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- Aaron
- How did Aaron survive the killing of the Hebrew babies?
- Abimelech
- Philistine king of Gerar. Because his name is Semitic, this is sometimes pointed to as an error. But see the relevant portion of our article on the mention of Philistines in Genesis and Exodus.
- Abortion
- I have some friends in the pro-life movement; this is my nod to them.
- Articles
- Books to Read
- Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Questions by Randy Alcorn -- Buy this book from Amazon.com
- Politcially Correct Death by Francis Beckwith -- Buy this book from Amazon.com
- Acharya S
- See D. M. Murdock.
- Adonis
- Ancient pagan deity, sometimes sourced for the pagan Christ-myth idea; see here.
- Adoptionism
- A belief held by heretics in the early church that supposed that Jesus was just an "average Joe" whom God picked to put the Christ spirit on. Some critics say that the Bible teaches this view. For a response to this idea, see here
- Agape
- What is it? Love by any name? Not exactly -- see here.
- Akhenaten
- Source of pagan copycat charges.
- Alcohol
- I personally don't get the allure of the stuff.
- Alexander of Abonuteichos
- Alleged social pagan-copycat for Jesus. See here.
- Alcides of Thebes
- Alleged pagan copycat figure. See here.
- Allen, Steve
- Skeptic of the recent past.
- Articles
- Review of Allen's book on the Bible
- Ally, Shabir
- Muslim apologist. See responses here. [Off Site]
- Amalekites
- These were ancient Israel's biggest headache other than the Philistines.
- "Amen"
- Some argue that the word "Amen" (first used in Numbers 5:22, and thereafter a lot in Deuteronomy, and on up into the NT) was somehow derived from the Egyptian god Amun-Re, with the implication that in using the word we are thanking a pagan god. Here's a corrective for that idea from Marvin Wilson's Our Father Abraham [182ff]. The word "amen" is part of a family of Hebrew words stemming from the verb aman, to believe or trust. (Gen. 15:6, "And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.") Other related words are emunah, "faithfulness" or "steadfastness" and emet or "truth."
Ameri, Sami
Muslim apologist. Review of Hunting for the Word of God.
- America
- "Faith of the Founders" material.
- Amirault, Gary
- Arguer against eternal punishment. Our answers to his questions on hell here.
- Anachronisms
- Alleged discrepancies in Scripture involving statements not in accord with the time the document reports or the time it was written. Here is a general response with links to specific Scriptural issues.
- Andrews, Seth
- Review of Deconverted.
- Annihilationism
- Idea that the souls of the wicked will be totally destroyed, not endure hell.
- Anti-Semitism
- For discussion of this issue, see our entry on Judaism.
- Apocrypha (OT)
- Books that didn't make the OT cut.
- Apollonius of Tyana
- Source of pagan copycat charges.
- Apollos
- Were Paul and Apollos unfriendly rivals? -- part of a reply to Earl Doherty
- Aquarian Gospel
- Review by Edgar Goodspeed [Off Site]
- Archaeology
- Not my specialty, so here are a bunch of links:
- Archko Volume
- Well-intentioned but false document.
- Aretalogy
- A genre of ancient biography invented by Morton Smith in an attempt to mythologize the Gospels. See here for a critique.
- Arimathea
- Does the name "Arimathea" suggest Joseph was a fake?
- Armstrong, Karen
- Former nun. See here.
- Arnheim, Michael
- Author of a most-pretentiously titled book that fails to deliver.
- Articles
- Review of Is Christianity True?
- Arthur, Kay
- Popular teacher. See here.
- Arthur, Nicklas
- Nut who thinks Social Security is evil. See here.
- Assemblies of Yahweh
- Watchman Fellowship overview
- Assertiveness
- A quality of people of Bible times that is not appreciated today. See here for comments.
- Astrology
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- Atheism
- Summary item here.
- Atonement
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- Attis of Phrygia
- Source of pagan copycat charges.
- Attott, Hans
- Review of Jesus' Bluff
- Atwill, Joseph
- Review of Caesar's Messiah
- Aus, Roger
- Review: Roger Aus' The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus and the Death, Burial, and Translation of Moses in Judaic Tradition
- Avalos, Hector
- Biblical scholar who wants to "end" Biblical studies. Evaluation of his works here. Response on Glenn Miller and the Canaanites here.