RE: A simple challenge for atheists
January 30, 2015 at 2:36 pm
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2015 at 2:37 pm by Chas.)
(January 30, 2015 at 2:32 pm)SteveII Wrote:(January 30, 2015 at 2:25 pm)Chas Wrote: There is no evidence that these are actual events. Your Gospels and Acts are the claim, not the evidence.
Evidence for those claims must be external to the Gospels and Acts.
That does not make sense. If a fifth gospel was found, written by the apostle Andrew, an eyewitness to the events. Would The Gospel According to Andrew be a claim or evidence?
If it could be proved that Andrew was an eyewitness (unlike the writers if the Gospels), then that would count as evidence where it agreed with the Gospels and Acts.
Quote:If Joe the Jew did the same but did not state he was a Christian, would that somehow change from a claim to evidence?
Again, if it could be proved that Joe was an eyewitness, then that would count as slightly stronger evidence as it would be considered less biased.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.