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The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 10)
September 08th, 201108:41 PM ETChapter 9 of The End of Christianity brings us to Robert M. Price's essay "Explaining the Resurrection without Recourse to Miracle". In this chapter Price argues that "recourse to miracle is completely superfluous..." (219) as a means to explain the "resurrection data". To prove his point, Price dusts off three long forgotten theories that see... -
On putting Matt McCormick’s argument to rest
September 07th, 201103:15 PM ETLet me summarize my arguments against Matt McCormick's argument to this point. I will then quote his most recent full response and offer a final comment that engages his Salem argument. So first off, where we've come so far. As I noted, the central issue was the issue of rational belief. In particular, is it possible for a Christian to believe rat... -
Consumerism as Religion
June 14th, 201107:09 PM ETTomorrow I fly to Rio de Janeiro to deliver an address on the topic of happpiness. As I have written the talk I have chosen to focus on two different, rival accounts of happiness: consumerism and Christian personalism. In preparing for my address I have been struck both by the overlap between consumerism and Christianity on key points as well as th... -
James and his resurrected brother
June 03rd, 201107:36 AM ETPaul begins 1 Corinthians 15 by recounting a teaching he had given the Corinthians (c. AD 50/51) which he had himself received from others: "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance...." This is technical rabbinical phrasing. One does not innovate on the teachings of the tradition. One faithfully passes it on without innovation... -
Can you name one scholar who accepts the resurrection but isn’t a Christian?
May 28th, 201111:24 AM ETOver the last week I have had the following question posed to me two or three times: "Can you tell me of just one scholar who accepts the resurrection of Jesus but who isn't a Christian?" Of course this isn't just an innocent question. I feel like the ticket person at an old drive in theater. Suddenly a 1967 Pontiac Parisienne with a driver and ... -
When the resurrection comes to Afghanistan and Wall Street: An Easter Reflection
April 24th, 201106:12 PM ETOver the last two days I watched two of the 2011 academy award nominees for best documentary: "Restrepo" and "Inside Job". ("Inside Job" took home the little gold statue.) "Restrepo" follows journalist cum documentarians Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington as they spend a year with a battalion of Army troops in the notoriously violent Korengal Wa... -
The Death of Jesus, the rape of a woman, and a concept called “Imputation”
April 22nd, 201112:28 AM ETOn Good Friday two billion Christians around the world turn their eyes to that mysterious event two thousand years ago when Jesus Christ died "for our sins". It is a time for somber, pietistic reflection. But it is also a time to ask the hard theological question: what does that mean? Perhaps the most common explanation, at least among Protestants... -
On the general skepticism about ancient miracle reports
March 02nd, 201103:17 PM ETMany highly educated ancient historians (by which I mean historians that study ancient history, not historians that are really old) believe that the historical evidence supports the conclusion that Jesus was resurrected. For example, they point to the strong evidence for the empty tomb, post resurrection appearances, and the beliefs of the earliest... -
What if Paul the apostle had been hit by a meteorite?
May 22nd, 201008:56 PM ETDTP is concerned to get a handle on this inclusivism stuff that I've been hawking and so pitches the following question: "Are you saying something like: Evangelism is telling people something already true about themselves and encouraging them to live up to what they are?" Well let's think back to Acts 17. Paul visits the Areopagus at Mars Hi... -
One dying savior and one tin soldier
April 11th, 201011:12 AM ETHere's a rush transcript of the theoretical account of atonement with which I am most sympathetic. It is a Girardean view, and I base my telling on the 1960s anti-war song "One Tin Soldier" which was recorded by "The Original Caste" and "Coven". It was a heady time of civil unrest spurred on by a pie-in-the-sky idealism combined with a gritty...
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