Breaking News: WLC Disses Aquinas
During the Q&A period of tonight’s Craig-Carroll debate on God and cosmology, WLC said this (or something very close to it): “Aquinas’ metaphysical principles are just dubious.” Shhhhh… Don’t tell Ed Feser. Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)
Did Jesus Exit? – Index
Introduction to the issue: Did Jesus exist? Outline of Did Jesus Exist? By Bart Ehrman. Various skeptical points by Ehrman, especially the insignificance of non-Christian historical sources. Keith Parson’s advice and Bart Ehrman on the Minimal Jesus Hypothesis (MJH). Development and clarification of the Minimal Jesus Hypothesis. About 17,000 Jewish males in Palestine were named … Did Jesus Exit? – Index
Did Jesus Exit? – Part 18
When I was a young boy, I enjoyed watching many episodes of Superman on a black-and-white television. When I was about ten or eleven years old, my family would gather on evenings when the TV show Batman was on; we would eat hot-buttered popcorn while watching the show together. Later in my life Hollywood began … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 18
The Christian Doctrine of the Resurrection of Jesus
Let’s represent the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus as follows: (C) The Christian doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus is true. Sometimes the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus is summed up this way: (R) God raised Jesus from the dead. The Christian doctrine of the resurrection asserts that the resurrection of … The Christian Doctrine of the Resurrection of Jesus
Did Jesus Exit? – Part 17
Does L, the special source used by the author of the Gospel of Luke, represent Jesus as a male descendant of the Hebrew people? Like Mark and Q, L uses masculine nouns, pronouns and verbs of Jesus: L 7:11b-15 “his disciples” “with him” “As he approached” “When the Lord saw her, he had compassion” “he … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 17
Did Jesus Exit? – Part 16
Did Q represent Jesus as a male descendant of the Hebrew people? We have previously seen that both Mark and Q represent Jesus as a devout Jew, i.e. as a devout follower of the religion of Judaism. But someone can be Jewish in this sense of being an adherent of the Jewish faith without being … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 16
A Ten-Year Project – Part 2
Before deciding what topics and issues to cover in my multi-volume critique of Christianity, I want to look over some lists of common topics in (a) Christian Apologetics, (b) Systematic Theology, and (c) Philosophy of Religion. I looked through the table of contents of a number of handbooks on Christian Apologetics to come up with … A Ten-Year Project – Part 2
Did Jesus Exit? – Part 15
Part of MJH (the Minimal Jesus Hypothesis) is that Jesus was a Jewish male. Jesus was “Jewish” in both senses of the word: he was an adherent of the religion of Judaism, and a male descendant of the Hebrew people, according to MJH. We saw in Part 14 that Mark represents Jesus as both a … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 15
The Blue Folders Story: How Not to Defend Objective Moral Values
I think I first heard this story while listening to a debate between Michael Horner and Henry Morgentaler, but since then I’ve seen it or heard it repeated many other times. The story is supposed to illustrate that even people who claim to be moral relativists really do believe that objective moral values exist. Here … The Blue Folders Story: How Not to Defend Objective Moral Values
Initial Impressions on the Andrews-Schieber Debate: Part 5
This will be the final post in my series on the Andrews-Schieber debate on Christian theism. In this final post, I want to comment on just one statement made by Max Andrews in his closing statement. Remember that Schieber’s soteriological argument from evil is as follows: (21′) If the Christian God exists, he is essentially … Initial Impressions on the Andrews-Schieber Debate: Part 5