How to Defend the Christian Faith Quotes

“After only a few minutes of back-and-forth questions their arguments always unravel—yet their conviction remains. One lesson I’ve learned from these years of public engagements with Christian apologists is that the arguments they offer for their faith are not the reason they have faith.”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist

“An omniscient being could not be ignorant of anything, so an omniscient being would not know something. He could not know ignorance.”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist

“You should not torture or kill anyone for being a witch, or anyone with a different faith, or anyone with no faith at all. You should not prohibit the free expression of ideas, the free exercise of one’s conscience, or the free assembly of peacefully organized people. You should never enslave or beat into submission anyone anywhere, anytime, under any circumstances for the express purpose of servitude, nor treat any person as less than a human being, ever. You should not treat women as inferior to men, but rather with equal respect and dignity as equally valued members of society. You should not abuse animals, trap them, raise them in factory farms, hunt them for their furs, or needlessly experiment on them.”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist

“With God, we’re often told, “all things are possible.” Christians believe this until an alternative divine plan is suggested that appears to be better than what God is believed to have done. Whenever someone suggests a better divine plan of action, then without even pausing to think about it, Christians argue God could not have done differently for a variety of reasons. So God can apparently do anything up until someone suggests he does something better. In other words, true Christian believers have no imagination at all. They unnecessarily limit their God by their utter lack of imagination.”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist

“How can God be unchanging or immutable if he is supposedly reacting to the events in the universe and the choices we make?”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist

“The word “apologetics” comes from the Greek word apologia. It referred to what defendants would do in a courtroom in response to any accusations made against them. They would try to provide a defense (an apologia) against the charges. The accused would try to literally “speak away” (apo—away, logia—speech) the accusation(s).”
― John W. Loftus, How to Defend the Christian Faith: Advice from an Atheist