Reading Time: 7 minutes Recently, there was a seven-hour debate between Mike Licona (Christian) and Bart Ehrman (Agnostic), on the subject of “Did the Resurrection of Jesus Really Happen?” that had been well-anticipated by people in certain corners of the internet. The Resurrection of Jesus has been a topic of much discussion here at A Tippling Philosopher due to […]
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Dr. Craig: how plausible would a resurrection be?
Reading Time: 4 minutes How reliable is the resurrection claim? And if the short ending of Mark is easily understood, why were so many long endings written?
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The Bible defeats its own Resurrection story
Reading Time: 5 minutes A popular Christian apologetic argument backfires, and the Bible doesn’t help. This makes the Bible’s resurrection argument even weaker.
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Happy Merry Eastermas: The Real Story of Resurrection
Reading Time: < 1 minute Those of you who are long-term readers here will have seen this already, but for you newer readers, here is an absolute delight of resurrection story-telling. Genius. Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher You can also buy me a cuppa. Or buy some of my awesome ATP merchandise! […]
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What’s so good about Good Friday?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Yesterday was “Good Friday,” and this time around I was struck with how Orwellian that sounds to someone on the outside of the Christian faith looking in. Strictly speaking, there never has been only one faith by that name, although when the weather is fair they do play nice enough to get along. But despite […]
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The Resurrection, Fideism and Circularity
Reading Time: 3 minutes The few times that New Testament claims intersect with history – namely, the Nativity accounts, and to a lesser degree, the Resurrection accounts – the claims fail, historically speaking. What epistemic right does the Christian then have for believing in Jesus, for being a Christian? If you ask the Christian “Why do you know that […]
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Christianity, Because How the Heck Do You Explain the Resurrection Otherwise? (2 of 2)
Reading Time: 5 minutes We’ll conclude our answer to an apologist who wonders what’s better than “God did it.” Answer: legend (or pretty much any naturalistic explanation). And “God did it” turns out to be less effective than you might think.
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Christianity, Because How the Heck Do You Explain the Resurrection Otherwise?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A Christian apologist is certain that he has the right explanation for the Resurrection—God. Atheists, are you up to the challenge? What else could provide so satisfactory an explanation? Turns out, it’s not hard.
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Response to “Top 10 Myths About Jesus’ Resurrection” (3 of 5)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Potential myths to critique: (#5) the resurrection is only a faith claim, not a historical claim, and (#6) Jesus didn’t die but only seemed to die.
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Response to “Top 10 Myths About Jesus’ Resurrection” (2 of 5)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Let’s critique more supposed myths: that the disciples stole the body and that the disciples had hallucinations of Jesus.