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The Historical Jesus

In a recent series that I wrote entitled, The Atheist Delusion – Why I don’t agree with Richard Dawkins in 10 parts, by far the most popular post was Part 5: The Historical Jesus. I don’t feel that I did this post sufficient justice. So… I’m now providing a follow up series that provides more […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 4 of 4

And now, back to Part 5: The Historical Jesus. Robert took the time to provide some good questions in response to my post. Robert, thanks for these questions. I appreciate the time that you took to engage in this discussion. I hope that my answers are sufficient. Robert asked: “You wrote, The most recent scholarship […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 3 of 4

Some good points were made at the end of my last post in this series: Dawkins Part 10: On Evolution and Concluding Thoughts. I offer the following responses: The evidence… here we are again… always looking for the smoking gun. Well… I’m sorry… I’ve provided some discussion on the historical Jesus. We’ve looked at some […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 2 of 4

A couple of comments were left on the post Dawkins Part 8: Are All Ideologies Bad. I offer the following responses: Bad suggests that “One can claim faith beliefs to justify good things, but the method can be equally employed for bad with equal measure: the method is simply capable of anything, assuring nothing.” I […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 1 of 4

Alrighty… today’s post will be a response to a few comments I received in my series on Dawkins’ “The God Delusion”. A couple of comments were left on the post Dawkins Part 4: The Objective Roots of Morality. I offer the following responses: To Dave: Dawkins’ argument in support of morality is troublesome to me. […]