by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 27, 2019 | Book Review, Evangelism, Psychological Apologetics, Psychology
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World by Leon FestingerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars In 1954, a group of social psychologists heard about a small cult group who believed aliens were...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 11, 2019 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Science
While working on my previous article, Are you a Stupid Christian?, I realized I should probably address the actual scientific evidence regarding intelligence and belief. This was made all the more apparent when I came across some anti-scientific statements by several...
by Jay Medenwaldt | Dec 8, 2019 | Apologetics, Evangelism, Persuasion, Psychological Apologetics, Science
This is what we’re up against. Christians have a reputation for being stupid. Anyone engaged in apologetics has probably been told (usually by someone in complete shock) that they’re the first intelligent Christian they’ve met. The charge that...