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MBA Episode 48: Doubting Dawkins – No, the Human Eye Isn’t an Example of Bad Design (a Discussion on Design Constraints)
In this episode of the Mama Bear Apologetics podcast, we’re continuing our dissection of Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God, in our Doubting Dawkins series. Today, Hillary and Amy discuss chapters 7 and 8, which were the easiest to go through of all of the chapters...
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MBA Episode 47: The 8 Most Commonly Asked Questions About Slavery in the Bible
In this podcast, we're wrapping up our discussion of comments made by Richard Dawkins in his book, Outgrowing God, Chapter 6 (regarding whether slavery is advocated in the Bible) by discussing the most commonly asked questions about slavery in the Bible. The previous...
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What do Muslims Believe? A Crash Course in Islam
Writing about Islam can be difficult because there is tension between being honest about its history while still being respectful to those who practice it. I want to make sure I’m giving you a good foundation for understanding Islam so that you can answer any...
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5 Ways to Disciple Your Kids and Love Your Neighbor Through the #Coronavirus Pandemic
Listen to the article here: Coronavirus… It is the giant elephant-virus in the room that everyone is talking about… so let’s talk about it from a Mama Bear perspective. I sometimes jokingly refer to myself as a “Debbie downer” because my first instinct isn’t to make...
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MBA Episode 46: Doubting Dawkins – Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? (Part 2)
This is part 2 of our discussion of whether the Bible advocates slavery. You can listen to part one here. Do you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes? Send us an email at askthemamabears@gmail.com. Main Points Covered: Recap of the Women in...
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MBA Episode 45: Doubting Dawkins – Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? (Part 1)
Today we are continuing with our Richard Dawkins series. As we are preparing for this podcast, we acknowledge it’s a tough book to discuss because he keeps introducing individual hornets’ nests and then moving on to the next. This is going to take some focus and not...
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My Biggest Takeaways from the Women in Apologetics Conference
Several weeks ago, I attended the Women in Apologetics (WIA) Conference at Biola University in Southern California. I was excited to learn about conversational apologetics, Critical Race Theory, worldviews, and more! To my surprise, however, it wasn’t a session that...
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MBA Episode 44: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be Good Without God? (Part 2)
Today, we are back with Part 5 of our series on Richard Dawkins’s book, Outgrowing God. In this episode, we are tackling Dawkins’s question “Do Christians think Atheists can’t be good without God?” We think he is asking the wrong question. The question is not “Can...
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MBA Episode 43: Doubting Dawkins – Do Christians Think Atheists Can’t Be Good Without God? (Part 1)
We are back to our Richard Dawkins series with Part 4. In this series, we are going over Richard Dawkins’ book, Outgrowing God. Today, we will be discussing Chapter 5, “Do We Need God in Order to be Good?” We’ll be talking about the topic of morality and staying away...
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MBA Episode 42: The Unfortunate (and Painful) Lessons We Learned From #WakeUpOlive
Before we start diving back into the Richard Dawkins book, Amy and I felt it necessary to address a heartbreaking, but concerning cultural issue that cropped up over the holidays. On December 14, 2019, Bethel worship leaders Kalley and Andrew Heiligenthal’s...
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Top 5 Reasons to Attend the WIA 2020 Conference (or at least do the livestream)
Special thanks to Lisa Quintana from Women in Apologetics for contributing this article. [bctt tweet="It’s been said, “The third time’s a charm,” and we think that the 3rd Annual Women in Apologetics (WIA) Conference will not only charm you but also empower you to...
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Top Mama Bear Blogs and Podcasts of 2019!
We know a lot of you are reflecting on your personal accomplishments of 2019 (we’re cheering for you whether you won the Nobel Peace Prize, got a promotion at work, improved your health, or just put on pants every day! #babysteps). When we asked you a few weeks ago on...
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Genderbread Person Part 4: Sexual and Romantic Attraction
In the final installment of the Genderbread Person series, we will discuss attraction. (See parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series here: gender identity, gender expression, and biological sex) This article will probably be the most confusing out of all the Genderbread...
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2019 Wrap Up and Plans for 2020!
Mama Bear Apologetics is blessed to have been a part of your lives in 2019. What a year! In addition to our podcasts and blog/social media posts this year, we just celebrated the six-month anniversary of publishing our first Mama Bear book and, thanks to you, the...
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MBA Episode 38: Doubting Dawkins – Did God Really Advocate for Child Sacrifice in the Old Testament?
Today we’re continuing our critique of the Richard Dawkins book, Outgrowing God. We have been talking about his main criticisms of Christianity in each chapter. In this episode, we are in Chapter Four: “Is God Really Good?” We are going to take a few of Dawkins’...
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MBA Episode 37: Doubting Dawkins – “Proof,” Oral Culture, the Telephone Game, & Ancient Scribes
Today we’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we are going over what we talked about during the last episode, then diving into Chapters 2 and 3 by following the...
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Genderbread Person Part 3: Biological Sex
Nothing summarizes our discussion more today than the famous scene from Kindergarten Cop where a little boy respectfully raises his hand to speak and waits to be called upon. His words of wisdom for the class that he so ardently and patiently waited to share? “Boys...
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MBA Episode 36: Doubting Dawkins – A Beginner’s Guide to Better Reasoning: Intro to Richard Dawkins’ New Book
We’re talking about Richard Dawkins’ new book, Outgrowing God. We’re covering who Richard Dawkins is and what his book is all about. Today we will focus on the main criticisms of the book, as well as the different tactics that are covered in it. Does it stand to...
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Raising Gender Healthy Kids
In our previous blog, we discussed gender expression, where things have gone wonky, and a possible explanation for how we got there. But there weren't as many practical tips on how to raise your kids to be content in the body they were born in. No sense in reinventing...
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Genderbread Person Part 2: Gender Expression (And maybe how we got to where we are now?)
In our previous blog, we introduced you to the Genderbread curriculum, a teaching guide that tells kids as young as kindergarten how to think of sex and gender as a really confusing, multi-variable continuum which are mostly unrelated to one another. While I want to...
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