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| - | '''Matthew J. Slick''' is the creator and webmaster of the [[Christian]] website "Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry" ([[CARM]]), and is the host of a related radio program in Boise, Idaho entitled "[[Faith and Reason]]". Slick is a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[presuppositional apologetics|presuppositional apologist]], debater and a leader in the [[counter-cult movement]]. He considers it his mission to "answer opposition to the Christian faith," which in his view includes all non-Christian worldviews and non-[[Protestant]] denominations of Christianity, including [[Catholicism]] (though he believes many individual Catholics are [[salvation|saved]]) and [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (aka the Mormons). | + | '''Matthew J. Slick''' is the creator and webmaster of the [[Christian]] website "Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry" ([[CARM]]), and is the host of a related radio program in Boise, Idaho entitled "[[Faith and Reason]]". |
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| - | ==Biography==
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| - | Slick describes his upbringing as "nominally Christian," and asserts he was "mixed up in the occult" during that period. Slick graduated from Concordia University System in Irvine, California, California with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science in 1987 and from [[Westminster Theological Seminary]] with a [[Masters of Divinity]] in 1991, at approximately age 35. Slick's interest in [[apologetics]] and [[cult]]s began after he was "outraged" by a quote from [[Joseph Smith, Jr.|Joseph Smith]]. Slick has written a short [http://www.carm.org/more/bio.htm autobiography] on CARM. Slick is married with children, and has lived in Boise, Idaho since August 2004.<ref>{{cite web | title=Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry | work=CARM convention 2004 | url=http://www.carm.org/carm/2004/cc.htm | accessdate=June 12 | accessyear=2005}}</ref>
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| - | ==Religious views==
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| - | Slick is an [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian]]. More specifically, Slick describes himself as "a [[Calvinism#The five points of Calvinism|five point Calvinist]], [[amillennial]], [[Post Tribulation Rapture|post-tribulation rapture]], [[Baptist|pseudobaptist]] (not for salvation), non-[[Cessationism|cessationist]], and [[Covenant Theology|covenantal]]."
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| - | ==Radio show==
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| - | In January 2006, Slick launched a daily one hour radio show. It is aired on 790 AM in Boise, Idaho and is also broadcast over the internet via "Faith and Reason." On the show, he interviews guests, takes live calls, and teaches on various apologetics topics.
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| - | ==Works==
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| - | ===Books and writings===
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| - | Slick has written a book entitled ''Right Answers for Wrong Beliefs'', ISBN 1-85240-279-2 (2002 Sovereign World) as well as a 1,125 page notebook that contains much of the information from his website. He also publishes the entire content of the CARM website on CD.
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| - | Slick is the [[wiktionary:Founder|founder]] and [[president]] of CARM. He is also an [[forum moderator|administrator]] on the discussion forums at CARM. He created CARM, a non-profit organization, to be a resource for information on groups he considers to be cults and on other issues relating to Christianity. He also operates the Calvinist Corner, which gives information relating to [[Calvinism]] and his personal beliefs.
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| - | ==Criticism==
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| - | Some aspects of Slick's ministry have been briefly touched on by [[Douglas Cowan]] in his critical, [[sociology|sociological]] survey of the Christian countercult movement.<ref>[http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/cowan.htm "From Parchment to Pixels: The Christian Countercult on the Internet"]</ref> Slick issued a written response to Cowan's article,<ref>[http://www.carm.org/features/counter_cult.htm "Cesnur knocks CARM"]</ref> and he claims to have left a message offering to discuss the issues with Cowan in person and to have not received a response.<ref>[http://www.carm.org/slick/wikipedia.htm "Wikipedia on Matt Slick"]</ref>
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| - | In addition, several online articles present detailed counterarguments to some of Slick's articles on CARM's website,<ref>{{cite web | title=Katholon | work=Slick's Sleight of Hand | url=http://www.geocities.com/katholon/CARM/Slicks_Sleight.htm | accessdate=August 18 | accessyear=2005}} {{cite web | title=Biblical Studies | work=Matt Slick | url=http://www.geocities.com/hrm98_98/mattslick.htm | accessdate=August 18 | accessyear=2005}}</ref> and Slick has replied to them also.<ref>[http://www.carm.org/atheism/viable_response.htm "Another response to criticism of 'Is atheism viable?'"], [http://www.carm.org/atheism/logic_answered.htm "An answer to another response to the Transcendental Argument"], and [http://www.carm.org/atheism/positions3.htm "Response to Response to Answers to positions held by atheists"]</ref>
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| - | In 2001, Slick received some criticism when he closed down CARM's [[Universalism|Universalist]] Internet forum and banned all discussion of Universalism from the other CARM forums, citing examples of derogatory statements by some Universalists.<ref>See [http://www.carm.org/uni/uniposts.htm Samples of Universalist Posts from the Universalism discussion board].</ref> In 2004, [[John W. Ratcliff]] created in protest an alternate set of discussion forums with the Parody name [[John W. Ratcliff#Atheist Apologetics Research Ministry|Atheist Apologetics Research Ministry]] because he believed atheists were being excluded from expressing their opinions freely on the CARM forums. <ref>See [http://aarm.mywowbb.com/forum1/1137.html Statement by John W. Ratcliff on the origins of AARM].</ref> {{fact}}
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| - | ==See also==
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| - | *[[Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]]
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| - | *[[Christian countercult movement]]
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| - | ==References==
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| - | ==External links==
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| - | *[http://www.carm.org CARM] - Matt Slick's [[Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry]] [[website]].
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| - | *[http://www.calvinistcorner.com The Calvinist Corner] - Slick's personal website.
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| - | *[http://www.carm.org/slick/wikipedia.htm Slick's Response to Wikipedia article.]
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| - | *[http://aarm.mywowbb.com/ AARM] -An unmoderated forum whose members are generally critical of Slick.
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| - | **[http://www.carm.org/list/aarm.htm CARM Response to AARM] - Response from Matt Slick to quotes on AARM website discussion boards.
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| - | *[http://www.examinethetruth.com/slick_lies.htm Slick Lies] - a Muslim article critical of Slick.
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| - | **[http://www.carm.org/1-projects/pt/monkypox.htm Response From Matt Slick to "Slick Lies"]
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| - | *[http://www.carm.org/features/counter_cult.htm Response From Matt Slick and CARM]
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| - | *[http://www.carm.org/slick/evangelicaloutreach.htm Response From Matt Slick to Evangelical Outreach]
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| - | ==Bibliography==
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| - | Cowan, Douglas E., ''Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult'', Westport & London: Praeger, 2003.
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| - | [[Category:People related to anti-Mormonism|Slick, Matt]]
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