Defending the Swoon Theory – INDEX
OVERVIEW In Chapter 8 of his book Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA), Peter Kreeft (and his co-author Ronald Tacelli), makes a case for the resurrection of Jesus. He does so by attempting to “refute” or “disprove” four skeptical theories that are alternatives to the Christian view that God raised Jesus from the dead: Hallucination: … Defending the Swoon Theory – INDEX
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 22: Swoon Theory Implies Other False Theories
WHERE WE ARE Kreeft provides six sub-arguments in Objection #7. Three sub-arguments are given to support the key premises (B), (C), and (D), and in Part 20 I showed that those three sub-arguments FAIL to establish either (B) or (C) or (D), giving us three good and sufficient reasons to conclude that Objection #7 FAILS. … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 22: Swoon Theory Implies Other False Theories
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 21: More Evaluation of Objection #7
WHERE WE ARE In Part 20 of this series of posts I showed that Kreeft’s three sub-arguments supporting key premises (B), (C), and (D) of his core argument constituting Objection #7 (against the Swoon Theory) all FAIL, and that the failure of just one of those three sub-arguments is sufficient reason to conclude that Objection #7 … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 21: More Evaluation of Objection #7
OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 3
WHERE WE ARE In Part 1 I argued that three of the “six key facts” presented by Trump’s defense team are IRRELEVANT, and that another of the “six key facts” is relevant but INSIGNIFICANT, because based on the statements of politicians who had a strong vested interest in NOT telling the truth on this issue. … OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 3
OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 2
WHERE WE ARE In Part 1 of this series, I argued that AT LEAST three out of the “six key facts” that Trump’s defense team were focusing on in their case for Trump are IRRELEVANT to the main questions at issue, and that a fourth of those “six key facts” was relevant but INSIGNIFICANT because … OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 2
OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 1
This is not ENTIRELY off topic, because it involves thinking critically about reasons and arguments. I have extensive education and experience related to criticism of arguments, especially of really crappy arguments presented by Christian apologists. In this post I will criticize some really crappy arguments presented by Trump’s defense team. Here is a CNN article … OFF TOPIC: 6 “FACTS” Presented by Trump’s Defense – Part 1
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 20: Evaluation of Objection #7
WHERE WE ARE In Chapter 8 of his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA), Peter Kreeft has raised nine objections against The Swoon Theory, as part of his case attempting to prove that Jesus rose from the dead. In previous posts I have argued that his Objection #1, Objection #2, Objection #3, Objection #4, Objection #5, Objection #6, and Objection #8 all FAIL as objections against The Swoon … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 20: Evaluation of Objection #7
Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 18: Premise (1) of Objection #6
WHERE WE ARE Here, once more, is Peter Kreeft’s Objection #6 against the Swoon Theory, from Chapter 8 of his Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA): How were the Roman guards at the tomb overpowered by a swooning corpse? Or by unarmed disciples? And if the disciples did it, they knowingly lied when they wrote … Defending the Swoon Theory – Part 18: Premise (1) of Objection #6
Hinman’s Defense of his Sad Little Argument: What Joe Knows for Sure Just Ain’t So
What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so – Mark Twain * I believe that what gets Joe Hinman into trouble is not so much what he doesn’t know as what he knows for sure that just ain’t so. According to Hinman: He [Brad … Hinman’s Defense of his Sad Little Argument: What Joe Knows for Sure Just Ain’t So
Hinman’s Defense of his Sad Little Argument: Seven Key NT Scholars
WHERE WE ARE Joe Hinman asserts that in recent decades there has been “a trend involving many scholars” in which “John has a new credibility”. Because Hinman makes these assertions in response to my claim that the 4th Gospel is HISTORICALLY UNRELIABLE, and because Hinman then quotes Kermit Zarley’s assertion about three NT scholars arriving … Hinman’s Defense of his Sad Little Argument: Seven Key NT Scholars