Apologetics and Evidence

When Jehovah’s Witnesses come to your door, they will often show you a very bland video from their website, that almost never has anything to do with what you will soon discuss. I have written about   the Jehovah’s Witness Training Videos , and what you can expect, almost verbatim, if you go in a direction discussing exactly who Jesus is.   Continuing such a discussion as addressed in the link above, if you mention John 1:1-3, they will immediately take you to Colossians 1:15, where the Bible discusses Jesus being the “ firstborn of all creation .” The problem is, Jehovah’s Witnesses take the word, firstborn , completely out of its context here.    They use and equivocate the word “firstborn” as if it means “ born first ” in every single context. But this is easy to disprove. In Exodus 4:21-23 we find our first example:   The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I...

Ratio Christi  Director of International Operations,  Bill Scott  and I were recently having a conversation about how there is a lack of discussion among apologists about satanic and demonic supernatural activity, and how great of a need there is for such discussion, since the activities are not without consequences.  Shandon Guthrie, who holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Manchester Metropolitan University, recently wrote a related book (which at the time of this writing has yet to reach the shelves), titled,  Dark Apologetics: Christian Answers to Perplexing Questions about Evil Spiritual Forces, the Paranormal, and the Occult . I obviously have yet to read this, but I am very excited and pleased that Bill and I are not the only ones who see what seems to largely be a closed door in the field of apologetics. As we will discover below, Satan is still active in our world today, and I intend to show this in general through the teachings of Mormonism, and specifical...

Mormonism is replete in its scriptures with the idea that the God of Mormonism is the supreme being, as seen in three of their sacred texts below, which is not an exhaustive list:     Book of Mormon, Alma 11:22 “And Amulek said unto him: Yea, if it be according to the Spirit of the Lord, which is in me; for I shall say nothing which is contrary to the Spirit of the Lord. And Zeezrom said unto him: Behold, here are six onties of silver, and all these will I give thee if thou wilt deny the existence of a Supreme Being.”   Book of Mormon, Alma 30:44 “But Alma said unto him: Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do wit...