Lee Strobel, of “The Case for Christ” infamy, was asked a series of questions by Hemant Mehta and his friendly band. He answered them in much the same fashion as anyone familiar with christain apologetics would expect, but then he turned the tables and presented the Friendly Atheist with six questions from other christian thinkers for atheists. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. In other words, if a boy steals a hundred dollars and a senator steal… Read More

These “minimal facts” are strongly evidenced and are regarded as historical by the vast majority of scholars, including skeptics, who have written about the resurrection in French, German, and English since 1975. Virtually all scholars? Biblical scholars or historians? Instead of pointing out that the very existence of a historical Jesus is still controversial let’s give Mr. Let’s assume for the sake of argument alone that… Read More

Habermas the benefit of the doubt. Alright. Not only self-deception of a fringe religious group who just lost their leader but malicious deception. In the end the best answer to this question is the words of David Hume, “When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. So let’s look instead at this moral plan. Second, if not the brain then… Read More

1. I concede nothing here but instead assume these facts purely for the sake of argument. In laboratories today we can induce “religious experiences” by stimulating certain parts of the brain. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. Another question down below brings up this ontological haunting so I will wait and provide my answer there. Instead we see that there are those that can escape the consequences of their actions and obfuscate their wrongdoing. … Read More

Our modern biblical canon’s New Testament is filled with writings attributed to and written by him. The Argument from DesignPaul Copan: “Given the commonly recognized and scientifically supported belief that the universe (all matter, energy, space, time) began to exist a finite time ago and that the universe is remarkably finely tuned for life, does this not (strongly) suggest that the universe is ontologically haunted and that this fact should require further exploration, given the metaphysically staggering implications?“And, second, granted that the major objection to belief in God is the problem of evil, does the concept of evil itself… Read More