Farrell Till
{{short description|American print editor}}
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| birth_name = John Farrell Till
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|04|26}}
| birth_place = Wardell, Missouri
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|10|03|1933|04|26}}
| death_place = Peoria, Illinois{{cite news | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjstar/obituary.aspx?pid=160277626 | title=Farrell Till Obituary | publisher= Peoria Journal Star |date= Oct 5, 2012 | accessdate =2015-02-18 }}
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| alma_mater = Harding University
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| spouse = {{marriage|Sandra Lou Heathcock|June 21, 1954}}
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Farrell Till (April 26, 1933 – October 3, 2012) was an American publisher who served as the editor of the formerly published The Skeptical Review and was a prominent debater against Christianity and biblical inerrancy. He published critical articles of the inerrancy subject as well as skeptical examinations of other biblical interpretations.
Till was a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the National Center for Science Education, and the Council for Secular Humanism.[https://infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/till-bio.html "Brief Biography of Farrell Till"]. Internet Infidels. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
Till was a part-time minister and missionary for the Church of Christ,{{cite news | url=http://www.theskepticalreview.com/AuthorFarrellTill.html | title=A Long Day's Journey Into Light | publisher= The Skeptical Review |year= 2012 | accessdate =2015-02-18 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120205175352/http://www.theskepticalreview.com/AuthorFarrellTill.html | archive-date=2012-02-05}} but left the church in 1963 and later became an atheist. In addition to having edited The Skeptical Review, Till ran the "Errancy" list, which discusses biblical contradictions and errors.{{cite news | url=http://iierrancy.com/ | title=Entire Errancy archive | publisher= The Skeptical Review |year= 2012 | accessdate =2015-02-18 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140517095857/http://iierrancy.com/ | archive-date=2014-05-17}} He formally and informally debated with numerous Christian thinkers and evangelists, including Christian apologist Norman Geisler and Young Earth creationism advocate Kent Hovind.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130831013054/http://www.theskepticalreview.com/AuthorFarrellTill1.html Farrell Till's articles] from Archive.org
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060111220301/http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/farrell_till/index.shtml More articles by Farrell Till, including the Skeptical Review archives]
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Category:American former Protestants
Category:American print editors
Category:American critics of Christianity