Games of Chance – Ch. 3 – Historical Straw

A couple weeks ago I was getting an itch to get back into addressing apologetics, just because that’s how I roll. I was going to go back to the Limbaugh book, and eventually I will, but I thought the R.C. Sproul book would be meatier. I think I’m wrong, but the sciency part of it still compels.

Originally Pastor Chuck and I were going to spar over this book, but after showing himself unwilling to address arguments directly and his continual deflections to his aspersions on my character, he finally backed out, read the book on his own, declared it perfect, and wandered off into the sunset. I figure I’ll just have to go it alone and hope someone else comes along to wrangle.

Or not.

Games of Chance – Ch. 2 – More Straw?

This post will be relatively brief, as there isn’t much going on in Chapter 2 save Sproul doing his best to stuff as much straw into his strawman as he can before he begins tilting at the windmill of Quantum Physics. That said, there a few items in this chapter I would like to address.

Sproul’s main aim in this chapter is to imply… well, never mind, he asserts that the entire global community of scientists has abandoned logic and reason, and that it’s up to philosophers like himself to bring them around. Good thing he’s not arrogant about it or anything, eh?

Games of Chance – Ch. 1 – Rocks and Pillows

Let’s dive into chapter one.

First, I’m not going to hide my disdain for what I’ve read so far. I’m not an expert in physics by any stretch. For that reason I expected, or at least hoped, to be challenged by Sproul’s presentation.

Sadly, that is not the case.

In this first chapter, Sproul attempts to completely redefine chance to serve his preconceptions, then disparage science and scientists based on those preconceptions, though perhaps misconceptions is a better word.

Games of Chance – A New Series

I’ve been a busy boy on the blog this week. I guess I’ve got a lot on my mind lately.

A couple weeks ago, on my birthday, in fact, an old pastor, who I still count as a friend, wished me a happy birthday and encouraged me to take a look at a book he feels provides a strong challenge to the secular scientific view of the world and the universe – Not a Chance by R.C. Sproul

The premise of the book is that the universe and nature could not have arisen by chance, and therefore must have been created by God.