The Logic of Miracles – Part 5: Two Objections
WHY CLASSICAL APOLOGETICS IS DOOMED TO FAILURE I have previously argued in Part 2 that Richard Swinburne’s case for the existence of God depends on some assumptions about the PLANS or PURPOSES of God. I have also argued in Part 3 and in Part 4 that Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God depends … The Logic of Miracles – Part 5: Two Objections
The Logic of Miracles – Part 2: Showing that God Exists
CLASSICAL APOLOGETICS FAILS IN PHASE 2 Classical Christian Apologetics organizes the case for Christianity into three phases: In my previous post on The Logic of Miracles, I argued that Classical Apologetics FAILS at the second phase because SHOWING that a particular event is a miracle, i.e. an event caused by God, requires that one first … The Logic of Miracles – Part 2: Showing that God Exists
The Logic of Miracles
Most people who want to criticize or attack an argument, will attack a PREMISE of the argument as being FALSE or questionable. When it comes to criticizing the arguments of Christian apologists, skeptics and atheists also tend to attack premises of such arguments as being false or questionable. This is especially true when it comes … The Logic of Miracles
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 7: Dynamic Probability Objection
THE DYNAMIC PROBABILITY OBJECTION The dynamic probability objection to my reasoning about the resurrection is based on the general logic of Richard Swinburne’s case for the resurrection. In his book The Existence of God, Swinburne argues that various inductive arguments for God form a cumulative case that makes the existence of God “more probable than … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 7: Dynamic Probability Objection
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 6: Non-Standard Resurrection
THE NON-STANDARD RESURRECTION OBJECTION In this post I will state one objection to the logic of my thinking about the probability of the resurrection. I will also discuss and respond to this objection. In the next post I will state a second objection to the logic of my thinking about the probability of the resurrection. … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 6: Non-Standard Resurrection
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 5: Multiplication of Probabilities
INTRODUCTIONIn this post I will spell out the basic logic of my current thinking about the probability of the resurrection.First, I give an example of a probability tree diagram and calculation where the events are independent of each other (coin tosses). Next, I give an example of a probability tree diagram and calculation where the … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 5: Multiplication of Probabilities
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 4: Skepticism about the Supernatural
SKEPTICAL CLAIMS ABOUT SUPERNATURAL BELIEFS Two points from my List of Key Points about the resurrection relate directly to skepticism about the supernatural: 1. Nobody KNOWS that supernatural beings exist. 2. Nobody KNOWS that supernatural events occur. There are two more related points that should be added to the above two points: 21. Nobody KNOWS … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 4: Skepticism about the Supernatural
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 3: Improbability of the Resurrection
IMPROBABILITY Some Christians believe that it is certain that God raised Jesus from the dead; other Christians believe that it is very probable but not certain that God raised Jesus from the dead. Some people believe that it is probable but not very probable that God raised Jesus from the dead. Some skeptics believe that it … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 3: Improbability of the Resurrection
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 2: Skepticism about the Resurrection
SKEPTICISM Skepticism is the denial of knowledge. Universal skepticism denies the possibility of any kind of knowledge, or the actual existence of any kind of knowledge. Qualified forms of skepticism deny the possibility of knowledge in particular areas, or the actual existence of knowledge in particular areas, such as religious knowledge or knowledge of the … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 2: Skepticism about the Resurrection
Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 1: List of Key Points
SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE RESURRECTION 1. Nobody KNOWS that supernatural beings exist. 2. Nobody KNOWS that supernatural events occur. 3. Nobody KNOWS that God exists. 4. Nobody KNOWS that miracles occur. 5. Nobody KNOWS that Jesus existed. 6. Nobody KNOWS that Jesus died on the cross. 7. Nobody KNOWS that Jesus was alive on Easter morning. … Why I Reject the Resurrection – Part 1: List of Key Points