Mike Licona vs Richard Carrier Debate: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

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This was a great debate. Although I disagree with Richard Carrier, I think he is a good debater and better than Dan Barker. Fortunately, Carrier was facing off with Mike Licona who could more than challenge him on his on ground. I was particularly upset when Carrier tried to argue that Paul did not believe in a bodily resurrection while 1 Corinthians 15 plainly and says he did believe in  bodily resurrection. Another argument Carrier advanced was that the Bible says that Jesus appeared post resurrection to only a hand full of people. However, this is not true.  In the same passage, Paul tells us that 500 people saw Jesus at once and many of them were still alive while he was writing 1 Corinthians 15: 3-8:

 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: 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. After 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, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.