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What are the Ethics of Persuasion?

Are arguments for God manipulative? Mark Lanier, a trial lawyer with nearly 40 years of experience, addresses the ethics of persuasion and differentiates between arguments based on reason and integrity, and propaganda, which manipulates emotion and biases without logical reasoning.

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Ever dismissed a religious claim because it's "just testimony"? Turns out that logic, taken seriously, wrecks almost everything else you believe too, including most of science. Meet Bob, a physicist who tries to verify everything himself. Spoiler: he can't. Here's what that means for how we judge belief.

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‘Are you Religious?’ Why a Christian may not say ‘yes’

"That's religion, that's not Christianity" so stated John Lennox in his recent conversation with Stephen Bartlett. But aren't they the same thing? This article explores how this isn't necessarily the case.

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Do You Believe in Atheism?  Why Unbelief Requires Faith 

Is Atheism really the absence of faith? Or a belief system in its own right? This article explores how a denial of God requires a step of faith.

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