Apologetics and Evidence

How do People Begin Believing in False Religions and False Teachings ?   I have written on the topic of  Barriers to the Gospel , which I encourage you to read, but what is it that  initially  tickles the ears of those who are opposed to it? Where does deception begin? We know that someone is not born opposed, but opposition in one’s life seems to grow stronger in many cases.  I find that barriers to the gospel are  nurtured  into a personal defense for not believing, versus the idea that barriers are the  seed  which began it all . I don’t think we should confuse these categories because it can be quite helpful to understand the flow of things for our discussions in apologetics and evangelism.    A bonsai tree begins its life as a seed like all trees begin, but this tree is different. It grew and was nurtured in a manner that defies a natural path. This is like how barriers to the gospel are nurtured. Much time and work took place ...

When one considers the issues of   post-modernism , such as the idea that everyone has their own truth, the question becomes, how do we answer someone who is adamantly standing on such ground? What will change their mind about the truth of the gospel if everyone has his or her own truth?   It seems that the first thing we should know is how to combat  post-modernism  with the  Three Fundamental Laws of Logic . The most significant of the three laws in combatting post-modernism is t he Law of non-contradiction . The idea is that any truth statement or claim is made, such as, “Jesus rose from the dead,” or “Jennifer is pregnant” or “it is morally correct to transition genders if one feels it is necessary,” then the fact of the matter is that not one of these truth claims can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense.  To use the third fundamental law of logic, called  the Law of the excluded middle , which would be to say that all of ...