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Apologetic Notes

Apologetics – 1

  • Persecution

    • What?

    • Why? (early church, c.60AD)

      • Burning Rome

      • Refuse Military Service

      • Atheists

      • Cannibals

      • Incestuous

        Apologetics – 2

  • “What do we do?”

    • Respond in kind?

    • Retreat?

    • Picket?

    • Protest?

    • Boycott?

Apologetics – 3

  • Peter, What do you say?

    • 1 Peter 3:15-16

      • Jesus on your throne

      • Be ready to give and answer

      • Gentleness and respect

Apologetics – 4

  • We are called to apologize

    • Not “I'm sorry”

      • “Apologia” (Greek)

        • To defend one's honor

        • Or to make a reply

          • Justin the Martyr

 

The Faith Prism

  • /“I”\ → “The World” (senses, experiences, thoughts, actions, “reality”)

  • ^ that triangle is a Faith Commitment – presuppositions (what I assume to be true without “proof”) – worldview

Christian Faith Commitments

  • God exists

  • God Created

  • Jesus died for my salvation

  • afterlife

  • Bible = God

Atheistic Faith Commitments

  • There is no God

  • Religion can harm the harmony in diversity

  • Death is the end

  • Holy books are just human books

  • Scientific reason

  • Faith is in themselves

 

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