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Albert Mohler Calls Closeted Atheist Clergy “Charlatans and Cowards”

Who’s being the coward here? Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and an unapologetic young Earth creationist, plays rough with secretly atheist clergy members who have talked in confidence to Daniel Dennett’s The Clergy Project, writing at … Continue reading

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Bill Nye Frets Over Evolution Denial

___________ Why is the above video so compelling? I’d say it has primarily to do with his manner of speaking about evolution: Bill Nye the Science Guy, a man beloved by children and parents alike, is pained, bewildered, and disappointed–and … Continue reading

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Definition: What is a Fundamentalist?

The word “fundamentalist” is bandied about—most typically as an insult—across a broad range of contexts. There are: Muslim fundamentalists market fundamentalists Hindu fundamentalists Marxist fundamentalists Christian fundamentalists Of course, there are other “fundamentalists”—but you’ve probably never heard someone called a … Continue reading

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Albert Mohler: Christopher Hitchens in Hell for Unbelief

Albert Mohler is President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and Darrel Falk, past President of BioLogos, calls Albert Mohler “among the most important evangelicals in the world” and a “giant” in evangelical and fundamentalist circles. In April of … Continue reading

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Adam and Eve Never Really Existed: Evangelicalism’s Galileo Moment

NPR has an excellent recent segment on evangelicalism’s Galileo moment, both in audio form and an (edited) transcript. Here’s a taste: “The evolution controversy today is, I think, a Galileo moment,” says Karl Giberson, who authored several books trying to … Continue reading

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Gay Marriage Hysteria Watch: Albert Mohler Casts the First Stone at Carl Kruger

In a blog post, Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, calls New York’s recent legalization of gay marriage a “sad spectacle” and writes the following: One of the lessons learned in this sad spectacle is the fact that … Continue reading

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50 Elite Academics Respond to the God Question

A great YouTube:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  . Here’s the list (in order) of those responding: 1. Lawrence Krauss, Physicist 2. Robert Coleman Richardson, Physicist, Nobel Laureate 3. Richard Feynman, Physicist, Nobel Laureate 4. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge Philosopher 5. Colin Blakemore, Oxford Professor … Continue reading

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Worldview Wars (and Who’s Winning)

I think that what evangelical Albert Mohler wrote recently at his blog is true: The future shape of the world appears to be a worldview competition between Christianity, Islam, and Western Secularism. And I think it’s quite obvious which one … Continue reading

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The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it: Albert Mohler’s circular reasoning Ferris Wheel rolls over Richard Dawkins

Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, and the man Time magazine once (weirdly) called America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement”, is a young earth creationist who recently wrote at his blog the following about Richard Dawkins: Dawkins claims to be driven … Continue reading

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Hell Apologists Watch: Albert Mohler wants people to awake “in the morning” and go “to sleep at night with the fear of hell never far from consciousness”

Here’s Albert Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and evangelicalism’s leading “intellectual” (at least according to Time magazine), lamenting at his blog the fact that literal hell belief no long terrorizes the psyches of most people living in western countries: … Continue reading

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On YEC and Hell, Albert Mohler Takes Up the Evangelical’s Burden

Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, and the man Time magazine once (weirdly) called America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement”, is a young earth creationist. He also believes in hell. Literally. Think Hieronymus Bosch here. And in a recent blog … Continue reading

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YEC Watch: Are Albert Mohler’s YEC Views “Thought Crimes” Or Crimes Against Thought?

Albert Mohler, the man Time magazine once (weirdly) called America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement”, is a young earth creationist. And in a recent blog post he offered the following complaint against those who have concluded that the earth is old and plants and … Continue reading

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YEC Watch: Albert Mohler says “the world indeed looks old” and “evolutionary arguments” appear “credible.” But the Bible’s explanations of natural phenomena “should be compelling to believers.”

Albert Mohler, the man Time magazine has called America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement”, is a young earth creationist. (Yes, it appears that you can be a “reigning intellectual” and still think the earth is about 6,000 years old. You didn’t know … Continue reading

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The Book of Nature and the Book of God: Peter Enns v. Albert Mohler on Young Earth Creationism

Albert Mohler is President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and I think that the following is a brilliant take down of his preposterous hypothesis that the earth is not old, but young. It’s offered by Peter Enns at BioLogos: Dr. … Continue reading

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Young Earth Creationism Watch: Intellectual Albert Mohler Drinks the Kool-Aid

Darrel Falk, President of BioLogos, calls Albert Mohler “among the most important evangelicals in the world” and a “giant” in evangelical and fundamentalist circles. In April of 2003, Time magazine preposterously referred to Mohler as America’s “reigning intellectual in the evangelical movement . … Continue reading

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Young Earth Creationism Watch: Albert Mohler v. BioLogos, Darrel Falk, and Bruce Waltke

With regard to the universe’s appearance of vast age, Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, offers this curious argument: The universe looks old because the creator made it whole. When he made Adam,  Adam was … Continue reading

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Will Albert Mohler Be Tapped by Sarah Palin as One of Her Science Advisors?

With regard to the universe’s appearance of vast age, Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, offers this curious argument: The universe looks old because the creator made it whole. When he made Adam,  Adam was … Continue reading

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