Mark Perez earned a BA in philosophy and an MA in analytic philosophy of science from California State University, Los Angeles, as well as an MA in public administration, with an emphasis on organizational development, from American Military University.
Biography
Mark Perez earned a BA in philosophy and an MA in analytic philosophy of science from California State University, Los Angeles, as well as an MA in public administration, with an emphasis on organizational development, from American Military University. After 36 years in law enforcement, including 15 years as a police executive, and Mark retired from the Los Angeles Police Department as a deputy chief of police.
Mark has taught critical thinking and problem solving in the government sector, primarily to managers, and has made presentations on apologetics and critical thinking to church groups and other Christian organizations. He continues teaching critical thinking and performance improvement to police managers and also does private consulting for legal teams on police conduct and management.
For over 15 years, Mark has worked closely with RTB in a variety of roles, including volunteer apologist, president of the RTB Los Angeles, CA Chapter, and regular instructor of the Critical Thinking Skills course for Reasons Institute and Hope International University. Most recently, Mark has served as a local visiting scholar at RTB headquarters. His primary interests are developing resources to improve the critical thinking skills of Christians, applying philosophy of science to the enterprise of Christian apologetics, and providing lay-accessible explanations on how Christianity and science harmonize.
Resources
ARTICLES
- 8 Ways Christians Can Make Sense of Mass Shootings
- Newly Mapped Area of the Human Brain: Evidence for Exceptionalism?
VIDEOS
- Culture Talk: Evolution and Fallacies
- RTB 101: Is Old-Earth Creationism a Slippery Slope to Evolution?
- Is Evolution Scientifically Settled? | 28:19 ep 119
- 28:19 Nexus: Is Belief in God Irrational?
- 28:19 Episode 59
- “Religion Is Good for Exploring Meaning of Life, While Science Finds Facts” — Red Herring Fallacy
- “Look at All the Pain and Suffering, Surely God Does Not Exist” — Missing the Point Fallacy
- “You Christians All Think…” — Straw Man Fallacy
- “Only a Person with a Brain Virus Could Believe in God!” — Ad Hominem Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: Complex Question Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: The Suppressed Evidence Fallacy 3–11
- Informal Fallacies: The False Dichotomy Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: Appeal to an Unqualified Authority
- Why Is Creation Outside the Bounds of Science?
- Why Is the Only Way to Truth through Science?
- Why Is Belief in God Irrational?
- Where Does the Conflict between Science and Faith Come From?
Biography
Mark Perez earned a BA in philosophy and an MA in analytic philosophy of science from California State University, Los Angeles, as well as an MA in public administration, with an emphasis on organizational development, from American Military University. After 36 years in law enforcement, including 15 years as a police executive, and Mark retired from the Los Angeles Police Department as a deputy chief of police.
Mark has taught critical thinking and problem solving in the government sector, primarily to managers, and has made presentations on apologetics and critical thinking to church groups and other Christian organizations. He continues teaching critical thinking and performance improvement to police managers and also does private consulting for legal teams on police conduct and management.
For over 15 years, Mark has worked closely with RTB in a variety of roles, including volunteer apologist, president of the RTB Los Angeles, CA Chapter, and regular instructor of the Critical Thinking Skills course for Reasons Institute and Hope International University. Most recently, Mark has served as a local visiting scholar at RTB headquarters. His primary interests are developing resources to improve the critical thinking skills of Christians, applying philosophy of science to the enterprise of Christian apologetics, and providing lay-accessible explanations on how Christianity and science harmonize.
Resources
ARTICLES
- 8 Ways Christians Can Make Sense of Mass Shootings
- Newly Mapped Area of the Human Brain: Evidence for Exceptionalism?
VIDEOS
- Culture Talk: Evolution and Fallacies
- RTB 101: Is Old-Earth Creationism a Slippery Slope to Evolution?
- Is Evolution Scientifically Settled? | 28:19 ep 119
- 28:19 Nexus: Is Belief in God Irrational?
- 28:19 Episode 59
- “Religion Is Good for Exploring Meaning of Life, While Science Finds Facts” — Red Herring Fallacy
- “Look at All the Pain and Suffering, Surely God Does Not Exist” — Missing the Point Fallacy
- “You Christians All Think…” — Straw Man Fallacy
- “Only a Person with a Brain Virus Could Believe in God!” — Ad Hominem Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: Complex Question Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: The Suppressed Evidence Fallacy 3–11
- Informal Fallacies: The False Dichotomy Fallacy
- Informal Fallacies: Appeal to an Unqualified Authority
- Why Is Creation Outside the Bounds of Science?
- Why Is the Only Way to Truth through Science?
- Why Is Belief in God Irrational?
- Where Does the Conflict between Science and Faith Come From?