RE: Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach
June 27, 2015 at 2:56 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 2:57 am by Chas.)
(June 24, 2015 at 9:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: The Minimal Facts (4+1)
The minimal facts include four that are so strongly evidenced that nearly every scholar (including the skeptic) regards them as reliable facts. The fifth fact, the "+1", is accepted by a significant number of scholars though not nearly as many as the first four.
The Minimal Facts are:
1. Jesus died by crucifixion
2. Jesus' disciples believed that He rose and appeared to them
3. Saul, the persecutor of the Church, was suddenly changed
4. James, the skeptical brother of Jesus, was suddenly changed
5. Jesus' tomb was found to be empty
In subsequent posts, I will present the evidence in support of each of these facts.
Sorry, no. None of those statements are facts - they are unsupported claims.
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.