[asa] Responsible Apologetics and the ASA

It was interesting to note a contrast in the Jan / Feb ASA 2008 Newsletter
that just came out. Page 6 of the Newsletter notes a book by Marvin
Bittinger, which contains the following quote: *"We can't prove it all in
mathematics. We can't prove it all about God. A certain amount of mystery
will always remain." *The next article, titled "Apologists Counter Militant
Atheism" features an apologetics conference invovling Lee Strobel, Norman
Geisler, Josh McDowell, and other conservative apologists (the title of one
presentation: "*Does the Bible Contain Mistakes*"). One young conference
attendee is quoted as saying *"if the church wants to keep the younger
generation, it needs to stress evidence and proof."*
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Why is there such a huge disconnect between popular evidential apologetics
and the sorts of conclusions that Christians trained in the sciences are
prepared to reach? I can't help but feel a little ill for young people
expecting to find "evidence and proof" of a proposition such as "the Bible
doesn't contain any mistakes."

This is another place in which I think the ASA could have a beneficial
influence: how about sponsoring or co-sponsoring a conference on
"responsible apologetics?"

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Received on Thu Dec 27 10:44:33 2007