Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 7: The “Break their Legs” Objection
Peter Kreeft’s Objection #2 against the Survival Theory (TST) is based on a dubious passage from the 4th Gospel: The fact that the Roman soldier did not break Jesus’ legs, as he did to the other two crucified criminals (Jn 19:31-33), means that the soldier was sure Jesus was dead. Breaking the legs hastened the death … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 7: The “Break their Legs” Objection
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 6: Objections Based on the 4th Gospel
WHERE WE ARE AT In this series of posts I will defend the Survival Theory (TST) against the nine objections that Peter Kreeft puts forward in Chapter 8 of Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA). Kreeft’s nine objections to TST can also be found in an online article at the Strange Notions website. Kreeft mistakenly takes … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 6: Objections Based on the 4th Gospel
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 5: Evaluation of Objection #8
OBJECTION #8: THE WHERE DID JESUS GO? OBJECTION As I pointed out in Part 4 of this series, Peter Kreeft’s argument constituting Objection #8 against the Survival Theory (TST) is UNSOUND, because a key premise of that argument is clearly and obviously FALSE: 1. It is NOT the case that there is some historical data … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 5: Evaluation of Objection #8
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 4: The ‘Where Did Jesus Go?’ Objection
WHERE WE ARE AT In this series of posts I will defend the Survival Theory (TST) against the nine objections that Peter Kreeft puts forward in Chapter 8 of Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA). Kreeft’s nine objections to TST can also be found in an online article at the Strange Notions website. Kreeft mistakenly takes … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 4: The ‘Where Did Jesus Go?’ Objection