I’ve been talking about how Paul introduced the Lord’s Supper into the Jesus movement tradition as miming Jesus did alone in prison that represented a ritual meal for future Christians. The importance of Paul having this vision is it solidifies the idea that Jesus saw his own death as salvific and central to the religion. … (Part4/4 Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper

For the first post in this series, see HERE For the second post in this series, see HERE (Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed? Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)? The Next Quest For … (Part 3/4, AFTERWORD) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper

For my previous post see HERE! For the Afterword in this series CLICK HERE (Appendix) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Christ Myth Theory and the Lord’s Supper (1/2) Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed? Does Literary Imitation Suggest Christ Never Existed: The Trump Lens (2/2)? The Next Quest For The Historical Jesus (Depictions … (Part 2 of 4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide

As someone who focuses on the history of Philosophy in the Continental tradition, perhaps the main style of reasoning you see is phenomenology/phenomenalizing.  Hegel gives the example that a torn sock phenomenalizes the previously hidden invisible category of Unity belonging to the sock, precisely “as” a lost unity.  This little word “as” is the key … (1/4) Christianity, A Question of Reasoning: The Continental/Analytic Philosophy Divide

I’ve been thinking with Keith Augustine on supposed survival after death that some claim for mediums, Out of Body Experiences, and Near-Death experiences. Gregory Shushan  (“Diversity and Similarity of Near-Death Experiences across Cultures and History: Implications for the Survival Hypothesis“)  claims Augustine makes an error regarding NDEs. Shushan writes: Augustine responds that Shushan has created … Does Gregory Shushan Strawman Keith Augustine on Universal Near-Death Experience Features?

Last time, I thought a bit about mediumship, and how the observational evidence doesn’t lead us to a supernatural spirit-world medium hypothesis rather than a “mundane” supernatural psychic mind reading that does not involve undead spirits communicating with the medium. This time, I’d like to think a little about how Sudduth shows the natural explanation … (Part 2) Michael Sudduth on The Augustine-Braude Bigelow Survival Debate: A Postmortem and Prospects for Future Directions

(Theatrical poster for a mind reading performance, 1900 wiki) In this essay Sudduth covers a lot of ground, but mainly considers Keith Augustine’s critique of recent attempts to use the example of a well-known medium Mrs. Piper to argue the soul continues to exist after death.  The idea of being a medium is generally someone … (Part 1) Michael Sudduth on The Augustine-Braude Bigelow Survival Debate: A Postmortem and Prospects for Future Directions

Previously, I’ve talked about how Trump is positioning himself that a vote against him is a vote against God. What better way to spend a political rally than as Christian Worship time, lol? For anyone not familiar with evangelical worship practices, Noem is raising her hand filled with the Spirit. Your name Your email Subject … Never Saw This at a Political Rally: Trump as God’s Candidate