The Tentative Apologist Podcast Randal Rauser

In this podcast, I respond to American Atheist's statement that the Capitol insurrectionists were "Christian terrorists. Full stop." Not so fast, American Atheist, it's a bit more complicated than that.

The Bible repeatedly describes God as punishing entire human populations by way of natural disasters like floods, droughts, earthquakes, and volcanic explosions. But how is that consistent with a loving, just, and merciful God? And must a Christian believe this? For further discussion, see chapter 10 of my book Conversations with My Inner Atheist. https://amzn.to/3wYBnam

In this episode, I critique the eternal conscious torment view of hell by pointing out the shocking implications it has for our understanding of heaven.

Christians apologists tend to focus a great deal of time on arguments for God's existence, but as a result, they fail to address most of the actual reasons that people reject Christianity.

In this episode, I critique strong agnosticism, the view that says nobody can know (or rationally believe) whether God exists or not.

In this inaugural episode of the relaunched Tentative Apologist Podcast, I summarize five beliefs that are widely held among Christians and which will strike the average person as morally shocking.