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The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 10)

September 9, 2011 by Randal

Chapter 9 of The End of Christianity brings us to Robert M. Price’s essay “Explaining the Resurrection without Recourse to Miracle”. In this chapter Price argues that “recourse to miracle is completely superfluous…” (219) as a means to explain the “resurrection data”. To prove his point, Price dusts off three long forgotten theories that seem […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, history, Jesus Christ, resurrection, Robert M. Price, The End of Christianity

On putting Matt McCormick’s argument to rest

September 7, 2011 by Randal

Let me summarize my arguments against Matt McCormick’s argument to this point. I will then quote his most recent full response and offer a final comment that engages his Salem argument. So first off, where we’ve come so far. As I noted, the central issue was the issue of rational belief. In particular, is it possible […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: history, inference to the best explanation, Jesus Christ, Matt McCormick, resurrection, The End of Christianity

The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 9)

September 5, 2011 by Randal

After a couple weeks hiatus I find myself picking up my review of The End of Christianity once again. Although I have published about fifteen posts in critique of The End of Christianity over the last couple months, I have not received a single response from the essayists. Well okay, there was one response: John W. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Jesus, Matt McCormick, N.T. Wright, resurrection, The End of Christianity

Why did God create carnivores?

June 12, 2011 by Randal

As the final installment for my ill-fated project The Crazy Things We Believe I have included chapter 1 “Why Did God create carnivores?” wherein I address such important questions as whether God will resurrect giant prehistoric centipedes and if so, will it be on the same planet as resurrected human beings? To read more click […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: carnivory, eschatology, natural evil, predation, resurrection, the crazy things we believe, theodicy

James and his resurrected brother

June 2, 2011 by Randal

Paul begins 1 Corinthians 15 by recounting a teaching he had given the Corinthians (c. AD 50/51) which he had himself received from others: “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance….” This is technical rabbinical phrasing. One does not innovate on the teachings of the tradition. One faithfully passes it […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: 1 Corinthians 15, abduction, inference to the best explanation, James, Jesus Christ, miracle, Paul, resurrection

Can you name one scholar who accepts the resurrection but isn’t a Christian?

May 28, 2011 by Randal

Over the last week I have had the following question posed to me two or three times: “Can you tell me of just one scholar who accepts the resurrection of Jesus but who isn’t a Christian?” Of course this isn’t just an innocent question. I feel like the ticket person at an old drive in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: christology, Jesus Christ, New Testament history, resurrection

Royal flushes, resurrections, and the things you teach your children

May 24, 2011 by Randal

The Atheist Missionary’s criteria for what he would teach his children has continued to evolve (or devolve, I’m not sure yet). That’s a good thing because it is important for him to work out the principles that guide how he raises his progeny. The key issue concerned past event types that are unique and unrepeatable. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: education, historiography, indoctrination, naturalism, pedagogy, resurrection, worldview

When the resurrection comes to Afghanistan and Wall Street: An Easter Reflection

April 24, 2011 by Randal

Over the last two days I watched two of the 2011 academy award nominees for best documentary: “Restrepo” and “Inside Job”. (“Inside Job” took home the little gold statue.) “Restrepo” follows journalist cum documentarians Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington as they spend a year with a battalion of Army troops in the notoriously violent Korengal Walley in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Easter, Inside Job, Jesus Christ, new creation, Restrepo, resurrection

From Paul meeting Jesus to Pheidippides meeting Pan?

March 3, 2011 by Randal

In the last post I argued that many skeptics ignore evidence for the resurrection based on an indefensible generalized skepticism about ancient miracle reports. And then the skeptics came, they commented, and they served to illustrate the point. They didn’t even acknowledge the historical evidence I presented for the resurrection. Instead they went to other points. Walter […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, epistemology, Gospel of Peter, Gospels, historiography, Jesus Christ, resurrection, synoptics

On the general skepticism about ancient miracle reports

March 2, 2011 by Randal

Many highly educated ancient historians (by which I mean historians that study ancient history, not historians that are really old) believe that the historical evidence supports the conclusion that Jesus was resurrected. For example, they point to the strong evidence for the empty tomb, post resurrection appearances, and the beliefs of the earliest followers of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, C.S. Lewis, historiography, Jesus Christ, miracle, naturalism, resurrection, skepticism

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