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Finished Chapter 18. Read about building up your courage to help you in debates. Also, taking things slow will help you gather your thoughts. Taking things easy and building your courage will help you greatly.

Finished Chapter 17. Read about God's original plan for marriage and how it fits with today's culture. Marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman for the purpose of procreation. Notice that this statement clarifies gender as binary, marriage between a man and woman, and sex between a married couple for the sake of procreating. While God may love the person, He hates the sin we commit.

Finished Chapter 16. Read more about debating Pro-Lifers and using questions to poke holes in their belief. The fetus or zygote is still a human being and should have the same right to life as every other human.

Finished Chapter 15. Read that all reasons that people justify abortion are wrong. It's wrong to kill a defenseless human being and that's just what abortion does. Location, viability, or wanting have no bearing on murder.

Finished Chapter 14. Many atheists believe that Christians believe in a 'God of the gaps' kind of thing. However, despite a few instances between power-hungry people and early scientists, Christianity blossomed science.

Finished Chapter 13. Read that ancient writers used hyperbole just like we do today. When God told the Israelites to utterly destroy the Canaanites, He was using hyperbolic language akin to a sportscaster saying that a team got annihilated.
Also, the word for slave in the Old Testament was ebed, which actually meant servant. The slaves in the Old Testament had rights and safeguards to protect them.

Finished Chapter 12. Read that although some today think it arrogant and unloving, Jesus is the only way to receive forgiveness. He said it Himself.

Finished Chapter 11. Many skeptics today say that Jesus never existed. However, many scholars and archeologists say that there is plenty of evidence proving Jesus' existence. Also, many skeptics say that Jesus never claimed to be God. This too has been shown to be false.

Finished Chapter 10. Read how objective morality is a false smokescreen IF God doesn't exist. Atheists try to explain morality due to naturalistic methods but can't do so adequately. Free Will doesn't exist in a naturalistic world.

Finished Chapter 9. Greg raises an Atheists objection with evil in the world. However, evil in the world is actually evidence FOR God instead of against God. If you think something is wrong, there is some standard you are judging against. The problem with relativism is that some cases of murder, rape, and other heinous crimes are justified since there would be no objective truth.