2012 Top Ten Apologetics Blog Posts

2012 is coming to a close, and as I did last year, I'd like to take a moment and look back on some of the more popular posts from the last twelve months. Come Reason has continued to reach farther than I would've imagined, with over 300,000 unique visitors from all over the globe reading our articles, posts, and interactions  Add to that the highly popular podcasts and the various peaking engagements, and we've been very blessed this year.

Below are the top ten blog posts for 2012. My series on the "Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists" really resonated, making six of the ten spots on the list.  But the most popular post by far was my response to Jefferson Bethke's viral video "Why I Hate Religion but  Love Jesus". It seems that everyone had an opinion on this, I only hope that my thoughts add to a better understanding of approaching Christianity as a thoughtful faith.

The other top posts dealt with the Billy Graham organization's purging the word "cult" from their web site during Mitt Romney's campaign as well as an internal contradiction within the Book of Mormon itself. All ten posts are linked below. Which was your favorite?

1. What's Wrong With "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus"?
2. The Book of Mormon's Slip is Showing
3. Billy Graham, Mormonism, and the word "Cult"
4. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #10 Theory of Knowledge
5. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #5 The Edge of Evolution
6. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #4 In Defense of Miracles
7. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #6 The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
8. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #7 Questions That Matter
9. Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #9… A Romance Story?
10. Should the Gospel accounts be taken as history or as propaganda?