Randal Rauser
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Workplace Investigator, Theologian, Dad, Husband, Lhasa Apso aficionado
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November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Responding to a bad meme-argument for biblical inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6e...
A Bad Argument for Biblical Inspiration
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Responding to a bad meme-argument for biblical inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6e...
Reposted by Randal Rauser
Well structured and solidly argued from several angles. It's encouraging that I, a member of 1 of the most liberal Xian denominations (UCC), and Randal, formerly prof @ an evangelical seminary are in alignment. I recommend the book highly as an honest examination of a challenging issue.
Get your copy of my new book: "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming": amzn.to/3LxtHZV (promo)
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Well structured and solidly argued from several angles. It's encouraging that I, a member of 1 of the most liberal Xian denominations (UCC), and Randal, formerly prof @ an evangelical seminary are in alignment. I recommend the book highly as an honest examination of a challenging issue.
How Christians suppress moral intuition to support bad theology
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How Christians suppress moral intuition to support bad theology
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How Christians suppress moral intuition to support bad theology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4dX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4dX...
Christian apologists often say "atheists" are inconsistent because they protest evil in the world but then object when God addresses evil in biblical genocide and ethnic cleansing. My reply:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYM...
On Atheists objecting to God's moral atrocities
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Christian apologists often say "atheists" are inconsistent because they protest evil in the world but then object when God addresses evil in biblical genocide and ethnic cleansing. My reply:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYM...
On how evangelical communities are fear-based and discourage open questioning (not that anyone is surprised):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtj...
Why are evangelicals so afraid to discuss gay marriage?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On how evangelical communities are fear-based and discourage open questioning (not that anyone is surprised):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGtj...
Apologist of Hate Frank Turek goes ballistic on Democrats and "illegal" kids: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGr9...
Apologist of Hate Goes Ballistic on Democrats and Illegal Children
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Apologist of Hate Frank Turek goes ballistic on Democrats and "illegal" kids: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGr9...
The awfulness of Frank Turek's apologetics in a single tweet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2j...
The Awfulness of Frank Turek's Apologetics in a Tweet
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The awfulness of Frank Turek's apologetics in a single tweet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2j...
Check out my new interview with the "If I'm Really Honest" podcast on being evangelical and gay affirming:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_Y...
Randall Rauser - Evangelical and Gay-Affirming with @Randal_Rauser
YouTube video by If I'm Really Honest
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November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Check out my new interview with the "If I'm Really Honest" podcast on being evangelical and gay affirming:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_Y...
Four days ago, the president bellowed "Quiet, Piggy" at a female reporter who asked a question about Epstein and nobody gives a damn.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Four days ago, the president bellowed "Quiet, Piggy" at a female reporter who asked a question about Epstein and nobody gives a damn.
Do successful gay marriages provide evidence for Christians to affirm gay marriage?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ty...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ty...
Gay Marriage, Theology, and the Role of Experience
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Do successful gay marriages provide evidence for Christians to affirm gay marriage?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ty...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8ty...
This is how the Pharisees of our day justify racial profiling, terrorizing communities, attacking priests giving communion, destroying families, running dehumanizing internment camps, and extra-judicial renditions to foreign torture sites.
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is how the Pharisees of our day justify racial profiling, terrorizing communities, attacking priests giving communion, destroying families, running dehumanizing internment camps, and extra-judicial renditions to foreign torture sites.
A survivor of Epstein speaking this morning: "This is not a hoax. We will not be erased."
Do you stand with the sexual predator POTUS or with survivors of sexual abuse?
Do you stand with the sexual predator POTUS or with survivors of sexual abuse?
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A survivor of Epstein speaking this morning: "This is not a hoax. We will not be erased."
Do you stand with the sexual predator POTUS or with survivors of sexual abuse?
Do you stand with the sexual predator POTUS or with survivors of sexual abuse?
As Donald Trump attacks Epstein's one thousand victims as manufacturing a "Democratic hoax," I ask, how can evangelical Christians continue to support this moral monster?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqwv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqwv...
Evangelicals Will Never Live Down Donald Trump
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As Donald Trump attacks Epstein's one thousand victims as manufacturing a "Democratic hoax," I ask, how can evangelical Christians continue to support this moral monster?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqwv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqwv...
Alisa Childers and her poor defenders youtube.com/watch?v=EkHGAENKFyI&feature=youtu.be
Alisa Childers and Her Poor Defenders
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Alisa Childers and her poor defenders youtube.com/watch?v=EkHGAENKFyI&feature=youtu.be
Adam, Eve, and Animal Suffering: A Big Problem for Creationists
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLK...
Adam, Eve, and Animal Suffering: A Big Problem for Creationists
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Adam, Eve, and Animal Suffering: A Big Problem for Creationists
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLK...
My response to the Apologists of Evil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZW...
The Apologists of Evil
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My response to the Apologists of Evil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZW...
Fundamentalist Christian claims "God said so" is a more stable foundation than "atheistic morality". www.youtube.com/watch?v=erjJ...
Fundamentalist Christian criticizes "atheistic morality"?
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fundamentalist Christian claims "God said so" is a more stable foundation than "atheistic morality". www.youtube.com/watch?v=erjJ...
Yay! A new 5 star review of my book "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming"! Get your copy here: amzn.to/49ldReL (promo)
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yay! A new 5 star review of my book "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming"! Get your copy here: amzn.to/49ldReL (promo)
Lesbian Church leader attacked as "demon" and my response: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyeL...
Christians Attack Lesbian Church Leader as a "Demon"
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lesbian Church leader attacked as "demon" and my response: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyeL...
Get your copy of my new book: "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming": amzn.to/3LxtHZV (promo)
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Get your copy of my new book: "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming": amzn.to/3LxtHZV (promo)
MAGA Evangelical spin: "Trump may be a felon, rapist, pedophile, and insurrectionist, but he's our 'King Cyrus.' If God uses a sinner like Trump, he can use you and me too!"
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
MAGA Evangelical spin: "Trump may be a felon, rapist, pedophile, and insurrectionist, but he's our 'King Cyrus.' If God uses a sinner like Trump, he can use you and me too!"
Leviticus 18 and 20 condemn male-male intercourse. But these chapters also condemn menstrual intercourse. Why don't evangelicals talk about that? More here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWK...
On Christians Who Quote Leviticus to Condemn Gay People
YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist
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November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Leviticus 18 and 20 condemn male-male intercourse. But these chapters also condemn menstrual intercourse. Why don't evangelicals talk about that? More here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhWK...
Yay! Another 5 star review for my book "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming"! Get your copy here: amzn.to/4nRbh3K (promo)
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Yay! Another 5 star review for my book "The Wideness of the Sea: How to be Evangelical and Gay Affirming"! Get your copy here: amzn.to/4nRbh3K (promo)