Randal Rauser
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Workplace Investigator, Theologian, Dad, Husband, Lhasa Apso aficionado
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7 months ago
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A response to evangelicals who condemn abortion but defend genocide
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Is Evangelicalism Morally Incoherent?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK6wgh_KDww&feature=youtu.be
about 1 hour ago
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Alisa Childers claims progressive Christianity comes from ... Satan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGN...
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Fundamentalist explains Progressive Christianity
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzGNDINLmVQ&feature=youtu.be
1 day ago
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Fundamentalist logical fallacies: lessons from Alisa Childers
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Fundamentalist apologists and the Argumentum ad populum
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be6a34Kh5M0
2 days ago
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Let's look at evangelical apologetic brainwashing with Alisa Childers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IS...
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Evangelical Apologetic Indoctrination in Action
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31IS-Zbt0w8
3 days ago
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Fundamentalism vs. Progressive Christianity?
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Fundamentalism vs. Progressive Christianity?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdU9dG1NEV8
4 days ago
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Young earth creationists trying to explain how the flood covered Mt. Everest:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5m...
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The Absurdity of Young Earth Creationism
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5mR_siVUU
5 days ago
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This is why evangelicals lost the "gay marriage debate":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ob4...
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Gay Marriage, Evangelicals, and Justice
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ob4ZQjwnRI
6 days ago
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If you think passing your dementia test makes you a genius, you fail your dementia test.
6 days ago
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Can Christianity be saved from violence?
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Can Christianity move beyond violence?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6AgbwwZNw
7 days ago
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Reading the Bible when God behaves badly
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How do we read the Bible when God behaves badly?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://youtu.be/cpQ4VQh9N3Q
8 days ago
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Apologist is asked why God killed the firstborn of the Egyptians and gives three bad replies:
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Why did God kill the firstborn of the Egyptians?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Nrk0tYwpU
9 days ago
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Today, the rapist that Americans elected president initiated an investigation with his "justice department" against one of the women he raped. Clownshow.
www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...
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Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources fam...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation
10 days ago
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Great review of my book "The Wideness of the Sea":
10 days ago
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Calvinism and a "gentler" form of damnation to hell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZ8...
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Calvinism on a gentler form of damnation
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZ8cV5rUNI
10 days ago
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Apologist Frank Turek fumbles a natural law argument against gay marriage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9k...
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A Natural Law Argument Against Homosexuality?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD9kMqNshrs&feature=youtu.be
11 days ago
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My response to a Calvinist critic:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDkD...
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The Calvinist Dilemma: God hates some people or "love" is meaningless
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDkDKPMhIZI
12 days ago
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MAGA apologist Frank Turek warns about conspiracy theories and personality cults?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFQN...
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Frank Turek Warns About Conspiracy Theories and Personality Cults
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFQN7qjhQc4
13 days ago
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Wes Huff says Catholics can be saved despite their Catholics. I say the same of Huff's toxic Calvinism:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N13R...
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God's Love vs. Toxic Calvinism
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N13R1VXf54c
14 days ago
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Let's talk about William Lane Craig's dishonest apologetics of deflection:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK2J...
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The Damage of Apologists Behaving Badly
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK2JmdSCFBM&feature=youtu.be
15 days ago
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How to indoctrinate a young earth creationist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1y...
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Fundamentalist Deflections to Indoctrinate People
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc1yE5rDtxA
16 days ago
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Apologists love to say "If there is no God, everything is permitted." But that is false.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIW0...
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"If there is no God, everything is permitted!"
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIW0z-zu_tY
18 days ago
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Your moral revulsion is an important guide in evaluating the truth of a Christian doctrine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3y_...
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Moral Revulsion is Good Reason to Reject a Christian Doctrine
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3y_ovvoY6s
19 days ago
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William Lane Craig criticizes atheists who are unmoved by counter-evidence, but commends the same behaviour in Christians:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13u...
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Atheism, Christianity, and a Double Standard on Doubt
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O13uUuaYq8M
20 days ago
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Not even Gavin Ortlund can hide the ugly face of Christian sexism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExc...
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Gavin Ortlund Tries to Hide the Ugly Face of Christian Sexism
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExcdwFpIHY
21 days ago
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Christian apologists need to stop appealing to long-dead scientists to defend their faith
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZb...
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Can Isaac Newton defend your faith?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZbE_DuXMY
23 days ago
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Evangelical biblical violence apologetics is worse than you think
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLC...
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Evangelical biblical violence apologetics is worse than you think
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLCObYQGFk
24 days ago
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Saying women can't be pastors is sexist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQY...
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Saying Women Cannot Be Pastors is Discriminatory
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQYre1yCDg
25 days ago
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Let's look at arguments for an eternal hell:
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An Honest Look at Arguments for Hell
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPo5FcucZw
26 days ago
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How Christianity has a bigger problem than Mormonism
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How Christianity has a bigger problem than Mormonism
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYl1wST5ofs
29 days ago
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Is atheism silly?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvK...
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Is Atheism Silly?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTvKWOtNZLc
about 1 month ago
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Do toxic churches and abusive Christians falsify Christianity?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoQj...
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Abusive Christians, False Gospel?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoQjj3pxWqg
about 1 month ago
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Christian orthodoxy is always changing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=My4z...
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Christian Orthodoxy is Always Changing
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My4zYRU_PF0
about 1 month ago
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Further evidence that Frank Turek is a terrible apologist:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCaX...
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Confronting Bad Apologist Deflections
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCaXg_xS7WQ
about 1 month ago
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We all know Trump is a horrible human being. But I got Grok to agree. :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUxa...
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Grok Admits that Donald Trump is not a Good Person
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUxakJEPqIs&feature=youtu.be
about 1 month ago
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Apologist Matt Fradd distances himself from women to avoid false abuse allegations. Here's my response:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0c...
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Do Apologists Need to Worry about False Allegations?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0cBigkOGo
about 1 month ago
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A response to Gavin Ortlund's unjustified skepticism about ghosts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQJ...
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Protestants, keep an open mind about ghosts
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQJSog2JjI
about 1 month ago
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Dear Apologist, You Can't Defend Truth with Lies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kl4...
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Dear Apologist, You Can't Defend Truth with Lies
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kl4QejWxsY
about 1 month ago
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The media repeatedly commits the false balance fallacy by suggesting that the Democratic Party engages in incendiary political rhetoric equivalent to Donald Trump's demagoguery. That is erroneous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEDj...
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Donald Trump, CNN, and the False Balance Fallacy
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEDjnLY3nhU&feature=youtu.be
about 1 month ago
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It's time to confront Trump supporters on their racism:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hZ...
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It's Time to Confront Trump Supporters on Their Racism
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hZMHiQCeM
about 1 month ago
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Beware the Christian apologist who uses the Gish Gallop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjxK...
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How to Respond to the Apologist's Gish Gallop
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjxKgz279u8
about 1 month ago
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Are bad apologetic arguments okay if they have good results?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RU...
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Are bad apologetic arguments okay if they have good results?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2RU4e8nuiQ
about 1 month ago
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Straining Gnats, Swallowing Camels: Evangelicals on Trans Pronouns
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4v...
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Straining Gnats, Swallowing Camels: Evangelicals on Trans Pronouns
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg4v6Xg_x7I
about 2 months ago
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When Christian "revival" is bad news:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SR...
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When Christian "Revival" is Bad News
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SRrkNFQW0&feature=youtu.be
about 2 months ago
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Franklin Graham has an extreme case of Trump Derangement Syndrome
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toUT...
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On Franklin Graham's Trump Derangement Syndrome
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toUTyAceCLw&feature=youtu.be
about 2 months ago
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Why does Donald Trump hate the Roman Catholic Church?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0DN...
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Why Does Donald Trump Hate the Catholic Church?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0DNzLTIZvU&feature=youtu.be
about 2 months ago
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Pastor Josh McPherson from "Grace City" Church mocks people from Seattle as "the crazies".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDoi...
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Pastor Calls People from Seattle "Crazies"
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDoiCCmOaj0&feature=youtu.be
about 2 months ago
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Evangelical apologist downplays Trump's genocide threat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARN...
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This is how Christians normalize evil
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARNT3JA4PM
about 2 months ago
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One thing the MAGA movement has shown us: American evangelicalism is a joke composed largely of people with no wisdom or spiritual discernment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lq...
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American Evangelicalism is a Joke
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2lq4-tZiD4
about 2 months ago
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Why are so many Christian "apologists" hypocrites when criticizing other religions?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69gL...
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Christian Apologetics, Other Religions, and the Golden Rule
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69gL42L_Pk0
about 2 months ago
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The United States will "celebrate" their 250th anniversary with a UFC fight on the White House lawn. What a clownshow.
about 2 months ago
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