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Bishop John Shelby Spong on the Resurrection
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If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is doomed. For that view of resurrection is not believable, and if that is all there is, then Christianity, which depends upon the truth and authenticity of Jesus’ resurrection, also is not believable.
-Bishop John Shelby Spong, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?
The Resurrection: A Historian’s Perspective
Bart Ehrman is a New Testament scholar who graduated from Wheaton College, studied at Moody Bible Institute, and received his M.Div. and PhD from Princeton. Take a few minutes to check this out:
Divine Hiddenness
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Professor Matt McCormick writes:
The [theist] cannot have it both ways. He cannot on the one hand argue that “God exists” is the reasonable outcome of a non-question begging, objective analysis of the arguments and evidence, while endorsing justifications of divine hiddenness…He cannot insist that God’s existence is manifest and reasonable while also claiming that God has his reasons for withholding his existence from serious inquiry. God’s existence is either justified by our epistemic situation or it is not. And the very fact that the arguments for his existence are so embattled, weak, complicated, and unconvincing…works against the [theist]. (link)
Christian Pole Dancing
It’s for women only. They listen to upbeat contemporary Christian music, and you have to bring your church program with you in order to get into the class.
(via Unreasonable Faith)
Evidence and Existence
In college I took a course called “Foundations of Christian Thought,” which aimed to teach Christian students about non-Christian worldviews and the rational foundations of the Christian faith. The professor built his own system of “tests” for competing worldviews such as pantheism, naturalism, and theism. The three tests were: 1) evidence, 2) logical consistency, and [...]
A Rare, Fellow Latino Atheist
Dr. Hector Avalos has an interesting story: from evangelist preacher to atheist professor of biblical studies. Whatever you believe, Avalos’s work presents an opportunity for open and honest discussion over a unique perspective.
Quote of the Day
If you want to know about God, you might want to talk to an atheist. Quoted from this Los Angeles Times article that cites a recent Pew study.
Decoding the Divine: Does God Love Everyone?
What we’ve got here is [a] failure to communicate… I’m thinking of starting a new recurring blog-post series called “Decoding the Divine.” It would be based on a phenomenon I’ve referred to elsewhere as the problem of miscommunication, which is essentially the observation that theists in general–and very often adherents to the same brand of theism–often disagree [...]
- Decoding the Divine: Does God Love Everyone?
- Who is Grok?
- The Pale Blue Dot
- Sir David Attenborough on the Wonderful Creation of Parasitic Worms
- The God Debate II: My Two Cents
- What Believers and Atheists Can Learn From Each Other
- THREE THINGS YOUR (GAY) CHRISTIAN KID NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU
- Book Review: “50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True”
- Excerpts from The Devil’s Dictionary
- Evidence and Indoctrination
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Alex Haiken: Nearly every person who acknowledges an aversion t...
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audio: “one last thing” (how to try to stop agonizing) « JRFibonacci's blog: partnering with reality: [...] Book Review: “50 Popular Beliefs That ...
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Oliver: 1) it obviously bothers him that a worm is boring ...
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Louis: Matt--I'm sorry, but you're putting words in Atten...
