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There’s nothing ‘certain’ about Jesus having been crucified.
There is nothing "certain" about any of it.
I can accept that he existed (probably) and I...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 5 minutes ago
Of course that just opens yet another can of worms: did the apostles -- aside from Paul, a self-appointed apostle -- write anything? If they were fishermen, they were almost certainly illiterate...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 29 minutes ago
A found the bit in TGD:- The truths of evolution, along with many other scientific truths, are so engrossingly fascinating and beautiful; how truly tragic to die having missed out on all that!...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 hour ago
Well, watching a YouTube video is generally easier than earning the Ph.D. in astrophysics that would be necessary to understand what it's talking about.
Absolutely. And...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 hour ago
And most people of faith agree, by gleefully consuming countless benefits of science every day. And by no longer asking God for things once science provides them.
One of the...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 2 hours ago
I just hate it when that happens!
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 2 hours ago
"But only the miracles of MY religion are real!" - any believer
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
And there'd be no hospitals.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
The above is why I inserted the words "what they knew was". The core argument of books like Who Moved the Stone?, which I had at first found convincing, is that the apostles would...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 6 hours ago
I remember someone, maybe Dan Barker, giving a talk on discrepancies among the Resurrection accounts. Two college guys said they had worked out and reconciled all the discrepancies, but they had...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 6 hours ago
Old joke: We'd know if prayer worked because if it did, the military would already have weaponized it.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
Here are four recent posts on various aspects of the resurrection stories.* Jesus repeatedly tells his disciples he'll rise from the dead on the third day but no one shows up to see it. The...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
Evidently TACO is making Web search great again: UH-OH: CNN Data Reporter Reveals 'Quite Troubling' News For...
Debunking Christianity: Careful Bible Study Shows It’s Not a Divinely Inspired Book · 11 hours ago
Thanks!
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 14 hours ago
My response is the same as how Richard Dreyfuss reacted in Close Encounters, when his kids spanked him with the paddle.
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 18 hours ago
Well, watching a YouTube video is generally easier than earning the Ph.D. in astrophysics that would be necessary to understand what it's talking about. But even the modest effort of watching...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
Some references relating to the OP: 1. The book Unbelievable by Rob J Hyndman CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 1 edition (August 23, 2015) | ISBN-10: 1517363195 | ISBN-13:...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
If there were no coincidences then that would be evidence of the supernatural. Whilst mathematical inevitability is technically an oxymoron, it’s sufficiently statistically compelling as to...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
There’s nothing ‘certain’ about Jesus having been crucified. I can accept that he existed (probably) and I can accept that he was executed. I’m not so accepting of the proposition that he was...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
When I first got saved, I had to confront a lot of questions about whether Christianity really was true. At the time I found convincing the argument that "the apostles would not...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
In my view, anyone who tries to discern history by using the "What would reasonable people have done?" test is hanging from a very thin tree branch. The idea that people wouldn't...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 19 hours ago
When I first got saved, I had to confront a lot of questions about whether Christianity really was true. At the time I found convincing the argument that "the apostles would not have been put...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 20 hours ago
Indeed John, I got that from your OP. That was also my purpose in commenting. To point out to folk that you aim to reach somehow, and who may lurk here, and value what McGrath says. A lot of what...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 21 hours ago
Divine inspiration is an excuse, not an explanation.
Debunking Christianity: Careful Bible Study Shows It’s Not a Divinely Inspired Book · 21 hours ago
No endorsement of McGrath as a consistent historian here. Only that some people value what he says, people I aim to reach somehow.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 21 hours ago