"So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there." — Acts 17:17 (ESV)
AGORA — APOLOGETICS
FAITH · REASON · CONVICTION
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Walk among the philosophers of the agora. Reason with them, as Paul did.
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Speaker
PHILOSOPHER
LIBRARY OF PANTAINOS
Scrolls of Reasoning
Choose a question to study.
A BRIEF ANSWER
Manuscript Codex
YOUR EARNED BADGES
BADGE EARNED
PAUL OF TARSUS
An Apostle of Jesus Christ
AGORA — APOLOGETICS
Walk with Paul
This is a prototype for teaching Christian apologetics through immersion rather than lecture — letting the player meet objections to the faith the way Paul did in Athens, then reason through answers with him.
Six philosophers stand in the agora. Six articles wait in the library. Six manuscripts mark genuine engagement with each. And on Mars Hill, when the work is done, you stay and listen to a sermon you have spent the whole game preparing to understand.
Every verse cited here is real and tappable. Every objection is one a modern skeptic actually makes. Every answer draws on the same arguments serious apologists give today — adapted into Paul's voice, addressed to Athens, but speaking to our marketplace too.
"So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there."
ACTS 17:17 · ESV
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"So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there."
ACTS 17:17 · ESV
You are a young Athenian who has heard Paul of Tarsus reasoning in the Agora.
Speak with the philosophers. Find their objections. Then visit the Library to learn how to answer them.