James Patrick Holding is a Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 apologist best known for Tekton Education and Apologetics Ministry, a website cataloguing Holding's articles addressing current apologetical issues. In addition to his website, Holding has self-published a number of related books such as The Impossible Faith (2007), Shattering the Christ Myth (2008), and Trusting the New Testament (2009). Holding's work has appeared in connection with various other apologetics ministries as well, and has occasioned rebuttals from such prominent atheists as G. A. Wells and Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier

Richard Cevantis Carrier is an American historian. He is best known for his writings on Internet Infidels, otherwise known as the Secular Web, where he served as Editor-in-Chief for several years....

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Name changes

Holding was born with the name "James Patrick Holding". When he was an infant, his name was legally changed to "Robert Turkel". When Holding started getting involved in online apologetics, he decided to use his original name as a pseudonym. Eventually, in July 2007, he announced that he had changed his name back to his birth name.

External links

• Tektonics.org