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Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Evaluation of the Objections Based on John

WHERE WE ARE In the Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli attempt to prove the resurrection of Jesus. An important part of their case for the resurrection of Jesus is an attempt to refute some skeptical theories, such as the Swoon Theory. If they FAIL to refute the Swoon Theory, then their Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Evaluation of the Objections Based on John

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 19: A Careful Analysis of Objection #6

WHERE WE ARE In the Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli attempt to prove the resurrection of Jesus. An important part of their case for the resurrection of Jesus is an attempt to refute some skeptical theories, such as the Swoon Theory. If they FAIL to refute the Swoon Theory, then their Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 19: A Careful Analysis of Objection #6

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 18: Why Objection #5 Cannot Be Repaired

THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH OBJECTION #5 The main problem with Objection #5 is that a key premise of the core argument for this objection is FALSE. Specifically, the key premise (E) is FALSE. Here, once again, is the core argument for Objection #5: E. IF the Swoon Theory is true, THEN sometime after Jesus had been crucified, Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 18: Why Objection #5 Cannot Be Repaired

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 17: Continued Evaluation of Premise (E)

THE CORE ARGUMENT FOR OBJECTION #5 As we saw in Part 14 of this series, the core argument for Objection #5 against the Swoon Theory has two premises: E. IF the Swoon Theory is true, THEN sometime after Jesus had been crucified, the eleven remaining disciples each had experiences that they believed were experiences of seeing a Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 17: Continued Evaluation of Premise (E)

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 16: Evaluation of Premise (E)

THE CORE ARGUMENT FOR OBJECTION #5 As we saw in Part 14 of this series, the core argument for Objection #5 against the Swoon Theory has two premises: E. IF the Swoon Theory is true, THEN sometime after Jesus had been crucified, the eleven remaining disciples each had experiences that they believed were experiences of seeing a Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 16: Evaluation of Premise (E)

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 15: The Sub-Argument for Premise (D)

THE CORE ARGUMENT FOR OBJECTION #5 As we saw in Part 14 of this series, the core argument for Objection #5 against the Swoon Theory has two premises: E. IF the Swoon Theory is true, THEN sometime after Jesus had been crucified, the eleven remaining disciples each had experiences that they believed were experiences of seeing a Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 15: The Sub-Argument for Premise (D)

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 13: An Attempt to Repair Objection #4

In Part 12 of this series, I concluded that Peter Kreeft’s Objection #4 against the Swoon Theory FAILS, because the core argument for Objection #4 consists of two DUBIOUS premises and one FALSE premise. Before I move on to Objection #5, I would like to consider a possible way to repair Objection #4 which attempts Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 13: An Attempt to Repair Objection #4

Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 12: Evaluation of Premise (C)

WHERE WE ARE In Part 8 of this series, I presented a careful analysis of Peter Kreeft’s Objection #4 against the Swoon Theory. In Part 9 of this series, I argued that the key premise (1b) in Objection #4 is supported by an argument consisting of two FALSE premises: premise (B) and premise (3b). Thus, Kreeft’s Case Against the Swoon Theory – Part 12: Evaluation of Premise (C)

The Historical Unreliability of Matthew – Part 4: The Rest of the Birth Story

WHERE WE ARE Most of the stories about Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew were borrowed from the earlier Gospel of Mark. In Part 1 of this series, I provided some general reasons why we should doubt the historical reliability of any changes or additions to the stories about Jesus made by the author of the Gospel of Matthew to the stories about Jesus that The Historical Unreliability of Matthew – Part 4: The Rest of the Birth Story