I found another debate Anthony Flew (right) was in before he became a theist. He debated Dr. Gary Habermas (left) in 2003 at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This was more of a discussion that a debate. It looked like as if Anthony Flew was given a chance to ask his own questions about Jesus' Resurrection and have them answered by Habermas. It's very informative.
Gary Habermas pointed out that the Resurrection is a more probable explanation of Jesus' post-crucifixion appearances than multiole groups of people sharing a vision of seeing Jesus because we don't have any examples of multiple people sharing the same vision.
We don't have ANY examples of somebody being raised from the dead.
ReplyDeleteActually, I'm sure you could find an example of 10,000 people who all are certain they saw a touchdown that was all in their head....
Not one person in history has ever named himself as having seen a flesh-and-bone resurrected Jesus.
Paul says flat out that Jesus became a spirit.
And the early Christian converts he was writing to were scoffing at the whole idea of their god choosing to raise corpses.
I have a debate on the resurrection at Debate
Steven Carr, thanks for your comments. Did you see the debate?
ReplyDelete1. Jesus is the first and only person to be resurrected from the dead.
2. Read 1 Corinthians 15:3-7
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
3. Name an early Christian converts who scoffed at the idea of God raising Jesus from the dead. This is why Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthians to make sure they knew Jesus was raised.
4. Where does it say that Paul said he saw Jesus as a spirit? I want chapter and verse.
5. Jesus was seen in a body of flesh and blood after the resurrection!
6. I will look at the link you provided.
Read my response to Steve Carr at http://mmcelhaney.blogspot.com/2009/05/answering-steven-carrs-objections.html
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ReplyDeleteThe links above are wrong. Please use Answering Steven Carr's Objections
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