philosophy

The Resurrection of Dr. Sean George – Part 2: Littlewood’s Law

Dr. Sean George claims that God raised him from the dead. I have prepared a PowerPoint presentation called “The Resurrection of Sean George” which contains lots of relevant information and skeptical points about Dr. Sean George’s miracle claim.  Here at The Secular Outpost,  I plan to present my main objections to his miracle claim. The The Resurrection of Dr. Sean George – Part 2: Littlewood’s Law

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 12: Hometown Disadvantage?

WHERE WE ARE AT Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) in an attempt to disprove that theory, as part of an elimination-of-alternatives argument for the resurrection of Jesus.  Kreeft thinks that by disproving four skeptical theories, he can show that the Christian theory is true, that Jesus actually rose from Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 12: Hometown Disadvantage?

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 11: Producing Jesus’ Corpse

WHERE WE ARE AT Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) in an attempt to disprove that theory, as part of an elimination-of-alternatives argument for the resurrection of Jesus.  Kreeft thinks that by disproving four skeptical theories, he can show that the Christian theory is true, that Jesus actually rose from Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 11: Producing Jesus’ Corpse

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 10: Motivation for Lying

WHERE WE ARE AT Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) in an attempt to disprove that theory, as part of an elimination-of-alternatives argument for the resurrection of Jesus.  Kreeft thinks that by disproving four skeptical theories, he can show that the Christian theory is true, that Jesus actually rose from Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 10: Motivation for Lying

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 9: The Character of the Apostles

WHERE WE ARE AT Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) in an attempt to disprove that theory, as part of an elimination of alternatives argument for the resurrection of Jesus.  Kreeft thinks that by disproving four skeptical theories, he can show that the Christian theory is true, that Jesus actually Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 9: The Character of the Apostles

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 8: The Creative Genius Objection

Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT).  In previous posts (post #4, post #5, post #6, and post #7) I have argued that his Objection #1 was a miserable FAILURE. Here is Kreeft’s very brief Objection #2 against TCT: If they made up the story, they were the most creative, clever, intelligent Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 8: The Creative Genius Objection

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 7: A Decade without Serious Threats

According to Peter Kreeft, there are only five possible theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus. The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) is one of those five theories. Kreeft raises seven objections against  TCT. We are currently considering Objection #1.  Kreeft lays out this objection by quoting Blaise Pascal: ..imagine these twelve men [the twelve apostles] meeting Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 7: A Decade without Serious Threats

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 6: More about Our Ignorance

According to Peter Kreeft, there are only five possible theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus: The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT) is one of those five theories. Kreeft raises seven objections against TCT.  Objection #1 FAILS, because it makes various historical assumptions about the twelve apostles without providing any historical evidence for those assumptions. OUR Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 6: More about Our Ignorance

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 5: Our Ignorance of The Twelve

There are five different possible theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus, according to Peter Kreeft: The Conspiracy Theory is one of the skeptical theories about the resurrection.  See Part 3 of this series for my clarification of the content of TCT. THE ABSENCE OF HISTORICAL EVIDENCE In Part 4 of this series I replied Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 5: Our Ignorance of The Twelve

Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 4: Objection #1

There are five different possible theories, according to Peter Kreeft, about the alleged resurrection of Jesus: Peter Kreeft raises seven objections against The Conspiracy Theory (hereafter: TCT). See Part 3 of this series for my clarification of the content of TCT. In today’s post, I will consider Kreeft’s first objection to TCT. OBJECTION #1 AGAINST Defending the Conspiracy Theory – Part 4: Objection #1