Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach

[IanHulett]

I also want to point out that you're presenting an appeal to majority/authority. You're saying 2 things in this statement here:

1. Many people accept it as fact (appeal to majority)
   
2. Those people are professional NT scholars of all faith positions (appeal to authority)
   

You're saying that because many people accept it as true, and that they have credentials, that your statements must be true. That's not how discussions work.

Of course it is.

There is no reason to dispute what reliable, knowledgeable people tell you is true.

Or do you plan to re-work of all Stephen Hawking's calculations just because you don't want to appeal to him as an authority?

I don't consider his arguments because he is Stephen Hawking, or at all because I don't know any of his arguments. If I did know them, I would not consider them because of his credentials, I'd consider them based on whether or not they have evidence to support them. That's the difference between you and me. I value evidence and sound logic over what I'm told is true.