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Christian Apologetics
A Remedial Education

How to defend your faith without embarrassing yourself, your religion, or two thousand years of Christian philosophy.

An atheist teaching Christians to argue more effectively against his own position.

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THE PURPOSE

Better disagreement, not compulsory agreement

I'm an atheist. I don't accept the conclusions of Christian apologetics. Nevertheless, I would rather engage with strong arguments than spend another afternoon explaining why a circular argument is circular. The explicit purpose of this course is to improve the arguments of people with whom I disagree.

You'll learn to recognise faulty inferences, formulate your reasons with precision, represent opponents fairly and distinguish the claims that an argument really establishes from conclusions that have merely been attached to it.

You will not be marked according to whether you believe in God. You will be marked according to how carefully you reason.

THE PROGRAMME

Four stages. Four examinations.

Pass each stage to unlock the next. Pass mark: 80%.

STAGE 01OPEN

Foundations of Reasoning

Logic, inference, fallacies, evidence and intellectual responsibility.

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Understanding Christianity

Scripture, exegesis, theological traditions and revelation.

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STAGE 03LOCKED

Arguments for God

Cosmological, teleological, moral and metaphysical arguments.

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STAGE 04LOCKED

Defending Christianity

Resurrection, miracles, evil, hiddenness and a final defence.

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YOUR RECORD

Stage I progress

0 of 3 lessons marked complete. Complete all three to unlock the examination.

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COURSE RULES

How progression works

Each stage has three teaching lessons and a compulsory examination. Each published stage presents 25 questions chosen from a 54-question bank, with questions drawn from its three lessons. You need at least 20 correct answers to pass (80%). You may retake the examination; each attempt draws a new set and shuffles answer options. Explanations appear after submission.

Progress is stored on the server and associated with an anonymous browser cookie. If you clear that cookie or switch devices, your record will not automatically follow you. This is not an accredited qualification or a secure identity-verification examination.