Monday, September 18, 2017

J. Warner Wallace, more interested in marketing gimmicks than truth

I recently did a search for videos about J. Warner Wallace, and found that most of them as hosted by Christian Youtubers, have comments disabled, such as

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0DnySDwVU, hosted by "one minute apologist"

the same is true for the following video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aVWrZfcPAc 
post by "Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace"

Wallace routinely bans atheists from his websites if they offer significantly strong rebuttals.  I did not violate any rules of conduct when I countered Wallace at his Facebook page months ago, nevertheless, he quietly banned me.  He was dishonest in this because he knew if he tried to talk with me privately, he would have been reminded that I hadn't violated any of his rules of conduct, leaving him no defensible reason to ban or explain.  Apparently he banned me quietly because he knew he couldn't morally justify it if he tried to explain himself.

This is no surprise, anybody who googles J. Warner Wallace will find out immediately that he thinks God's hands were tied behind his back for 2,000 years until Wallace created his "Forensic Faith" gimmicks.

Christians who think Wallace is some great defender of Christianity need to keep in mind that Wallace is far less open to interacting in real-time with informed skeptics/atheists who know how to counter his arguments.  Wallace is not here to debate.  He is here to do what Josh McDowell did....help Christians feel better about what they already trust, and avoid debates with atheist scholars like the plague.

You tend to make less money with your books if people have seen you demolished in a debate.  So by avoiding debate, Wallace helps increase sales of his gimmicks.

Why can't Wallace simply preach the truth, that those who truly believe in Christ and walk in the light and pray sincerely, will be guided by the Holy Spirit into the truth?

Because...if he said such a thing, it would be clear that one can be all the "equipped" Christian defender God wants them to be without purchasing any apologetics books, materials, or dvds.  The bible alone will be quite sufficient to the task.

Wallace is not here to help Christians be more accurate.

He's here to make money assuring them they need his materials so that "God" can help them be more accurate.  For this reason, Wallace is the Cal Worthington of Christian apologetics.  Minus the dog "spot", of course.

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