while exhibiting contempt for these fellow Christians and their views. ?
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