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Index – 2 Thessalonians 2:15 – Stopping its Abuse
I’ve provided a number of posts on 2 Thessalonians 2:15 that address its abuse by those whom I refer to as “traditionists.” 1. Opening Post 2. Response to Comments by Reginald (Roman Catholic) 3. Additional Clarification 4. Response to Comments by “Orthodox” (Eastern Orthodox) This post serves as an index post. Accordingly, I will plan…
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Two Methods of Apologetics towards Catholics
Passionately (link). The link is to a Catholic blog, in which is embedded a video of a man dressed a Catholic priest shouting a message of repentance to an assembled congregation of Catholics, apparently during their service. The audio is somewhat indistinct – a combination of amateur recording equipment and lousy acoustics / camera location.…
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2 Thessalonians 2:15 – Additional Clarification
This is the third post in a series on 2 Thessalonians 2:15 (main post) (comment answered – additional examples). Reginald has provided some additional comments in a new post (link). Preliminary Clarifications Before going through Reginald’s comments in detail, I think it would be worthwhile to address a couple matters briefly and generally. 1. I…
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Tradition Distinguished – Abuse of 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Thwarted
Those who wish to oppose the doctrine of Sola Scriptura typically run to 2 Thessalonians 2:15 as one of the first passages to discuss. As will be demonstrated below, this verse does not support such abuse, and – in fact – demonstrates the eisegetical mindset of those who seek to use it to oppose a…
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TurretinFan, the Dead, Homeless Atheist
One frequent tired argument that one hears from atheists, is that we monotheists are basically atheists, because we reject all of the gods, except one. The problem for the atheist is that this is rather like saying that a person is homeless who has only one home, because he lacks all the other homes that…
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Missing the Points – Greek Muslim Responds to Dr. White
A Greek Muslim has responded to several comments of Dr. White’s regarding Muslim apologists that butcher the Greek language in their apologetic attempts. I’m afraid this gentleman (and he certainly seems to be a calm, polite man) has missed the point. The point is not that ALL Muslims do not understand Greek. Dr. White’s points…
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This is Catholic Internet Apologetics and a Reasonable Response thereto
GNRHead posted a two-part diatribe broadsiding Dr. White with a significant number of accusations, even taking time to wave his finger at the camera and insist that Dr. White should be ashamed of himself. Dr. White posted the video that I have embedded below that makes short work of the bulk of GNRHead’s argument. There…
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Remember this guy?
Do you remember Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf? He was the Iraqi official who reported on the very brief Iraq invasion in terms that were extremely favorable to the Iraqi ruling regime. One example of his lines: “Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We…
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A Different Apologetic Approach – ANON vs. Scientology
As many of you may already be aware, a hacker group known as “ANON” (as in “Anonymous”) has recently declared war on Scientology. (open letter by video here) They are a very capable and elite group of hackers. Their stated goal is eradication of Scientology from the Internet. This not their first mission, and they…