Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 5: Historical Evidence about Mary Magdalene
WHERE WE ARE In Part 4 of this series, I argued that Peter Kreeft’s Objection #2 against the Hallucination Theory was a MISERABLE FAILURE. This is because the first premise of his argument constituting this objection implies 102 specific historical claims about people who lived two thousand years ago, and yet Kreeft FAILED to provide … Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 5: Historical Evidence about Mary Magdalene
Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 4: Were There Qualified Witnesses?
THE CLARIFICATION OF KREEFT’S ARGUMENT FOR OBJECTION #2 In his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA) Peter Kreeft presented his Objection #2 against the Hallucination Theory in just two brief sentences: Presenting an argument for the falsehood of the Hallucination Theory in just two brief sentences is IDIOTIC. One reason this is IDIOTIC is that this … Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 4: Were There Qualified Witnesses?
Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 3: The Witnesses Were Qualified
WHERE WE ARE Peter Kreeft’s first three objections against the Hallucination Theory in his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter HCA) can be summarized this way: Objection #1: There were too many witnesses. (HCA, p.186, emphasis added) Objection #2: The witnesses were qualified. (HCA, p. 187, emphasis added) Objection #3: The five hundred [eyewitnesses] saw Christ … Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 3: The Witnesses Were Qualified
Feser’s Perverted Faculty Argument – Part 2: Clarifying the Conclusion of the Core Argument
WHERE WE ARE Edward Feser has put forward a version of the Perverted Faculty Argument (hereafter: PFA) against homosexual sex, so I will now examine that argument in the hopes that it is an actual argument consisting of actual claims. Based on his book Five Proofs of the Existence of God, Feser understands the need … Feser’s Perverted Faculty Argument – Part 2: Clarifying the Conclusion of the Core Argument
Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 2: “Witnesses”
THE “WITNESSES” OBJECTIONS In his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA) the first three objections that Peter Kreeft raises against the Hallucination Theory are all about “witnesses”: Objection #1: There were too many witnesses. (HCA, p.186, emphasis added) Objection #2: The witnesses were qualified. (HCA, p. 187, emphasis added) Objection #3: The five hundred [eyewitnesses] saw … Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 2: “Witnesses”
Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 1: Kreeft’s Case for the Resurrection
MCDOWELL’S CASE AGAINST THE HALLUCINATION THEORY I recently examined Josh McDowell’s case against the Hallucination Theory in his book The Resurrection Factor (hereafter: TRF), and I showed that each one of the seven objections that McDowell raised against this skeptical theory FAILS, and thus that his case for the resurrection of Jesus also FAILS. The … Defending the Hallucination Theory – Part 1: Kreeft’s Case for the Resurrection
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 12: What is Potentiality?
WHERE WE ARE In his book Philosophy of Religion (hereafter: POR), Norman Geisler provides an argument in support of the second premise of his Thomist Cosmological Argument (see pages 194-197). Here is my understanding of the argument that Geisler gives in support of that premise: 52. But no potentiality can actualize itself. THEREFORE: 53a. There … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 12: What is Potentiality?
Back to God and Leviticus
When Easter rolled around this year, I dove back into the questions “Did God raise Jesus from the dead?” and “Did Jesus rise from the dead?” These are issues that I have enjoyed thinking about for the past four decades, and will continue to think and write about for the rest of my life. DEFENDING … Back to God and Leviticus
Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? INDEX
In the series of posts titled “Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?” I have argued in defense of the Hallucination Theory, the view that one or more of Jesus’ disciples believed that Jesus rose from the dead because of a dream or hallucination (or some other form of distorted or mistaken perceptual experience) in which it … Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? INDEX
Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? Part 11: Five Hundred Witnesses
WHERE WE ARE In Parts 1 through 7 of this series, I argued that at least six of Josh McDowell’s seven objections (in The Resurrection Factor; hereafter: TRF) against the Hallucination Theory FAIL. In Part 8 of this series, I began to examine McDowell’s one remaining objection: Objection TRF2 (“Very Personal”). McDowell presents this objection … Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? Part 11: Five Hundred Witnesses