William Lane Craig vs Bart Ehrman 4/12

A debate on the historicity of Jesus' Resurrection between the prominent Christian philosopher and apologist William Lane Craig and the prominent New Testament historian Bart D. Ehrman.

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[tmat04]

@thesparitan

You're right. I watched the video: "Failure By Divine Design," by ProfMTH. And in this video ProfMTH stated it has been widely reported that William Lane Craig said if he was to spend weeks in front of Jesus' Tomb and witnessing his body decaying, "Craig would still believe Jesus arose from the dead." This is the kind of mind we are dealing with in William Lane Graig and other Christian Apologists. Minds that are impervious to proper reasoning.

[tmat04]

@GrizzleBitBabyHead

"Ehrman sounds like and angry historian who hates miracles."

Question: Where is the evidence to support resurrection or other claims of miracles the bible speaks of?

[thesparitan]

@tmat04 I totally agree. I mean he keeps on talking about how he is this great well know, influential philosopher who is active in the scholarly papers, but if you look at his citations he is actually rather pathetic. No one in the relevant fields takes him seriously and any one can see why because he is a propagandist, not an intellectual.

[tmat04]

@thesparitan

I really don't see why anyone would waste his precious time debating William Lane Craig. This man ignores all the compelling evidence against his religious belief, preferring to have faith in things that are Non-Existent. And he is incorrigible. So, why would I waste my time?

[GrizzleBitBabyHead]

I find Ehrman to be much more logically sound in this one than the last one. Jesus being raised from the dead is a faith based issue. We know the tomb was empty but we debate on how it got that way. A first century Laura Croft is highly unlikely due to the roman guard post at the tomb. These soldiers would have been put to death for abandoning their post. If I'm a roman guard I'm definitely slashing anyone who comes near that tomb. Ehrman sounds like an angry historian who hates miracles.

[Hannodb1961]

@thesparitan What makes you think there are no more miracles? You just need to read the material from brother Andrew of Open Doors. God uses miracles to demonstrate his supremacy in areas where He was never known before, or to protect people who spread the gospel from dangerous situations, exactly as it happened in the bible.

[thesparitan]

@tmat04 Cool. I am glad I got it right.

[tmat04]

@thesparitan

Yes, I am!

[thesparitan]

@tmat04 Are you a deist?