| 词条 | Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry |
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|name = Christian Research Ministry |alt = |caption = |abbreviation = CARM |motto = Defending the Faith. Reaching the Lost. |formation = 1995 |type = 501(c)(3) |status = Active |purpose = Evangelize |location = United States |leader_title = Founder/President |leader_name = Matthew J. Slick | board_of_directors = Matt Slick, Diane Sellner, Ryan Turner, Matt Paulson, Allen Hill |website = {{official URL}} }} The Christian Research Ministry is a Calvinist organization in the United States, founded in 1995.[1] Matthew J. Slick is the president, and over thirty writers contribute to the CARM website.[2] The group is registered as a 501(c)3 organization[3] and is located in Meridian, Idaho.[4] OrganizationIn November 1995, Matthew Slick compiled his sermons and notes together onto computer, and created a website for the Christian Research Ministry.[3][5] By 2000, Slick claimed that his website was receiving 14,000 visits per week.[3] He created a Christian Apologetics Notebook presentation in a three-ring-binder format, which offered material from the website in a printed medium.[3] Slick says he has sold over 3,000 copies of the Christian Apologetics Notebook.[3] In 2002, Slick self-published this material, titled Right Answers for Wrong Beliefs.[3] He also compiled the website material for sale in CD-ROM format.[3] CARM offers several online dictionaries, including a theological dictionary compiled by Matt Slick and others, in addition to discussion forums.[3] The organization's stated motivation is "to equip Christians with good information on doctrine".[6] In 2004, CARM made available a free resource called the Dictionary of Theology for the Palm OS system.[7] The website also provides Protestants with pre-formatted "cut-and-paste" arguments to use in online forums with atheists, relativists, Muslims, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Catholics and members of other groups.[8][9] Beliefs{{NPOV section|date=September 2018}}His website is a five-point-Calvinist entity, considering itself as a conservative Christian ministry. Its stated aim is to promote and defend Calvinism doctrines and to persuade people to leave and avoid non-Calvinistic points of view, and ultimately to worship Jesus Christ. The organization's statement of faith[10] also lays out a number of affirmations widely accepted by Calvinists, such as Biblical infallibility, Christian monotheism, trinitarianism, and the deity of Christ. The organization's founder and president, Matt Slick, describes his beliefs in similar terms although he is a five-point Calvinist. [11] Reception{{Relevance inline|date=June 2016|reason=The article doesn't indicate a relationship between CARM and Countercult, let alone that Countercult is important to CARM. So this commentary/criticism doesn't seem directly relevant. Can someone add some content? If there's none, I'd like to clean up this section. Thanks.}}University of Waterloo religious studies assistant professor Douglas E. Cowan states, "Like the Countercult in print, the Countercult on the Net is a carefully managed presentation of selected truths, half-truths, spun truths, and untruths. Its library is designed not to inform the visitor about the group in question, but to confirm for the visitor why that group is heterodox, why it should be avoided, and why conservative Christianity is the only viable option in place of it. As well, again like the Countercult in print, the Countercult on the Net is intended as an 'equipping force' to supply Christians with apologetic resources for their own encounters with NRM members. Rather than a public library, it is rather like those few shelves of a conservative seminary library that are devoted to 'Cults and Other World Religions.' The difference, of course, is that this library is open to the public."[19] He cites CARM as an "example of the library function-and its inherent problems" with the questionable accuracy of information presented about new religious movements on the Internet.[19] Cowan comments that CARM "cleaves fairly close to the Countercult party line" and expresses a concern that "unless one looks specifically for Slick's personal information, CARM's web presentation could easily deceive a visitor into thinking it is a multi-staff, professional research organization."[12] Slick issued a written response to Cowan's article.[13] In his book Bearing false witness? An introduction to the Christian countercult, Cowan says that "Slick's choice of cultic and sectarian movements is interesting", commenting that it is rare to see Christadelphianism described as a major cult, or to see such different movements as Eckankar and Christian Identity listed adjacent to each other.[3]In his 2007 book Teaching New Religious Movements, Virginia Commonwealth University sociology and religious studies professor David G. Bromley describes the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry as a "countermovement site" and representative of "the evangelical Christian counter-cult".[14] Bromley notes, "though the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (www.carm.org) is a very impressive counter-cult Web site, it is by and large the sole project of one man with a Master of Divinity degree. This is not to say, of course, that nothing on the site is credible or useful, merely that it ought not to be confused with information offered by those more academically prepared for the task of discussing new religious movements."[14] In her book Voices of Diversity: Multi-Culturalism in America, Mary C. Sengstock, a sociologist from Wayne State University, describes the CARM website as one of those continuing a tradition of religious prejudice, because it puts forward the view that Roman Catholics are not Christians.[15] Sengstock cites Slick's essay "Are Roman Catholics Christian?"[15][16] Columnist Cal Thomas of Tribune Media Services comments, "Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (the Web site carm.org) has created a useful chart that shows the conflicting claims of classic Christian belief and Muslim doctrines. It is worth studying, whatever one's faith."[17] Christian Parenting Today notes that the website of CARM provides "lists, definitions, and descriptions of cults", to assist parents and children with identifying controversial groups and movements.[18] The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance says of CARM, "This is a very large web site. It is rated by Hitbox.com as the most visited counter-cult website, and about #14 in the list of most-visited religious web sites."[19] The Gazette recommended CARM as a resource for information on apologetics.[20] Writing in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Pastor Bob Coy of Calvary Chapel, Fort Lauderdale characterized CARM among "excellent resources ... that will allow those who are seriously searching to discover faith is more fact than fiction."[21] In the book The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ, Roger Overton, a blogger and graduate student at Talbot School of Theology, recommends CARM as a resource, calling the organization's website "an informative site dealing with topics from the defense of mere Christianity to exposing the problems in cults and other religions. Go to the CARM website for the straight facts such as a list of the prophecies Jesus fulfilled or archived incriminating statements by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and The Watchtower (Jehovah's Witnesses)."[22] Thomas Nelson's Safe Sites Internet Yellow Pages, The 2000-2001 Edition describes the organization as "A Christian ministry promoting Christian truth with articles on doctrine, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Evolution, New Age, atheism, and more."[23] The book recommends the organization's Theological Dictionary as among the "Best of the Christian Web", saying it "Defines many Christian and theological terms."[23] The Scholarly & Historical Information Exchange for Latter-Day Saints accuses the site of rehashing old anti-Mormon material.[24] See also{{Portal|Calvinism}}
References1. ^{{cite news | last =Slick | first =Matthew J. | title =General Information about Christian Research Ministry | work =Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry | publisher =www.carm.org | year =2009 | url =http://www.carm.org/general-information-about-carm | accessdate = 2009-12-14 }} 2. ^{{cite web|author=Matt Slick |title=Writers, Researchers and Email Helpers |publisher=Christian Research Ministry|url= http://carm.org/writers-researchers-email|accessdate=12 October 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite book | last =Cowan | first =Douglas E. | authorlink =Douglas E. Cowan | title =Bearing False Witness?: An Introduction to the Christian Countercult | publisher =Praeger | year =2003 | pages =118–119 | isbn =0-275-97459-6 }} 4. ^{{cite news | last =Slick | first =Matthew J. | title =About CARM | work =Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry | publisher =www.carm.org | year =2009 | url =http://www.carm.org/about | accessdate = 2009-12-15}} 5. ^{{cite book | last =Hadden | first =Jeffrey |author2=Douglas Cowan | title =Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises | publisher =JAI Press | year =2001 | page =123 | isbn =0-7623-0535-5 }} 6. ^{{cite news | last =Monthly Review editors | title =Notes from the Editors | work =Monthly Review | date =November 1, 2001 }} 7. ^{{cite news | title =CARM Dictionary of Theology for Palm OS | work =ZDNet | publisher =CBS Interactive | date =May 13, 2004 | url =http://www.zdnetasia.com/downloads/mobile/swinfo/0,3800011108,50002715r-39636233s,00.htm | accessdate =2009-12-15 }} 8. ^{{cite book | last =Gallagher | first = Eugene V. |author2=W. Michael Ashcraft | title =Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America | publisher =Greenwood Press | year =2006 | pages =145, 153–154 | isbn =0-275-98712-4 }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carm.org/cut-and-paste|title=Cut and Paste Information|last=Slick|first=Matt|work =Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry|publisher =www.carm.org |accessdate=19 December 2009}} 10. ^http://carm.org/statement-faith 11. ^https://carm.org/what-i-believe-matt-slick 12. ^1 2 {{cite news | last =Cowan | first =Douglas E.|authorlink=Douglas E. Cowan | title =From Parchment to Pixels: The Christian Countercult on the Internet | work =2001 Conference in London | publisher =CESNUR | year =2001 | url =http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/cowan.htm | accessdate = 2009-12-14 }} 13. ^{{cite news | last =Slick | first =Matthew J. | title =Cesnur knocks CARM | work =Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry | publisher =www.carm.org | year =2009 | url =http://www.carm.org/more-stuff/features/cesnur-knocks-carm | accessdate = 2009-12-14}} 14. ^1 {{cite book | last =Bromley | first =David G. | authorlink =David G. Bromley | title =Teaching New Religious Movements | publisher =An American Academy of Religion Book | year =2007 | pages =295, 300, 306 | isbn =0-19-517729-0 }} 15. ^1 {{cite book|last=Sengstock|first=Mary C.|author2=Javed, A |author3=Berkeley, S. |author4= Marshall, B. |title=Voices of Diversity: Multi-Culturalism in America|publisher=Springer|year=2009|pages=13, 306|isbn=978-0-387-89665-6}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/roman-catholicism/are-roman-catholics-christian|title=Are Roman Catholics Christian?|last=Slick|first=Matt|work =Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry|publisher =www.carm.org|accessdate=19 December 2009}} 17. ^{{cite news | last =Thomas | first =Cal (Tribune Media Services) | title =Bush is wrong about God | work =The Wichita Eagle | page =7A | date =October 10, 2007 }} 18. ^{{cite news | last =Lewis | first =Brad | title =Teacher Roulette | work =Christian Parenting Today | date =March 22, 2004 }} 19. ^{{cite news | last =Robinson | first = B.A. | title =Books and web sites by and about the Counter Cult Movement | work =Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance | publisher =www.religioustolerance.org | year =2006 | url =http://www.religioustolerance.org/ccm3.htm | accessdate = 2009-12-15}} 20. ^{{cite news | last =Asay | first =Paul | title =Defenders of faith - Conference teaches art of argument to Christians | work =The Gazette | publisher =Freedom Communications | page =1; Section: Life | date =August 20, 2005}} 21. ^{{cite news | last =Coy | first =Bob | title =Prayer, study will lead son to truth about God | work =South Florida Sun-Sentinel | publisher =Sun-Sentinel Company | page =12D | date =August 31, 2002}} 22. ^{{cite book | last =Reynolds | first =John Mark |author2=Hugh Hewitt |author3=Roger Overton | title =The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ | publisher =Crossway Books | year =2008 | page =153 | isbn = 1-4335-0211-9}} 23. ^1 {{cite book | last =Nelson | first =Thomas | title =Safe Sites Internet Yellow Pages, The 2000-2001 Edition | publisher =Thomas Nelson | year =2000 | pages =15, 92, 311, 418 | isbn = 0-7852-4390-9}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.shields-research.org/Critics/CARM.htm|title=Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM) - SHIELDS|publisher=Shields-search.org|accessdate=12 October 2014}} Further reading
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