New Apologetics

New approaches to arguing for Christianity that we find emerging in the modern world:

  • Arguments that lean towards pragmatic considerations
  • Arguments that use a different epistemology
    • We can simply conjecture God/Christ/Christianity
    • We can believe if we desire to do so
    • You should want Christianity to be true
      • eg: because it's the best story, because it's ultimately the only hopeful story, or because it's the only way through the Great Filter, or the only good outcome of Simulation Argument
  • Arguments that lean on core mysteries:
    • Core mysteries:
      • Existence of the universe
      • Fine-tuning of the universe
      • Possibility of computation (not a given) — Computation as Fine-Tuning
      • Existence of rational minds within the universe
      • Hard problem of consciousness
    • Perhaps the best explanation of these mysteries involves recognizing a central significance to personhood
    • A universe in which personhood is significant is a universe that looks theistic, and arguably, Christian