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Dialogue with Vincent Torley over the Probability of Jesus’ Resurrection
Yesterday I wrote an extended response to apologist Vincent Torley’s OP–“Evidence for the Resurrection”–which was discussed recently in a post on John Loftus’ blog. In his OP, Torley argues that there is about a 60-65% subjective probability that Jesus rose … Continue reading
Posted in Apologists, Historical Jesus, Historical Paul, History, Philosophy, Replies to Critics, Resurrection
Tagged Apostle Paul, Bayes' Theorem, Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Christian Origins, Gospels, Hallucinations of Jesus, Historical Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection, Paul's Epistles, Post-Mortem Visions
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