RE: Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach
July 13, 2015 at 7:53 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2015 at 7:53 pm by Randy Carson.)
(July 13, 2015 at 6:32 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: You know what the problem with your arguments is, Randy? They didn't convince you. You did not come to believe a purportedly magical Jew came back from the dead by the minimal facts approach. You were taught to believe that, so you do. All this *dramatic hand gesture* is just an excuse you make before rational people for believing what you believe, but it doesn't hold water. To find it valid, you need to already believe it to be true. It's making your way back from the conclusion, a big fat presupposition you can't erase, and without it your argument falls to pieces.
The question is....How do you expect your reasoning to convince us, if it didn't even convince YOU?
It is true that I did not find MY way to God by means of these arguments. My faith journey has been very different.
That does not mean, however, that no one comes to God by them.
I could give examples that I have seen in real life, or you could read the stories of Jews, agnostics and atheists who came to believe that Jesus is God by means of considering presentations like the one I have made in this thread.
Not everyone will. Maybe no one here will.
But apologetics - the why of our faith - is just as important as evangelism - the what of our faith, and I am confident that if you decide to objectively examine the evidence, you can come to a faith position.
Alternatively, you can continue as you are. Inertia is a powerful force.
