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Does this also strike anyone else as a profoundly weak and embarrassing argument? Coming from someone as well regarded as Bushman? I don’t think it is an argument at all. I think Bushman is just making a rather noncontroversial observation that the majority of adherents in a particular religion bel...

Dean, this was fantastic reading. Although Dr. Midgley should be applauded for his brevity and ability to get to the point, something Interpreter contributors struggle with immensely, given the supposed complexity of Gee's book, his short statement on Gee's work feels inadequate. It may very well be...

Above all, I believe that the principal goal ought to be making people better thinkers, not strategizing to win at all costs. I was not impressed with Richard Carrier’s arguments because they lacked sensitivity to narrative and genre. It was as though he treated the gospels like 20th century histor...

That sounds about right! But why spend all that time in grad school studying theology and patristics? Credentialing is a really big part of Mopologetic culture. Without a graduate degree, your role in Mopologetic organizations is going to be limited to being part of a “communications” team where yo...

Contrast his work with that of James White. I’m not a Calvinist but I really enjoy White laying out arguments and demonstrating he has at least put in some work to make a coherent argument and lay it out in a comprehensible way. That is a really interesting comparison. I’ve watched James White sinc...

DrStakhanovite, thanks for expanding thoughts on the subject. I have a quick reply though your post deserves more thought. Always happy to bandy words with the likes of you. There have been times when Christianity thrived being the overwhelming majority of the culture. It has often not been a minor...

The content of Boylan’s work conforms to the standards of Mopologetics as closely as his behavior mimics the uncouth nature of the Mopologetic Vanguard. The Mopologetic perspective views scholarship not as an end unto itself, but rather as a means to a rhetorical end. Usually scholarship is entangle...

Guys like Mike Parker and Robert Boylan are inevitable iterations when you understand the decades long history of Mopologetics. The Second Watson Letter fiasco is a great story; I still have fond memories of getting lunch with Sock Puppet and him regaling me with a first person account of events.

I don't doubt that there are appeals to liberal / mainline traditions, and I know many fine practitioners of these traditions. I myself got my religious start, for the most part, in a branch of the PCUSA. One person I know who converted from Mormonism is now a minister in the ELCA; she performed my...

This is the type of person Mopologetics creates.