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Al Mohler says the devil is in the details. Ironically enough, he’s right.

September 22nd, 201104:26 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Imagine a defense attorney that is trying to defend his client's innocence against the charge of murder. To his initial delight the defense attorney comes across an eyewitness who is emphatic that the attorney's client did not commit the murder. The reason? The eyewitness says he saw another man commit the crime. Do you think the attorney would be ...
The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 10)

September 08th, 201108:41 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Chapter 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 ET

By Randal Rauser

Let 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...
The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 9)

September 05th, 201112:35 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

After a couple weeks hiatus I find myself picking up my review of The End of Christianity once again. Although I have published about fifteen posts in critique of The End of Christianity over the last couple months, I have not received a single response from the essayists. Well okay, there was one response: John W. Loftus summarily dismissed e...
Why did God create carnivores?

June 24th, 201101:03 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

God saw what he had made and declared it good. But if that is the case then where did all the predation, death, and carnivory in the natural world come from? Why do cheetahs hunt gazelles and why do sharks eat tuna? If the world is so good, why does it seem meticulously designed for suffering and death? In the article "Why Did God create carn...
James and his resurrected brother

June 03rd, 201107:36 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

Paul 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 ET

By Randal Rauser

Over 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 ET

By Randal Rauser

Over 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...
On the general skepticism about ancient miracle reports

March 02nd, 201103:17 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Many 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...
The Indistinguishable Bible

September 05th, 201010:27 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

Two issues need to be dealt with before I, finally, hopefully, I wish, I hope, can get back to reviewing The Christian Delusion: the epistemic status of testimony (of which there is no end of confusion) and the "divine detection" objection to the Bible. I'll deal with the latter here (although I've already addressed it, I'll happily do it again. On...

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