Today is “Good Friday,” the day Christians believe Jesus was executed through crucifixion. But did Jesus die today or tomorrow? The Bible actually says both.
Mark, the earliest Gospel, says that Jesus died on the day after the passover meal:
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where [...]
Oftentimes believers will try to convince atheists the bible is written by God because it contains some historical facts. Here’s a logical breakdown of that an argument like that:
106. ARGUMENT FROM EXODUS
(1) If the Exodus story has any basis in historical fact, then God exists.
(2) Some guy found some chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red [...]
This might be the best argument for God yet!
108. ARGUMENT FROM TINKERBELL
(1) I really want God to be real.
(2) If you wish for something really hard, it’ll come true.
(3) Therefore, God exists.
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How many times have we heard this one?
109. ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF DISPROOF, a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM SHIFTED BURDEN OF PROOF
(1) You can’t prove God doesn’t exist!
(2) Therefore, God exists.
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A Christian’s worldview makes life beautiful and exciting, but an atheist’s worldview makes life depressing and meaningless. At least that’s what Gene Edward Veith says in “Making Atheism Enchanting“:
[The atheist's] worldview lacks all appeal. They get hung up on the last remaining absolute: Atheism is not beautiful. It is so depressing.
If there is no God [...]
Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking constantly tries to disprove itself. That alone makes all the difference in the world.
—Derren Brown, Tricks of the Mind, p. 266
If we start with a premise and only look for things that support it, we [...]
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