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mid-week apologetics booster (11-23-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: If they say that all thoughts are thus tainted, then, of course, we must remind them that Freudianism and Marxism are as much systems of thought as Christian theology. . . . The Freudian and the Marxian are in the same boat with all the rest of us and cannot criticize us from the outside. They have sawn off the branch they are sitting on. If, on the other hand, they say that the taint need not invalidate their thinking, then neither need it invalidate ours. In which case they have saved their own branch, but also saved ours along with it. – C.S. Lewis Now, here are your weekly links:

Why Civil Discourse is Vanishing and How to Bring it Back: https://apologeticjunkie.blogspot.com/2018/10/why-civil-discourse-is-vanishing-and.html
Answers to Arguments Against Christianity: https://www.christianciv.com/Answers.html
Atheism and Objective Morality: https://greatcloud.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/atheism-and-objective-morality/
Who gave you the right? You’ve probably heard this question asked before: “Who gave you the right?” In everyday situations, the accused might just take the question as rhetorical, or a mere expression of puzzlement or frustration. After all, he might be certain that his right is absolute or a brute fact. Then who are other people to question it? Yet, rights claims conflict and are doubted all the time. Is there a right to life or a right to choose? https://cogitatingduck.com/2015/07/17/who-gave-you-the-right/
Interview with Ken Samples – Classic Christian Thinkers: https://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2019/06/interview-with-ken-samples-classic.html
Public Schools: What Christian Parents Need to Know, with Andy White: https://natashacrain.com/public-schools-what-christian-parents-need-to-know/
The Brief Case for Peter’s Influence on Mark’s Gospel (Bible Insert) | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/the-brief-case-for-peters-influence-on-marks-gospel-bible-insert/
Salty seas – Many processes (see below) bring salts into the sea, while they don’t leave the sea easily. So the saltiness is increasing steadily. Since we can work out how much salt there is in the sea, as well as the rates that salts go into and out of the sea, we should be able to calculate a maximum age for the sea.: https://creation.com/salty-seas-evidence-for-a-young-earth
Book Review: 40 Questions About The Text and Canon of the New Testament by Charles L. Quarles and L. Scott Kellum – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2023/11/18/book-review-40-questions-about-the-text-and-canon-of-the-new-testament-by-charles-l-quarles-and-l-scott-kellum/
A Biblical Approach to Climate Change (part 1) – Media Center – Underlying assumptions and worldviews behind different approaches to climate change are summarized along with questionable scientific models.: https://creation.com/media-center/youtube/a-biblical-approach-to-climate-change-part-1
The No True Atheist Fallacy: https://apologeticsuk.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-no-true-atheist-fallacy.html
Christians Go to Amsterdam: Legal Prostitution, Drugs, & More | Way of the Master: Season 4, Ep. 42 – YouTube – in this episode, there are a few really good subsections. One is where Todd Friel is discussing the concept of imputed versus injected as it relates to righteousness during the reformation and Martin Luther’s 95 thesis’s. The other subsection is where Mark Spence from living Waters discusses why God would send people to hell: https://youtu.be/R5xVCkVFnM0?si=vy4DG_HEaxsKCF8h
Are You Taking the Word of God Seriously? | Paul Washer – YouTube: https://youtu.be/WhwnppXwxqM?si=8DOLGcoypDb1Mfdo
6 Facts You Need to Know When You Read the Bible: https://www.biblegateway.com/learn/6-facts-you-need-to-know-when-you-read-the-bible/
Jonestown Mass Suicide: Revisiting The Cult That Ended With The Deaths Of 900 | TODAY – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zI9ub9AgF0
The Reason Arab Nations Reject Palestinian Refugees Might Not Be What People Think – RedState: https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/11/19/the-reason-why-arab-nations-reject-palestinian-refugees-might-not-be-what-people-think-n2166561
The Forbidden Chapter: Isaiah 53 in the Hebrew Bible – YouTube: https://youtu.be/cGz9BVJ_k6s?si=ZeK-XHaMhxygHCZz
Who were the Philistines: https://creation.com/who-were-the-philistines
How Does the Old Testament Law Apply to Christians Today?: https://www.str.org/w/how-does-the-old-testament-law-apply-to-christians-today-
An ”Early” Origin for Modern Echolocation in Bats | The Institute for Creation Research – contrary to what Smithsonian Magazine stated in 2020, it looks like bats were equipped with modern echolocation from the start-as predicted by creationists.: https://www.icr.org/article/modern-echolocation-bats/
The Blessings of Doing Campus Evangelism and Apologetics – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2023/11/22/the-blessings-of-doing-campus-evangelism-and-apologetics/

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it. If you love Me, you will obey what I command. John 14:13-15 Blessings to you all