Myths & Mischief
Look who said this: “Another Christian concept — no less crazy — has passed even more deeply into the tissue of modernity: the concept of the ‘equality of souls before God.’ This concept furnishes the prototype of all theories of equal rights.” Friedrich Nietzsche
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Easter Sunday is two weeks away and it’s all about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But did the resurrection actually happen? Skeptics offer a variety of theories and speculations in defense of their conclusion that the resurrection is a myth. But hard facts can only be ignored for so long. Erik Manning of Is Jesus…
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Imagine a World’s Fair in America at which one of the most well-publicized attractions are displays of Native Americans, Africans and Pacific Islanders who were purported to represent the Darwinian “missing link” between apes and men. As the following award-winning Discovery Institute documentary demonstrates, this unbelievable and horrendous display was featured at the 1904 St.…
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Among the most well-known popular arguments in favor of the divinity of Jesus Christ was first proposed by the great C.S. Lewis in his book, “Mere Christianity,” when he offered this syllogistic claim: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept…
Read MoreSo you are in a conversation with somebody when the discussion heads in a spiritual direction. You mention that you are a follower of Jesus Christ who you know to be God because He was resurrected from the tomb three days after His crucifixion. Just as He said He would be. But your conversation partner…
Read MoreErik Manning of Is Jesus Alive? assesses the critique of spiritual experiences presented by a former-Christian-turned-atheist who goes by the moniker of “Genetically Modified Skeptic.” Drew (Genetically Modified Skeptic’s real name) argues that spiritual experiences are almost uniformly described by those who claim to have them in virtually identical terms. That means there must be…
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Much was made early in the 21st century of the “Swoon Theory” that Jesus somehow survived being flogged by Roman soldiers, forced to carry a heavy cross half a mile and then being nailed to that cross and finally stabbed upward into the chest with a spear. Don’t be surprised to hear variants on the…
Read MoreEver hear of a ship built so solidly that it was considered by its makers to be unsinkable, but then the vessel collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic ocean and sank? Bet you think I’m referring to the Titanic, right? No, actually, I am referring to the 1898 sinking of the Titan following…
Read More“Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science” is a new documentary from Pensmore Films featuring Oxford Mathematics Professor Emeritus John Lennox and actor Kevin Sorbo, to be aired in more than 600 theaters across the country on November 19. Lennox has debated the world’s most well-known atheists around the world — including…
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