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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...
defeasibility of christian belief, empty tomb, resurrection, resurrection of jesus, truth
Resurrection Appearances in the Longer Ending of Mark
Dr. Craig, I am Brazilian and doing research on the historical Jesus found some articles written by you. I confess that I was surprised with the gift that God gave you to explain and argue about Christ. The reason of writing it is in respect of a doubt that i...
authority of scripture, gospel of mark, historical reliability of scripture, historicity of the new testament, resurrection
Why Christianity rather than Judaism or Islam?
Hello Dr. Craig, I have always wondered about your claim that Christianity is the only true religion (based on historical evidence as you say). But how can you be so sure when Islamic and Jewish scholars claim the same claim? As a former atheist and now an a...
concept of god, evidence, historical, historical jesus, islam, judaism
Is my Argument for Jesus’ Resurrection Question-Begging?
Dr. Craig, Firstly, thank you for all that you do for the Kingdom. Your work has been a great encouragement to me since I came to faith in Christ a few years ago. Recently, in the March issue of the popular philosophy journal 'Think', Raphael Lataste...
apologetics, arguments for gods existence, question-begging, resurrection, science v theology
What Was Herod Thinking?
Dear Dr. Craig, In his debate with you and, on pp. 175 & 211 in his book "Jesus is Dead," Dr. Robert Price argues that the notion of resurrections are likely not all that unexpected in 2nd Temple Judaism and/or totally absent from the 1st century Jewish w...
jewish beliefs in the resurrection, judaism, post-mortem appearances, resurrection, resurrection of jesus
Discounting Historical Jesus Scholarship
Dear Dr. Craig, first and foremost I want to thank for your work in name of christianity. I really enjoy watching your debates and reading your books. Now to my question - it is about NT scholarship. In your argument about the resurrection of Jesus you say,...
atheism, historical jesus, historicity of the new testament, jesus christ, resurrection
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
How Do We Know Jesus Was Raised From the Dead?
Dr. Craig speaks to students on the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus at InterHigh Fellowship in Berkeley for RISE Youth Ministry. Includes Q&A from the audience. Transcript When the pastor asked me to speak to RISE on the resurrection of Jesus, I s...
Witness of the Holy Spirit and Defeasibility of Christian Belief
Dear Dr Craig I think that I have found quite a major contradiction in your beliefs as a christian. Here it is You say many times that how you know christianity is true is through the witness of the holy spirit; this implies that it can't be disproved a...
christian belief, counterfactuals, defeasibility of christian belief, holy spirit, resurrection
The Doctrine of Christ (part 18)
Final Doctrine of Christ podcast.
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Children in Heaven?
Dear Dr. Craig, I hope this message finds you well. I have been deeply influenced by your work in philosophy and theology. I have a question regarding the state of infants in the resurrection, particularly in relation to the assumption of infant salvation. Wh...
Is There Consciousness after Death?
Dear William, Firstly, a big thanks to you for grappling with all sorts of challenging questions and for the help you have provided to many people (including myself) to overcome what the writer of the Hebrews calls the "evil heart of unbelief". My question i...
death, heaven, jewish beliefs in the resurrection, resurrection, self-consciousness
Russian Collusion
Dear Dr. Craig, I am an atheist but with great interest in philosophical and existential questions, and I find your work incomparable in this regard among present-day writers and thinkers, on either side of the isle (or multiple isles). One challenge you like...
atheism, conspiracy theories, resurrection, resurrection of jesus
Are We Justified in Inferring Jesus’ Resurrection?
Dear Dr. Craig, I am an earnest seeker. I have become convinced by philosophers like Thomas Nagel, Edward Feser, John Searle, and Raymond Tallis, that the mainstream materialistic-cum-mechanistic understanding of the world is false (oddly enough, most of thes...
agnosticism, belief in god, miracles, philosophical materialism, postmortem appearances, resurrection
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