My response is the same as how Richard Dreyfuss reacted in Close Encounters, when his kids spanked him with the paddle.
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 2 hours ago
Well, watching a YouTube video is generally easier than earning the Ph.D. in astrophysics that would be necessary to understand what it's talking about. But even the modest effort of watching...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 2 hours ago
Some references relating to the OP: 1. The book Unbelievable by Rob J Hyndman CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 1 edition (August 23, 2015) | ISBN-10: 1517363195 | ISBN-13:...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
If there were no coincidences then that would be evidence of the supernatural. Whilst mathematical inevitability is technically an oxymoron, it’s sufficiently statistically compelling as to...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
There’s nothing ‘certain’ about Jesus having been crucified. I can accept that he existed (probably) and I can accept that he was executed. I’m not so accepting of the proposition that he was...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
When I first got saved, I had to confront a lot of questions about whether Christianity really was true. At the time I found convincing the argument that "the apostles would not...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
In my view, anyone who tries to discern history by using the "What would reasonable people have done?" test is hanging from a very thin tree branch. The idea that people wouldn't...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
When I first got saved, I had to confront a lot of questions about whether Christianity really was true. At the time I found convincing the argument that "the apostles would not have been put...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 3 hours ago
Indeed John, I got that from your OP. That was also my purpose in commenting. To point out to folk that you aim to reach somehow, and who may lurk here, and value what McGrath says. A lot of what...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 4 hours ago
Divine inspiration is an excuse, not an explanation.
Debunking Christianity: Careful Bible Study Shows It’s Not a Divinely Inspired Book · 4 hours ago
No endorsement of McGrath as a consistent historian here. Only that some people value what he says, people I aim to reach somehow.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 5 hours ago
To most people, science and engineering seem far too tedious and boring to be worth the effort.
I watched this video earlier today:- James Webb Just Found Another...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 5 hours ago
Statistician David Hand convincingly shows that “extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they’re commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 5 hours ago
To most people, science and engineering seem far too tedious and boring to be worth the effort.
That led, famously, to the controversial yet amusing
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 7 hours ago
Exactly!
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 7 hours ago
And the proof is in the pudding, namely applied science. Only independent verification - using publicly available evidence - leads to any practical, real-world result. Religion may be as old as...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 7 hours ago
We also know that subjective feelings, experiences, or inner voices don’t count as objective evidence when it comes to biblical miracle claims, and neither does testimony from someone...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 9 hours ago
The telescope, microscope, and printing press were still centuries in the future.
Debunking Christianity: Careful Bible Study Shows It’s Not a Divinely Inspired Book · 10 hours ago
For starters, it's easy to love one's friends; loving one's enemies is harder. Love for enemies is therefore greater than love for friends. Picture the Trolley Problem...
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 14 hours ago
If somebody predicts and accomplishes His own resurrection from the dead, I just trust whatever the guy says. And that's what Jesus did.
And I failed to remember on...
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 16 hours ago
Quantum physics in a Bronze Age scroll is exactly the kind of thing you can’t explain away as "lucky guess".
Debunking Christianity: Careful Bible Study Shows It’s Not a Divinely Inspired Book · 17 hours ago
Good list, but there's also theolojiving and philosopharting.
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 1 day ago
I don't know about anybody else, but I might have trouble staying in character. It would be hard for me to overcome my internal sense of disgust at the destructive lies I was...
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 1 day ago
Doug (Pinecreek) has a great question that he asks Christians: would you choose annihilation, and miss out on the glories of Heaven so as to save me, an atheist, from eternal conscious torment in...
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 1 day ago
Yes, it's like having "faith" that the Sun will rise again tomorrow. We know about Hume's problem of induction, so we are aware that just because the Sun rose every day in all...
Debunking Christianity: Rethinking Inerrancy so as to Take Account of all the Errors in the Bible: · 1 day ago