Month: November 2021

Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 17: Follow Up Investigation

WHERE WE AREIn his Handbook of Christian Apologetics Peter Kreeft raises 14 objections against the Hallucination Theory in an attempt to DISPROVE or REFUTE that skeptical theory.  Kreeft thinks he can prove the resurrection of Jesus by disproving a few skeptical theories about the resurrection of Jesus, such as the Hallucination Theory.Kreeft’s first three objections Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 17: Follow Up Investigation

Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 16: Adults are Liars and Cheaters

ADULTS ARE DISHONEST In general, studies of lying behavior indicate that college students lie more frequently on average, than the general adult population.  However, based on recent studies with larger sample sizes, the difference in average number of lies per day is fairly small between college students and the general adult population: College students and Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 16: Adults are Liars and Cheaters

Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 15: Young Adults are Dishonest

WHERE WE ARE As part of my response to Peter Kreeft’s first three objections against the Hallucination Theory,  I want to point out two major problems with EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: In Part 13 of this series, I summarized key points from an excellent article on problems with eyewitness memory and identifications made by eyewitnesses.  The main Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 15: Young Adults are Dishonest

Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 14: Humans are Dishonest

WHERE WE ARE I am currently examining Peter Kreeft’s third objection against the Hallucination Theory.  His first three objections are all concerned with the TESTIMONY of WITNESSES, namely EYEWITNESSES.  The first three objections by Kreeft thus evoke the centuries-old idea of proving the resurrection of Jesus in a court trial.  If we take that idea Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 14: Humans are Dishonest

Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 13: Two Problems with Eyewitness Testimony

WHERE WE ARE I am currently examining Peter Kreeft’s third objection against the Hallucination Theory.  His first three objections are all concerned with the TESTIMONY of WITNESSES, namely EYEWITNESSES.  The first three objections by Kreeft thus evoke the centuries-old idea of proving the resurrection of Jesus in a court trial.  If we take that idea Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 13: Two Problems with Eyewitness Testimony