This is a special bonus post in my Comparing Religions series... I originally wrote it as a section of the post about evidence of fraud, but it seemed to work better thematically as its own post. Unfulfilled Prophecies Another point … Continue reading
The next questions are best considered together: 8. Did the main witnesses benefit materially from their testimony, or did they suffer for it? 9. Is there significant evidence of fraud among the originators of the religion? Jesus preached a message … Continue reading
Recently in this series we have been looking at the historical documentation of supernatural claims. For our next question, we will examine whether these events could have occurred naturally: 7. What are the odds that the purported supernatural events could … Continue reading
"If you think God just exists without a cause, why can't the Universe just exist without a cause?" There are several different problems with this commonly heard response. One is that it fails to be responsive to the nature of … Continue reading
6. How long was it between the time when the supposed supernatural events took place, and when they were first written down (in a document that has had copies of it preserved). Is it early enough to suggest the text … Continue reading
