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“Citizen Ethics in a Time of Crisis” and “A Darwinian basis for citizen ethics”

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Ron Rhodes on Atheism, et al.

Ron Rhodes is the President of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries
Author of over 50 books (including 3 Silver Medallion winners).
He teaches cult apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary (Murrieta, CA), Dallas Theological Seminary, Talbot Seminary and Biola University (La Mirada, CA), and other well-known seminaries.


Here is a book that may be of interest to Atheism is Dead readers: Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics & Skeptics





Some of his various other books are listed below and categorized as follows:
Miscellaneous
The What You Need to Know pamphlet series
Bible
Christianity
Cults and World Religions
The Reasoning from the Scriptures with… series
The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say… series
The 10 Things You Need to Know About… series



Miscellaneous
Alien Obsession

5-Minute Apologetics for Today

Why Do Bad Things Happen If God Is Good?

What Your Child Needs to Know About God

Northern Storm Rising (Russia, Iran, and the Emerging End-Times Military Coalition Against Israel)

The Coming Oil Storm (The Imminent End of Oil...and Its Strategic Global Role in End-Times Prophecy)

What You Need to Know pamphlet series
Archaeology and the Bible

Jehovah's Witnesses

The Middle East Conflict

Islam

Homosexuality

World Religions

Christian Views of War

Intelligent Design

Halloween

Bible
The Complete Guide to Bible Translations

Understanding the Bible from A to Z

The Topical Handbook of Bible Prophesy

The Popular Dictionary of Bible Prophecy

The Complete Book of Bible Promises

The Complete Book of Bible Answers

What Does the Bible Say About...? (Easy-to-Understand Answers to the Tough Questions)

Angels Among Us (Separating Truth from Fiction)

What Did Jesus Mean?

Commonly Misunderstood Bible Verses

Find It Fast in the Bible

Find It Quick Handy Bible Encyclopedia

The Book of Bible Promises

Christ Before the Manger

Christianity
Christianity According to the Bible

Miracles Around Us

Conviction Without Compromise

The Undiscovered Country

The Wonder of Heaven

The Heart of Christianity

The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations

Cults and World Religions
When Cultists Ask

Find It Quick Handbook on Cults and New Religions

Challenge of the Cults and New Religions

The Culting of America

The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism

The Counterfeit Christ of the New Age Movement

New Age Movement

The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, and Psychic Phenomena

The Reasoning from the Scriptures with… series
Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Reasoning from the Scriptures with Muslims

Reasoning from the Scriptures with Catholics

Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Mormons

Reasoning from the Scriptures with Masons

The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say… series
The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Mormon

The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Mason

The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Catholic

The 10 Things You Need to Know About… series
The 10 Things You Need to Know About Islam

The 10 Things You Should Know About the Creation vs. Evolution Debate

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In Pretence of Rational Thought

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Midwest Atheist and Friend - Considered and Refuted, part 2 of 3

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The BOBA Digest: Dan Barker and the Confusing Author

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The New Atheism and the Erosion of Freedom - Robert Morey

The New Atheism and The Erosion Of Freedom is a book may be of interest and which was published way, way back in 2004 AD.



Robert Morey has also authored a few articles pertaining to atheism
Materialism

The Relative Logic of Atheists

The New Atheism

Atheism and Absolutes

He has also written other books on various topics:

The Trinity

Death and the Afterlife

Studies in the Atonement

The Nature And Extent Of God's Knowledge

Introduction to Defending the Faith

How to Answer a Mormon

How to Answer a Jehovah's Witness

The Truth About Masons

Islamic Invasion

Satan’s Devices

Reincarnation and Christianity

When is it Right to Fight?

Battle Of The Gods (The Gathering Storm in Modern Evangelicalism)

How to Keep Your Kids Drug Free

Worship Is All of Life

How the Old and New Testaments Relate to Each Other

How to Keep Your Kids Drug Free

Los Horóscopos y el Cristiano

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Midwest Atheist and Friend - Considered and Refuted, part 1 of 3

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Online Apologetics Conference 2010

On May 7th and 8th, 2010 AD An Apologetics Conference for Promoting the Christian Worldview through Literature and the Arts will take place online.

Presenters:

Keynote:
Robert Bowman, Jr.: Institute for Religious Research

Plenary:
Dr. Angus Menuge: Concordia University Wisconsin
Dr. Corey Olsen, aka “The Tolkien Professor”: Washington College

Workshops:
Dr. Bernard Bull: Concordia University Wisconsin
Mr. Robert Velarde: Author
Mary Jo Sharp: Confident Christianity
Mr. Anthony Horvath: Athanatos Christian Ministries
The 1st Prize winner of ACM’s 2010 Christian writing contest

Early Bird Registration Special: $30!
Click here to Register
(Early Bird Special expires March 15th)

Discounts available to Christian authors, publishers, publicists, literary agents, etc, as well as for group registrations.
Please email ACM representative Robert Cely for information.
Students may register for $25 using this link.

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The “Darwin’s Dilemma” Censorship Scandal Continues

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The New Scarlet Letter: “A” for Abstinence

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Unnatural Theology – On Atheism’s Erudite Elucidations

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Hey Atheists, Leave Those Kids Alone (and parents such as myself, while you are at it), part 3

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Prove “god”

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Atheism and Rape - Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Elucidates

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The God I Don’t Understand: Reflection on Tough Questions of Faith

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Accurately Quoting Bart Ehrman, part 4

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The Dawk Pieper Was at it Again

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DOGMATHEISM : The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Annie Laurie Gaylor on the Solstice and God’s Un-Evidenced Non-Existence

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American Atheists National Convention to take place on April…

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Accurately Quoting Bart Ehrman, part 2

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Haiti as Soapbox – Dan Barker, Annie Gaylor, Danny Glover & Pat Robertson Take Advantage

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Dan Barker Sues Hillary Clinton

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Accurately Quoting Bart Ehrman, part 1

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“GOD IS DEAD” and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself

“GOD IS DEAD” and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself Theological Engagements with the New Atheism is the title of a book edited by Andrew David, Christopher, J. Keller and Jon Stanley


Book description and endorsements; from Wipf and Stock:

In this pertinent and engaging volume leading Christian philosophers, theologians, and writers from all over the denominational map explode the black-and-white binaries that characterize both sides of the New Atheism debate.
They transcend the self-assured shouting matches of this latest expression of the culture wars by engaging in rigorous, polychromatic Christian reflection that considers the extent to which the atheistic critique-both new and old-might help the church move toward a more mature faith, authentic spirituality, charitable witness, and peaceable practice.
With generous openness and ferocious wit, this collection of essays, interviews, memoir, poetry, and visual art-including contributions from leading intellectuals, activists, and artists such as Stanley Hauerwas, Charles Taylor, John Milbank, Stanley Fish, Luci Shaw, Paul Roorda, Merold Westphal, and D. Stephen Long-provides substantive analysis, incisive critique, and a hopeful way forward for Christian dialog with atheist voices.

Brian McLaren; author of Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope

I was watching a TV documentary the other night that featured several highly religious parents dealing with their highly addictive adult children's drug and sexuality issues.
'Their faith seems to make them worse parents and worse people,' I said to my wife after the last commercial. I feel the same way when political leaders bring in religion to justify the unjustifiable, as they too often do. That's why I am so grateful for this brilliant book: atheism isn't just something to oppose or refute—it also can be a mirror, with much to teach us believers about ourselves and our distorted and unworthy ideas about God and religion. The atheist too is our neighbor, and God may want to speak to us all through the incisive insight of an honest atheist. Highly, highly recommended.

James K. A. Smith; author of The Devil Reads Derrida: And Other Essays on the University, the Church, Politics, and the Arts

The very shape of this book is a response to the New Atheism precisely because it refuses their narrow imagination and rationalist fundamentalism. Instead of playing by their rules, this book imagines faith otherwise in a stunning collection of poetry, prose, interviews, and images. It is an intellectual feast which seats us at the table with some of the most significant voices of our day.

Carl Raschke; author of GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn (The Church and Postmodern Culture)

In this exceptionally readable and engaging volume of essays—ranging from the accessibly academic to the largely belletristic—the diverse authors, along with their editors, pose one of the most effective answers to the so-called 'new atheists' that has come down the pike in recent years. Avoiding both the baroque scholasticism of so much contemporary postmodernist philosophy and the kitschy special-pleading of many popular theologians, God is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself is special soul food for today's thinking Christian. . . . The book is a must read for all those frustrated onlookers who feel the new atheists have received far more attention than they deserve.

James H. Olthuis; Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Emeritus

A rich, diverse nuanced collection of essays, interviews, musings, poetry, and art that together add up to a generous, engaging response to the New Atheism. Readers will either be shocked or unsurprised to learn that the 'god' declared dead by the New Atheists turns out not to be the God of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob that Christians affirm. God is not an explanation. This volume makes a strong case that the appropriate response to the resurgent atheism is not better arguments, but patient humility, and the practice of gratitude with the fruit of wonder, and the honey of love.

Dwight J. Friesen; Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, author of Thy Kingdom Connected

Through insightful essays, penetrating conversations, and beautiful poetry, 'God is Dead' and I Don't Feel So Good Myself brings thoughtful theologians, philosophers, and poets together to engage, learn from, and critique the cultural expression known as the New Atheism. I highly recommend this text as a conversational form of cultural engagement marked by a careful and generous listening punctuated by conviction and humility, curiosity and critical thinking.

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“If There's A God, Why Are There Atheists?” - R.C. Sproul’s Oldie But Goodie

All I can say about the 1970s AD is that I was young enough to not be responsible for what I was wearing.

It was in 1978 AD when R.C. Sproul first published If There's A God, Why Are There Atheists?

Apologetic 315 has just posted a review.

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ExChristian.Net Further Discredits Itself

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Odd Objections to Miracles

Paradoxically; two of the top objections to miracles are two of the planks upon which miracle claims are based.

These two seem to be 1) the natural order is obvious and unbroken and 2) miracles are rare, not predicable, events and are therefore surely fallacious claims.

These objections are rather odd considering that miracles are, by definition, events that 1) violate or bend the natural order and 2) are indeed, rare and unpredictable.

Odder still is the fact that two premises upon which the recognition of miraculous events are based are 1) that there is a natural order which is what makes a miracle recognizable and that therefore, 2) violations/bending of the natural order are evidence of miracles.

In other words, the top objections to miracles are the very premise upon which the recognition of miracles is based.

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For more information about miracles see:

On Natural Laws and Miracles

And the series “Is the Bible Skeptical About Miracles?”:
Introduction

The Apostle Thomas: Patron Saint of Scientists?

Moses as Skeptical Scientist

The Fleece

Malta’s Viper

Show Yourselves

Jesus’ Baptism

Lazarus Comes Forth

The Timing Test for Miracles

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