resurrection

The Argument from Silence, Part 6: Uta Ranke-Heinemann on Paul’s Silence about the Empty Tomb

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In this post, I want to revisit an argument from silence used by Uta Ranke-Heinemann against the historicity of the empty tomb of Jesus. The empty tomb on Easter Sunday morning is a legend. This is shown by the simple fact that the apostle Paul, the most crucial preacher of Christ’s resurrection, and the earliest … The Argument from Silence, Part 6: Uta Ranke-Heinemann on Paul’s Silence about the Empty Tomb

The Argument from Silence, Part 5: W.L. Craig on the Absence of Competing Burial Traditions as Evidence for the pre-Markan Burial Tradition

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In this post, I want to revisit an argument from silence used by William Lane Craig in his case for the historicity of the empty tomb. According to Craig, the absence of competing burial traditions (to the pre-Markan burial story) is evidence for the historicity of the pre-Markan burial story. Craig then argues that the … The Argument from Silence, Part 5: W.L. Craig on the Absence of Competing Burial Traditions as Evidence for the pre-Markan Burial Tradition

The Argument from Silence, Part 3: Peter Kirby’s Second Argument from Silence Against the Empty Tomb

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Now that I have evaluated Peter Kirby’s first argument from silence against the historicity of the empty tomb of Jesus, I now want to consider his second argument from silence against the historicity of the empty tomb of Jesus (hereafter, “Kirby’s second argument”). According to that argument, the absence of evidence that Christians venerated Jesus’ … The Argument from Silence, Part 3: Peter Kirby’s Second Argument from Silence Against the Empty Tomb

The Argument from Silence, Part 2: Peter Kirby’s First Argument from Silence Against the Empty Tomb

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Now that I have provided a Bayesian interpretation of arguments from silence, I want to evaluate my friend Peter Kirby’s argument from silence against the historicity of the empty tomb of Jesus (hereafter, “Kirby’s argument”). To be precise, in his essay, Kirby considers two arguments from silence. The first is based upon the silence of … The Argument from Silence, Part 2: Peter Kirby’s First Argument from Silence Against the Empty Tomb

Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus – Part 24

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In Joseph “Rick” Reinckens’s webpage A Lawyer Examines the Swoon Theory we get a short snippet from Origen that allegedly confirms a Roman practice of stabbing victims of crucifixion with a spear:  In his Commentary on Matthew, Origen, one of the early Church Fathers, says the lance thrust to Jesus was administered “according to Roman custom, below the armpit.” … Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus – Part 24

Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus: INDEX

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PART 7https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2011/12/argument-against-the-resurrection-of-jesus-part-7/ I think the best way to make a case for my skeptical view of the resurrection, is to develop a dilemma, following the lead of the great Enlightenment skeptic David Hume. The main question at issue is: Did God raise Jesus from the dead? But at the crux of my skeptical argument will be the … Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus: INDEX