Evidence

Wes Widner on November 4th, 2010

My friend and preeminent resurrection expert, Michael Licona, has just released his latest book titled “The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach” If you are unfamiliar with Mike’s work, here are a few of Mike’s debates: Did Jesus Rise From the Dead?- A debate between Mike Licona and Dan Barker (audio) On the Resurrection of Jesus [...]

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In a recent discussion with a group of de-converts from Christianity the following objection was raised: Actually, my article *argues* that there is no objective definition of Christianity; it does not assume it. That was pretty much the point: there is no supernatural referent to “Christian” (or “God” or “salvation” or any of it), so [...]

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Wes Widner on March 13th, 2010

I was recently sent the following challenging response to a previous post regarding the deconversion of those who once claimed to be Christians: Apply your reasoning to any other area of life, and no one can ever stop believing something that they really believed in. True belief PRECLUDES assimilating newly discovered evidence which causes re-evaluation [...]

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