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Would Finding Jesus’ Corpse Falsify Christianity?

Dr. Craig, my question has two parts. First, would agree that if the body of Christ were to be found that this would give good reason to think Christianity is false? Assuming of course that we could know that the body was in fact Christ's body. This seems...

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Excavating the Tomb of Jesus

Hello Dr. Craig, Today I stumbled upon a few online articles that reported that the stone the Jesus was laid upon after his burial was found. This stone was released from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. National Geographic reported that they ca...

archaeology, empty tomb, historical jesus

Grounds for Scepticism concerning Jesus’ Burial and Empty Tomb

Dr. Craig, In your debates on the Resurrection, you often present four facts that the majority of New Testament scholars support, namely the honorable burial, the discovery of the empty tomb by women, the post-Resurrection appearances, and the disciples' ...

atheism, burial, empty tomb, gospels, historical jesus, john dominic crossan

Evidence That Jesus Rose From The Dead - "Is Faith in God Reasonable?"

Description: On February 1st, 2013 at Purdue University, Dr William Lane Craig participated in a debate with Dr Alex Rosenberg on the topic, "Is Faith In God Reasonable?" Over 5,000 people watched the event on the Purdue University campus along with tens of th...

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Local Knowledge of Jesus’ Empty Tomb

Greetings Dr. Craig! I read some of your articles addressing the resurrection of Jesus and wanted to thank you first of all for your great work and effort. Yet I noticed that - at least in the works I read - a specific argument was seemed not to be addressed...

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If Jesus’ Resurrection Was Historical, Why Not More Jewish Conversions?

Dear Dr. Craig, As a Jewish person from Israel who has read the New Testament and developed a sincere interest in the historical claims of Christianity, I am writing to you after having watched many of your lectures and debates, as well as those of Dr. Gary H...

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Goff, Allison, and Jesus’ Resurrection

Dear Dr Craig, I enjoyed your recent dialogue with Philip Goff on Goff's apparently heretical view of God on the  Justin Brierley's (The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God) Podcast. During the dialogue, Goff brought about a quote from Dale...

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Jewish Reservations about Jesus

Dear Dr. Craig, I'm a big admirer of your work as a philosopher, theologian and New Testament scholar, and thank God for the work you continue to do in providing a case for our "reasonable faith". Thanks to the work of Christian philosophers like you, I&#...

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Ehrman’s Objections to the Women’s Discovery of the Empty Tomb

Dear Dr. Craig, Your answer to Q and A #676 about the conspiracy theory and your excellent refutation of that outdated theory got me thinking about another issue. It pertains to the case for the historicity of the empty tomb. One of the powerful pieces of ev...

a posteriori experience, criterion of embarrassment, criterion of multiple attestation, criterion of verisimilitude, ehrman, bart, empty tomb

Shall We Resurrect the Conspiracy Theory?

Dear Dr Craig, I am a huge admirer of your work, and I have been for quite a few years. I will always be very grateful to you for all that you do. For about ten years or so, I was convinced that Jesus had risen from the dead, and that his resurrection wasn&#...

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