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Want to Learn Political Philosophy?... START HERE!!
I'm joined by Dr. Kevin Vallier, a professor of philosophy at the Bowling Green State University. He recommends five books you should read if you're interested in exploring political philosophy.
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Book 1
www.amazon.com/Republic-Penguin-Classics-Plato/dp/0140455116/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=plato+the+republic&qid=1689436279&sprefix=plato+th%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1
Book 2
www.amazon.com/Regno-Kingship-St-Thomas-Aquinas/dp/069235400X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A2RPBILC0TLF&keywords=thomas+aquinas+de+regno+on+kingship&qid=1689509139&sprefix=thomas+aquinas+de+regno+on+kingship%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1
Book 3
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Book 4
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Book 5
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Book 6
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The BEST Solution to Contradictions in the Gospels
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0:00 Why Should You Watch This Video? 0:57 The First Contradiction 3:47 Greco-Roman Biography 5:52 Ancient Compositional Textbooks 6:47 Paraphrase 11:03 Transferral 12:58 Literary Spotlighting 15:51 Displacement & Compression 19:30 Composite Citations 24:54 Editorial Fatigue 36:40 Inerrancy 44:16 Where to Go Next Link to Dr. Mike Licona's book, "Jesus Contradicted" www.amazon.com/Jesus-Contradi...
The Gospel Isn’t What You Think It Is
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Christians have missed what the gospel is really about. It is not first and foremost about your sins. Somewhere along the way we reduced the gospel to “the plan of salvation.” It’s not. So what is the gospel then? My guest, Dr. Matthew Bates explains. Links to Dr. Bates books on the gospel: www.amazon.com/Gospel-Precisely-Surprisingly-Christ-Theology/dp/1949921662/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1W6NDJ8FTQ0MX&...
The Problem of EXCESSIVE Pointless Evil
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Most theists think that God can allow some evil, so long as there is a point to doing so. But you might be surprised to hear that some theists think it's OK for God to allow pointless evil too! In this video, Dr. Klaas Kraay joins me to explain why Dr. William Hasker thinks that God has to allow pointless evil, and you'll hear an argument for atheism that says that even if Hasker is right, a ne...
What’s Right & Wrong with the Kalam Cosmological Argument?
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Dr. Thomas Rudelius is a theoretical physicist at Durham University. He comments on Dr. Craig's video linked below. ua-cam.com/video/6CulBuMCLg0/v-deo.htmlsi=IuGe7aHtjpok9BM3 For the full playlist of videos evaluating Dr. Craig's arguments, click here. ua-cam.com/play/PLlVH-ThCazKlbDFfL0yH4bLe2bT2jzov-.html&si=eTxWYj0jnWC34xUD Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to www.patreon.com/thea...
How Have Christians Missed This?
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Dr. Matthew Halsted is a professor at Eternity Bible College and he's the author of a new book, The End of the World As We Know It: What the Bible Really Says About The End Times. Link to Book: www.amazon.com/End-World-You-Know-Really/dp/1683597125 Please consider supporting my ministry by becoming a member here on UA-cam, or becoming a monthly patron. The link to become a patron is below. www....
Did Jesus Claim to be Divine? | Expert Discusses Dr. Craig's Case
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Dr. Andrew Loke has authored two books on the origin of divine Christology. Links to both books are below. The Origin of Divine Christology www.amazon.com/Christology-Society-Testament-Studies-Monograph/dp/1107199263 Studies on the Origin of Divine and Resurrection Christology www.amazon.com/Studies-Origin-Divine-Resurrection-Christology-ebook/dp/B0CH48JT1X/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W5IR7X1TR...
3 NEW Ways the Evil God Challenge Fails
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Dr. Justin Mooney and Dr. Perry Hendricks have co-authored a recently published paper titled, "The Gap in the Evil God Challenge." Link to the paper is below. philarchive.org/archive/MOOTGI Please consider helping me and my family by becoming a patron. Go to www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristain If you have questions or suggestions for future videos, feel free to email me at theanalyticchristain...
Want to Learn Philosophy of Mind?? START HERE!!
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Dr. Brian Cutter is a philosophy of mind who teaches at the University of Notre Dame. In this video, he recommends 5 books for those interested in studying the philosophy of mind. My other interviews with Dr. Cutter are linked below. Arguments against physicalism ua-cam.com/video/7fcMJ2H0_zw/v-deo.htmlsi=TdNY0T9nuBrb9_jl Arguments against idealism ua-cam.com/video/xqwOWi7jMmQ/v-deo.htmlsi=C_fuh...
Why Life is *NOT* Absurd Without God
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In the video and article linked below, Dr. Craig explains why he thinks life is ultimately meaningless if God does not exist. ua-cam.com/video/ZqNTT0E_T70/v-deo.htmlsi=n2LPybuzmv0T5wnk www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/existence-nature-of-god/the-absurdity-of-life-without-god?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwltKxBhDMARIsAG8KnqVxNd9OBMQPkjGm3N9mCh0EkpDGl7a8eZ4wo-EVigJKRohl6NB4e7kaAlboE...
Want to Learn Christian Philosophy?...START HERE!!
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Dr. Eric Yang (a professor of philosophy at Santa Clara University) gives his top five recommendations for Christian Philosophy books. Links below: Book 1: www.amazon.com/Grotesque-Garden-Hud-Hudson-ebook/dp/B091KKQFK5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1715YGLJMHN7B&keywords=a grotesque in the garden&qid=1693795706&sprefix=a grotesque in the garden,aps,125&sr=8-1 Book 2: www.amazon.com/Horrendous-Goodness-Cornel...
The SCARIEST Argument for Skepticism
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This video features an in-depth discussion led by a professional epistemologist, Dr. Kevin McCain, on the topic of skepticism, particularly external world skepticism initiated by Rene Descartes' idea of being deceived by an evil demon. The conversation delves into philosophical skepticism, its implications, and different responses to skepticism including reliabilism, sensitivity accounts, conte...
Want to Learn ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY?...START HERE!!
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Dr. Caleb Cohoe (a professor of philosophy at Metropolitan State University Denver) gives his top five recommendations for ancient philosophy books. GIVING One Time: You can leave a Super Thanks or give on PayPal www.paypal.com/paypalme/theanalyticchristian Monthly: To become a patron, go to www.patreon.com/theanalyticchristian MERCHANDISE To purchase TAC shirts, mugs, phone cases, and more, go...
The Practical Value of Christian Philosophy for Everyday Life
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The Practical Value of Christian Philosophy for Everyday Life
Want to Learn EPISTEMOLOGY??...START HERE!!
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Want to Learn EPISTEMOLOGY??...START HERE!!
Why This PROTESTANT Believes in Purgatory
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Why This PROTESTANT Believes in Purgatory
Want to Learn Philosophy of Religion??...START HERE!
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Want to Learn Philosophy of Religion??...START HERE!
Want to Learn Philosophy?... START HERE!!
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Want to Learn Philosophy?... START HERE!!
Christian Philosopher Critiques Dr. Craig's Resurrection Argument
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Christian Philosopher Critiques Dr. Craig's Resurrection Argument
3 Philosophical Reasons to REJECT Calvinism
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3 Philosophical Reasons to REJECT Calvinism
SOLVING Divine Command Theory's BIGGEST Challenge
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SOLVING Divine Command Theory's BIGGEST Challenge
What About Those Who Never Hear The Gospel? | 5 Problems For Dr. Craig
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What About Those Who Never Hear The Gospel? | 5 Problems For Dr. Craig
Dr. Craig On Religious Pluralism: His Response Misses The Point
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Dr. Craig On Religious Pluralism: His Response Misses The Point
Critiquing Craig’s Critique of the Evidential Problem of Evil
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Critiquing Craig’s Critique of the Evidential Problem of Evil
Dr. Craig is WRONG| Logical Problem of Evil is NOT Dead
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Dr. Craig is WRONG| Logical Problem of Evil is NOT Dead
A Hell of a Dilemma for Effective Altruists
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A Hell of a Dilemma for Effective Altruists
Why Christians Should Be Effective Altruists
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Why Christians Should Be Effective Altruists
NEW Evidence for GOD You Don't Want to Miss
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NEW Evidence for GOD You Don't Want to Miss
How Trinitarian Processions Affect Your Model of God
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How Trinitarian Processions Affect Your Model of God
Evaluating Dr. Craig's Contingency Argument
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Evaluating Dr. Craig's Contingency Argument

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  • @Truth21a619
    @Truth21a619 День тому

    looks like Jesus is a false prophet according to Mark

  • @_JRA_
    @_JRA_ 2 дні тому

    16:12 😂🎉

  • @modernmoralist
    @modernmoralist 5 днів тому

    Fabulous video!

  • @EricBurke-uu4lw
    @EricBurke-uu4lw 6 днів тому

    You said many words. I completely lost you. Let me put a wager forward, when you have to do cartwheels to prove your point. Is it really a good point?

  • @joshvh8348
    @joshvh8348 7 днів тому

    (1) God cannot err (2) The Bible is the word of God (3) The Bible cannot err This syllogism is "technically" invalid. There's an implicit premise, namely, that "God" and the "word of God" in this context are identical. (3) does not follow. To make the syllogism valid it would have to say something like the following: (1) The word of God cannot err (2) The Bible is the word of God (3) The Bible cannot err Just a petty observation :)

  • @rogersacco4624
    @rogersacco4624 9 днів тому

    If Jesus still has a brain he's in time.😮not outside

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    Worship one God only!

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    Have an open mind. We understand that if you were on the wrong path, it is difficult to accept the truth and instead you will justify your flawed belief in believing Jesus is God. There's only one God. No lesser God. Just one! Believe in what God tells you to believe in!!!

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    Read the books of Apostle Paul. He had declared who Jesus is. Be knowledgeable about the bible. Pray to God Almighty that you seek the truth, in the name/with the help mediation of JesusChrist.

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    God sent Jesus to teach man to know the one true God. Understand that Jesus was sent to make mankind know the one true and God Almighty, has the name YWH, JEHOVA mentioned in the bible.

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    Know the truth that Jesus is not the Almighty God. In your lie of reasoning, if you see Jesus as God, then Virgin Mary, being the mother of God is also God. See the you become polytheism. That means you are engaging in idolatry, by 32:22 having multiple God's. Know the truth! Not many will be saved because you didn't love and worship the one true God that Jesus wanted you to know and believe in. Let Jesus save you!

    • @BellaManguiat
      @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

      Having multiple gods and having half man and half God and human gods, are pagan in origin.

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    God is a spirit and has no material substance. Jesus prayed to God who is greater than him. The devil wants you to see Jesus as God, so that you will not be worshiping the real and true God the Almighty, the God who Jesus, Moses, Jacob, Abraham, and King David prayed to. Don't be deceived by the devil!

  • @BellaManguiat
    @BellaManguiat 11 днів тому

    Fact check: Jesus didn't pray yo himself. Trinity is a concept/theory fabricated by Roman politicians in collaboration with the prevailing church in the 4th century. Do your research to find the truth. The bible teaches us to know God in spirit and in truth. Be saved!

  • @anthonyq2354
    @anthonyq2354 12 днів тому

    Probably the best video on youtube re the parousia. Ive never heard the conditional prophesy argument explained so well. Verses like 1 John 2 it is the final hour...beware of antichrists etc, ive always been a partial preterist but realising we dont think like the apostles did often needs hammering home. In the modern world something either is or is not, we dont like to think of ourselves participating in prophesy.

  • @joecheffo5942
    @joecheffo5942 16 днів тому

    Doesn't the Christian God make morality based on suffering impossible? What does suffering have to do with anything? You just do what God thinks you should do, what does it have to do with evil or suffering. Why is the problem of evil even a problem at all for Christians? It's only a problem from a humanist perspective. Humanist morality is based on limited suffering. Christian morality is based on following God's law, and that has nothing to do with suffering.

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian 16 днів тому

      @@joecheffo5942 I don’t understand your comment. Wouldn’t a perfectly loving God want to prevent the pointless suffering of those he loves? In Christianity, God is still perfectly loving.

  • @scholarlyquotes8390
    @scholarlyquotes8390 18 днів тому

    Ascension after 40 days - 2 Baruch 76:4, 4 Ezra 14:23, 49 cf. Acts 1:3. Romulus ascended to heaven in a cloud like Jesus in Acts 1:9 as attested in Ovid Metamorphosis 14.805-28, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.56.2 and Livy 1.16. More parallels with Romulus. Romulus received "worship" προσκυνέω (proskynesis) and his followers "rejoice" directly after his Ascension: "during which the multitude dispersed and fled, but the nobles gathered closely together; and when the storm had ceased, and the sun shone out, and the multitude, now gathered together again in the same place as before, anxiously sought for their king, the nobles would not suffer them to inquire into his disappearance nor busy themselves about it, but exhorted them all to honour and revere Romulus, since he had been caught up into heaven*, and was to be a benevolent god for them instead of a good king.* The multitude, accordingly, believing this and rejoicing (χαίροντας) in it, went away to worship (προσκυνοῦντας) him with good hopes of his favour; but there were some, it is said, who tested the matter in a bitter and hostile spirit, and confounded the patricians with the accusation of imposing a silly tale upon the people, and of being themselves the murderers of the king." - Plutarch Rom. 27.8 just like Jesus in Lk. 24:51-52: "While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Then they worshiped (προσκυνήσαντες) him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy (χαρᾶς)." Compare Romulus' great commission speech: "And the shrewd device of one man is also said to have gained new credit for the story. This was Proculus Julius, who, when the people were distracted with the loss of their king and in no friendly mood towards the senate, being, as tradition tells, weighty in council, were the matter never so important, addressed the assembly as follows: “Quirites, the Father of this City, Romulus, descended suddenly from the sky at dawn this morning and appeared to me. Covered with confusion, I stood reverently before him, praying that it might be vouchsafed me to look upon his face without sin. 'Go,' said he, 'and declare to the Romans the will of Heaven that my Rome shall be the capital of the world; so let them cherish the art of war, and let them know and teach their children that no human strength can resist Roman arms.' So saying,” he concluded, “Romulus departed on high.” It is wonderful what credence the people placed in that man's tale, and how the grief for the loss of Romulus, which the plebeians and the army felt, was quieted by the assurance of his immortality." - Livy 1.16.6-7 to Jesus' commission in Mt. 28:16-20: "Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

  • @scholarlyquotes8390
    @scholarlyquotes8390 18 днів тому

    _"In light of numerous legendary stories about disappearing bodies in antiquity, such as the ascensions of Enoch (Gen. 5.24; Heb. 11.5; 1 En. 70.1-3; 3 En. 6.1; 7.1) and Elijah (2 Kgs 2.11-12, 15-18; Josephus, Ant. 9.28), the disappearance of Moses (Josephus, Ant. 4.323-326), the unsuccessful search for the bodies of Job’s children (T. Job 39.8-40.4), the assumptions of Ezra (4 Ezra 14.9, 48 Syr) and Baruch (2 Bar. 76.1-5), and the disappearances of Romulus (Ovid, Metam. 14.805-851; Plutarch, Rom. 27.7-28.3), Aristeas of Proconnesus (Plutarch, Rom. 28.4; Herodotus, Hist. 4.14-15), and Cleomedes of Astypaleia (Plutarch, Rom. 28.4-5; Pausanias, Descr. 6.9.6-9), the possibility that Mark’s account could be a Christian legend cannot be easily dismissed. While many of these stories concern persons from the distant past or legendary figures, the Dialogues of Gregory the Great (540-640) contain an account about Gregory’s contemporary, a Roman craftsman, who died and was buried in the Church of St Januarius the Martyr. Gregory reports that on the first night after the burial the sacristan heard loud shouting from the burial place. When the dead men’s friends opened the grave, they found his clothes untouched but his body disappeared (Dial. 4.56). Pope Gregory assumes the accuracy of this story and even adds that anyone interested to check its veracity could do so, either by speaking with the witnesses or by examining the site of the burial. This is not just a medieval tale that could be simply brushed away. Matthew’s accounts of the resurrected saints who exited their graves and appeared in Jerusalem after Jesus’ resurrection (Mt. 27.52-53) or the guard at Jesus’ tomb (Mt. 27.62-66; 28.4, 11-15) show that early Christians were capable of inventing stories for theological and apologetic purposes."_ - Lidija Novakovic, Resurrection A Guide for the Perplexed, p. 138 _"The seventh argument impresses me as even more formidable. It will give skeptics some assurance. Some will indeed find it all by itself enough to brand Mark 16 and its parallels as probable fiction. Not only have people constructed fables about missing bodies, but the Greek and Roman legends, added together, establish that, before and after the turn of the era, a missing body was a not uncommon topos for gods and heroes in the Mediterranean world. Some of those myths, moreover, appear in the historiographical literature, where they are presented as worthy of belief. This undeniable fact merits much pondering."_ - Dale Allison, The Resurrection of Jesus Apologetics, Polemics, History p. 140 Compare Mark 16:6 "He is not here. See the place where they laid him." And Luke 24:3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. To Gen. 5:24 LXX "And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him." Hebrews 11:5 "By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” Philo Questions and Answers on Genesis 1.86 'What is the meaning of the expression, "He was not found because God translated him?" (#Ge 5:24). In the first place, the end of virtuous and holy men is not death but a translation and migration, and an approach to some other place of abode.' A search party is sent for Elijah in 2 Kings 2:16-17 but they do not find him. "And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him." "This passage from the novel Chaereas and Callirhoe, written by the Greek author Chariton of Aphrodisias sometime in the first half of the first century ce, describes the discovery of an empty tomb and illustrates how such a discovery would be interpreted....But Chaereas does not know Callirhoe is alive, so the religious conclusions he draws from the missing body are very important. In fact, Sjef van Tilborg has recently observed that this 'is a text which prototypically determines how . . . the disappearance of a body from a grave was interpreted religiously.'...The similarities between this story and the empty tomb stories in the canonical Gospels are immediately striking: an early morning visit to the tomb, a stone moved away from the mouth of the tomb, a reaction of fear, a hesitant entry, an unsuccessful search for the body, and a reason given for its absence.... In the Gospels, the reader is led to the conclusion that God has raised Jesus from the dead-led, of course, by Jesus’ own predictions and by the interpretive help of those encountered at the tomb. In Chariton’s novel, the conclusion is “assumption,” the bodily removal of a human being (living or dead) directly into the divine realm, as (or at) the end of that person’s earthly life." - Daniel Smith, Revisiting the Empty Tomb, pg. 47-48 Since there is no verifiable independent witness of the empty tomb (all gospels follow the same basic burial sequence and discovery that derives from the Markan narrative), it's just as likely that the gospels would be employing the theme of the "miraculous missing body" as it is that they are reporting a historical fact. Thus, the story by itself is not sufficient to serve as evidence for its own historicity.

  • @resurrectionnerd
    @resurrectionnerd 18 днів тому

    Here's an argument Mike cannot refute. The only way to verify a resurrection actually took place is by actually seeing the resurrected person. So the appearances need to be shown to have actually been empirically verified encounters with a formerly dead body that everyone could see and touch. If the nature of the appearances ends up being ambiguous, then Mike's case has failed. Paul's testimony is the earliest and only account we have written by someone who claims to have seen Jesus firsthand. He is also the only person in the entire New Testament who claims to have met Peter and James. This makes his testimony more important than anyone else's in the New Testament because if they actually inspected an empty tomb, touched the Risen Jesus or watched him physically ascend to heaven then they surely would have told Paul that! These details are conspicuous in their absence given the context of convincing the doubting Corinthians in 1 Cor 15:12-20 and would also have been helpful in explaining the type of body - v. 35. Paul only speaks of seeing/experiencing Jesus in 1 Cor 9:1, Gal. 1:16, and 1 Cor 15:8. Now the verb used in 1 Cor 15:5-8 is ophthe which was the same verb used in the Septuagint for when God "appeared" to the Patriarchs in non-physical ways - making the term ambiguous. 1 Cor 9:1 is just a form of horao but he doesn't describe what he saw and so it's ambiguous. Gal. 1:16 refers to a revelatory experience so that's ambiguous as well. So I will argue on the basis of the evidence, Paul's testimony is ambiguous and precludes any apologist from claiming it is more probable that Paul was referring to normal sensory experiences. 1. The testimony of 1 Cor 9:1, Gal. 1:16, and 1 Cor 15:5-8 is either evidence of really seeing Jesus or it isn't. 2. In order to be considered evidence of really seeing Jesus, the testimony of 1 Cor 9:1, Gal. 1:16, and 1 Cor 15:5-8 cannot be ambiguous. 3. The testimony of 1 Cor 9:1, Gal. 1:16, and 1 Cor 15:5-8 *is* ambiguous. 4. Therefore, the testimony of 1 Cor 9:1, Gal. 1:16 and 1 Cor 15:5-8 is not evidence of really seeing Jesus. Since the burden of proof is on the one claiming it is more probable these were veridical sightings of a resurrected person, but the evidence from the earliest and only firsthand testimony is ambiguous, then the case for the resurrection fails to be convincing to a neutral/objective observer. Any attempt to read in the later gospel narratives is a tacit admission that the earliest source is ambiguous/insufficient. Appealing to the gospels doesn't work anyway because once you compare the stories in chronological order, it's apparent they all exhibit signs of legendary growth. So that causes problems for historicity of the narratives.

  • @dboulos7
    @dboulos7 18 днів тому

    Biggest plague and heresy in Christianity is calling Jesus divine. I've never heard such rabbit-trail hermeneutics ever, for any other Christian tenet. I've never heard such utterly demented and defamatory conclusions drawn, especially from such irresponsible and incompetent exegetics. There is no such thing as a god-man - two entirely incompatible ontologies. And no one is saved by a god-man, as God did not die in order to obey and placate Himself, and then raise Himself from the grave - utterly devilish.

  • @LBoomsky
    @LBoomsky 18 днів тому

    1:02:23 cuz particles started at a point in time its almost like they arnt minds with wills but they are made with intent from a mind by utilizing their will

  • @joelturnbull4038
    @joelturnbull4038 18 днів тому

    I remember when I was a young boy, and I was learning in school about how to read and write, something my teacher told me bothered me a bit when I read the Bible. I had been told that whenever quotation marks are used, what is within those quotation marks must be a verbatim record of what someone said. Then, when I looked at the Bible, I thought that there were some issues with that. For example, people quoting people who had lived a long time before them. I wondered how they could be so confident that they had all of the words exactly right. It took a long time for me to unlearn display of reading the Bible.

  • @seanpierce9386
    @seanpierce9386 19 днів тому

    I wholeheartedly agree with understanding the Bible in its historical context, warts and all. However, with regard to Biblical inspiration, we run into the problem of Divine Hiddenness: Why would God use errant means to produce an inerrant message? After all, if we cannot trust the Bible authors to get small details right, we also cannot trust the bug details. In particular, there are a lot of contradictions in the story of the women at the tomb and ensuing events. The other appearances are not corroborated between gospels. This is the only information we have about the resurrection itself. I am left to conclude that whatever happened after Jesus’s death, it is not discernible from the evidence we have available. If you wish to believe Jesus resurrected, do so knowing that it is an assumption made prior to looking at any evidence.

    • @LinebackerTuba
      @LinebackerTuba 18 днів тому

      A few of leaps in logic here: 1) Getting a small detail wrong does not imply big details can't be trusted. Not agreeing who was at the tomb and when, does not overturn evidence that an empty tomb was reported. For example, if two people saw a car crash and said the colors of the cars were different, that doesn't mean a car crash didn't happen. 2) You conclude that what happens after Jesus's death is not discernible from the evidence, but this is only a very small part of the evidence. As Mike said, Habermas doesn't even use this in his case for the resurrection most of the time. 3) Lastly, your post is referencing evidence, so believing the resurrection is obviously not an assumption prior to looking at "any" evidence. At worst, it would be putting too much stock in weak evidence.

    • @seanpierce9386
      @seanpierce9386 18 днів тому

      @@LinebackerTuba Thanks for the feedback. Please let me clarify what I meant. 1) Certainly, there can be incorrect details in a correct story. But there is a point at which it becomes impossible to know what actually happened, especially if we have no corroboration from a sufficiently different source. These contradictions in central story elements are strange for authors that knew each other’s works. It makes us reconsider whether this story was invented by the process of oral attestation, which tends to produce various competing versions of a similar-sounding story. Notably, the appearances don’t appear in proto-Mark and we don’t know if it had a substantially different ending. 2) I was referring to the whole story. Sorry if this was unclear from “ensuing events” since those events change depending on the version. 3) You’re absolutely right. I was thinking subconsciously about how most Christians simply accept what they’re told and don’t actively look for evidence, only post-hoc justification for a specific doctrine. But it was incorrect for me to say they didn’t start with some evidence: The Bible itself.

    • @kushalaaa
      @kushalaaa 18 днів тому

      @@seanpierce9386 Your thought process seems very logical to me and you seem like a thoughtful person, could I ask about your belief? Just asking out of interest.

    • @seanpierce9386
      @seanpierce9386 18 днів тому

      @@kushalaaa I’m an ex-Christian. I used to be an evangelical creationist, but I went through a long period where I was unsure what doctrine I believed. I never wanted to deconvert, but it became more evident the deeper I dug.

    • @kushalaaa
      @kushalaaa 18 днів тому

      @@seanpierce9386 I see. So your conclusion led you to leave Christianity. I assume you're still a theist, have you had a look at the Qur'an? You will without a doubt find it can only be from God. I decided to talk to you since God mentioned a group of people with qualities which I find to be in you in the Qur'an: "You will surely find the most bitter towards the believers to be the Jews and polytheists and the most gracious to be those who call themselves Christian. That is because there are priests and monks among them and because they are not arrogant." [Quran 5: 82] Thank you for responding and If you want to discuss further, I'm more than glad to!

  • @iansmith9103
    @iansmith9103 19 днів тому

    I studied under Dr. Rota, and I will say you absolutely crushed explaining his arguments! Thanks so much for these helpful and insightful videos🙏🏼

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian 19 днів тому

      @@iansmith9103 wow! Thank you for the feedback. I’m curious. Did he ever link my videos in his lecture notes or anything? Some other professors have done that when using his book in a philosophy of religion class.

  • @mr_kev
    @mr_kev 20 днів тому

    50% chance of saving your friend will live if you were willing to believe lord ram 😅😅 so hinduism is what you should go for because you shouldnt be a bad person.. but if we are talking about the better religion in which one religion that has an faction that diddles kids or ones who kill in the name of their religion sounds like the good one because youre saving your friends life..

  • @HarryNicNicholas
    @HarryNicNicholas 21 день тому

    if you're making the universe and you're making the inhabitants, why do you need to fine tune? "gosh, i forgot the add oxygen, oh, never mind, i'll make them breath hydrogen instead" whose laws of physics is god following?

  • @blakerice7928
    @blakerice7928 21 день тому

    What are some good responses to the divine deceiver objection?

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian 21 день тому

      @@blakerice7928 what exactly do you have in mind? What is the objection?

    • @blakerice7928
      @blakerice7928 21 день тому

      @@TheAnalyticChristian hey! Thanks for the reply! Dr. Mooney mentions the problem of "divine deception" at 8:33. Really from 8:00-10:30. In the conversation, Dr. Mooney is responding to Dr. Craig's video which argues that we are not in a position to make a judgment on evil since God could have morally sufficient reasons to permit such acts. Dr. Mooney brings up that a common objection to this is say that, if we are in no position to say if whether or not God has a sufficient reason to permit great evils, then we must also say that God could have sufficient reasons to lie and deceive us. What are some responses to this view? Are there reasons to think that God would have reasons to permit evil but not have reason to lie and deceive? Is there an asymmetry?

    • @blakerice7928
      @blakerice7928 21 день тому

      @@TheAnalyticChristian hello! Thanks for the response. I am referring to 8:33 where Dr. Mooney brings up the problem of "divine deception." If the theist says they are not in a position to judge why God may permit evil in the world, could it not be that God equally has sufficient reasons to lie to his creation? About anything. Full section is about 8:00 - 10:30

    • @blakerice7928
      @blakerice7928 16 днів тому

      @@TheAnalyticChristian @TheAnalyticChristian hello! Thanks for the response. I am referring to 8:33 where Dr. Mooney brings up the problem of "divine deception." If the theist says they are not in a position to judge why God may permit evil in the world, could it not be that God equally has sufficient reasons to lie to his creation? About anything. Full section is about 8:00 - 10:30

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian 16 днів тому

      @@blakerice7928 I think Perry Hendricks gives a good response in his interview on the Majesty of Reason. Check it out. The link is timestamped so it should start at the 1:21:00 mark where the section on Divine Deception starts. ua-cam.com/video/DDqi5U44f7E/v-deo.html&si=YR3THfHUTsuhUxy4

  • @zacdredge3859
    @zacdredge3859 23 дні тому

    Leftow's summary of Swinburne's position sounds like a brazen strawman. Richard doesn't claim the Trinity is distinguished by function primarily but that by sharing in the same divine essence(particularly omniscience and ultimate goodness) the persons of the trinity invariably operate in perfect harmony, as for any of them to do otherwise would constitute a deficit in one or more of the persons. Any alternate resolution seems to imply some sort of latency or distance in their respective knowledge and will which creates real separation and is therefore no longer a trinitarian view.

  • @theautodidacticlayman
    @theautodidacticlayman 23 дні тому

    THIS IS SO CRAZY!! I just said something like this on a post from CC, but I also put a comment under one of Trent Horn’s videos a while ago asking why John 3:16 became the summary of what the Gospel is. I visited Italy back in February and visited the basilicas of Paul and Francis and several other historical sites like the Museum in Florence where the statue of David is… and I saw Jesus on the cross everywhere, but I never saw any depictions of Jesus as King… and I got this weird feeling like that imagery was used to suppress people, while seeing Jesus as King actually seems to elevate people and bring hope. Wild thing.

    • @msrhuby
      @msrhuby 4 дні тому

      I shared your comment on Facebook, and this video. We need to work together to straighten out the deceptions. Thanks!

  • @Nordestada
    @Nordestada 24 дні тому

    There is no room for philosophy in Bible truth or Christianity. It just doesn't work. Open Theism is indeed a product of philosophy where you create a god based on perception.

    • @4jchan
      @4jchan 16 днів тому

      So there is no room for epistemology and ethics in Christianity?

  • @Christs_Apologet
    @Christs_Apologet 26 днів тому

    Found you to have the same view of the bible regarding this subject as me, great content.

  • @lonelyguyofficial8335
    @lonelyguyofficial8335 26 днів тому

    Hey, how about we say Jesus is divine and human, and his one will is also divine and human? One Son of God, divine and human, with one divine and human will? No two sons worry, no denial of the incarnation worry. Sounds good?

  • @chrisworthman3191
    @chrisworthman3191 27 днів тому

    Believing stories made up by superstitious savages that didn't know where the sun went at night is self defeating.

  • @azrael516
    @azrael516 27 днів тому

    Are these scholars preterists??

  • @Dizerner
    @Dizerner 29 днів тому

    Jesus being the Messiah has to go along with an explanation of why we need a Messiah, what the Messiah does for us, or it is meaningless. God is King without the Gospel, God is King if he never came to be punished for our sins to deliver us from his wrath, King is not equal to Gospel, WRONG.

  • @josephalvinalmedatv8
    @josephalvinalmedatv8 Місяць тому

    Any type of limiting Gods knowledge of all things is heresy. Proof is fulfilled prophesies in the OT. How can God know some and not all is absurd. A system to accommodate pagan libertarian freewill philosophy and decrease Sovereignty in the spectrum is heresy and human philosophy.

  • @FatBug12
    @FatBug12 Місяць тому

    I reject your premise 1.

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian Місяць тому

      That’s the premise that says, “If Christianity has a least a 50% chance of being true, it is rational to commit to living a Christian life.” Why do you reject that premise?

    • @FatBug12
      @FatBug12 Місяць тому

      @@TheAnalyticChristian can't rely on a premise that begins with an If.

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian Місяць тому

      @@FatBug12 ok, here’s an argument with a premise that starts with an “if”. Tell me if you reject premise 1 and the rest of argument as well. 1. If Jordan lives in Kentucky, then Jordan lives in the United States. 2. Jordan lives in Kentucky. So, 3. Jordan lives in the United States. Note, I do in fact live in Kentucky.

    • @FatBug12
      @FatBug12 Місяць тому

      @TheAnalyticChristian it is wrong. You don't need an if in it. 1. Jordan lives in Kentucky 2. Kentucky is in Canada. 3.Jordan lives in Canada. This is the right way. You premise in Christianity is wrong because it requires to assume that Christianity has a 50% chance of being right. But it doesn't. Furthermore I reject that if it's true then it's better to live a Christian life. Because you can waste your life for praying and worshipping God ( who is not good ) only to find out that you are wrong. And Muslims are right.

  • @vitaglyph
    @vitaglyph Місяць тому

    Related video: ua-cam.com/video/ftU1w5GbE4Y/v-deo.html

  • @yadurajdas532
    @yadurajdas532 Місяць тому

    the idea that the evolutionary process is unguided by blind forces is funny to me. There is not explanation what so ever as to what physical systems makes our experience of reality happen Allow me to point out to the fact that from the physical physic-chemical perspective there is not experience (it is taken as a given by materialist scientists, however dined as such by materialism) So yes… it is true that we observed there is thrived for survival in nature and effort to avoid pain ( surprisingly at times, a trade of survival for the avoidance of pain ) So again… there is not a coherent let alone complete explanation by unguided evolution as to why there exists something called pain and pleasure and much less how those are synchronise with survival out comes. It seems more as if we were pleasure seeking entities rather than survival hunkers. And pleasure is used in the whole phenomenological enterprise as a tool to survive. There for… Unguided evolution, is incoherent from its core, lacks explanatory power( therefore useless ), and is none parsimonious

  • @josephmalkon9878
    @josephmalkon9878 Місяць тому

    First you need to ask the question why is there suffering ? If its original sin then we need to be really pissed of at Adam and Eve !

  • @newtonfinn164
    @newtonfinn164 Місяць тому

    Why, I wonder, didn't Jesus preach the Gospel instead of announcing the coming of the kingdom of God? He declares the forgiveness of sins long before he's put to death. That old line about the religion of Jesus being at odds with the religion about him seems truer than ever.

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian Місяць тому

      @@newtonfinn164 Jesus preached the kingdom of God because God came as king in Jesus. If anything this gospel makes perfect sense of why Jesus preached the kingdom of God.

  • @theduckking6854
    @theduckking6854 Місяць тому

    I have been looking for a video like this. You two did a really good job.

  • @nikloff1815
    @nikloff1815 Місяць тому

    Well I’m relieved that everything is now clear. 😂

  • @georgemathai8439
    @georgemathai8439 Місяць тому

    Too many commercials

  • @alanrhoda228
    @alanrhoda228 Місяць тому

    I like this. It fits very well with a Christus Victor view of the atonement and a corporate view of election. To be saved is to be "in Christ", the eternal King who has conquered sin, death, and the devil.

  • @TheOverlapLifewithTimBarber
    @TheOverlapLifewithTimBarber Місяць тому

    LOVE THIS. Excellent content. Just got Why the Gospel a week ago

  • @minorsingingairhead
    @minorsingingairhead Місяць тому

    A perversion of the Gospel.

    • @TheAnalyticChristian
      @TheAnalyticChristian Місяць тому

      @@minorsingingairhead really? What was the perversion exactly?

    • @minorsingingairhead
      @minorsingingairhead Місяць тому

      @@TheAnalyticChristian Sorry, I jumped the gun there. In this video, Bates does not talk about the heretical stuff in this video. I have no particular issue with what he says here, but in his writings...: - He argues that instead of "faith alone," Christians should speak of "salvation by allegiance alone" to Jesus as King. - He contends that works are "integral to final salvation" and that allegiance to Jesus as King involves ongoing good works. - He argues that "salvation requires the performance of concrete works (deeds) in loyal submission to Jesus as the king". - He defines saving faith as "ongoing allegiance" to Jesus that includes obedience and good works. - He argues that "pistis" (faith) in passages about salvation should be understood as allegiance that includes works, not just mental belief. - He explicitly rejects the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith alone, advocating instead for a view of salvation that requires ongoing allegiance and good works. In these vital regards, Bates' theology is just another version of Catholicism. But I do admit, his overall presentation of the gospel sounds inspiring, and it is definitely much more attractive than the generic gospel of "believe in Jesus now, and go to heaven when you die".

    • @Dizerner
      @Dizerner 29 днів тому

      @@minorsingingairhead Sounds like an NT Wright clone.

  • @tbuitendyk
    @tbuitendyk Місяць тому

    1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  • @modernmoralist
    @modernmoralist Місяць тому

    Commenting to boost the reach of your videos!

  • @sparkyy0007
    @sparkyy0007 Місяць тому

    God exists. God is omnipotent and benevolent. As forced will is tyranical and malevolent, God gave us free will to rebel against him. Evil is rebellion against Gods laws. Evil doesn't exist under naturalism, only under God.