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Apologetics 315: Gary Habermas vs. Arif Ahmed Debate MP3 Audio

Brian Auten has a gain provided a valuable debate. In this one Gary Habermas again defends the resurrection. I'm begging to grow . I thought that it was weakness when Christian debates do not defend scripture when scripture is not the subject of the debate. Ahmed seemed to bait Habermas into trying to defend miracles in the Bible instead of really trying to stick to explaining why the Resurrection makes no sense. Hebermas debated well. I like him. I think his point is good: you can't just throw out an explanation just because it's not likely to you. Brian also pointed to a link containing videos of the debate. I can't easily stream them so I will just copy the links into this post.

• Debate at Cambridge University  NEW!
  Sponsored by the Inter-Collegiate Christian Union
  Motion: The House Believes That Jesus Rose Bodily From the Dead
  For The Motion: Dr. Gary Habermas
  Opposing the Motion: Dr. Arif Ahmed
  Held March 13, 2008
  PART I (5 MB) :|: PART II (5 MB) :|: PART III (5 MB)
  PART IV (5 MB) :|: PART V (5 MB) :|: PART VI (5 MB)
  PART VII (5 MB) :|: PART VIII (5 MB) :|: PART IX (5 MB)
   
   

Apologetics 315: Gary Habermas vs. Arif Ahmed Debate MP3 Audio

Egyptology News: Evidence for the Ten Plagues of Egypt at time of Ramesses II

I read a great article giving natural explanations for the 10 plagues leading to Israel's Exodus out of Egypt.

The Telegraph (Richard Gray)

Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based.

But rather than explaining them as the wrathful act of a vengeful God, the scientists claim the plagues can be attributed to a chain of natural phenomena triggered by changes in the climate and environmental disasters that happened hundreds of miles away.

They have compiled compelling evidence that offers new explanations for the Biblical plagues, which will be outlined in a new series to be broadcast on the National Geographical Channel on Easter Sunday.

Archaeologists now widely believe the plagues occurred at an ancient city of Pi-Rameses on the Nile Delta, which was the capital of Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Rameses the Second, who ruled between 1279BC and 1213BC.

The city appears to have been abandoned around 3,000 years ago and scientists claim the plagues could offer an explanation.

Climatologists studying the ancient climate at the time have discovered a dramatic shift in the climate in the area occurred towards the end of Rameses the Second's reign.

I don't have a problem with natural explanations for the plagues, but I don't think the explanation fits the evidence given in Exodus for two reasons; It does not explain why Goshen, where the Israelites,  did not experience the same plagues as the rest of Egypt. And two how do they account for the speed and near simultaneity of these events? The bottom line is Israelites did not free themselves, but God did it for them.

Egyptology News: Evidence for the Ten Plagues of Egypt at time of Ramesses II

Resurrection Debate: William Lane Craig vs Robert Price

Robert Price does not believe Jesus was resurrected or that the Bible is reliable or trustworthy. However he seems like a nice guy and can't so easily be dismissed as a writer or a debater. Price is wrong on quite a few points but at least he is consistently wrong.  This is why I like this debate from 1999. William Lane Craig is an awesome scholar and a great debater. I think that Dr. Craig did a great job.  James White will be debating Price coming up soon.  He is reviewing this debate on his web cast March 23 and March 30.



http://www.bringyou.to/CraigPriceDebate.mp3