A look at a recent post by pop-apologist SJ Thomason on Belshazzar in the book of Daniel.
Evangelical Eisegesis: A Dalliance with Daniel #3 – Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar, and Nitocris
Paulogia Takes on J. Warner Wallace over “Lame” Explanations for the Resurrection
To say that I'm not a fan of J. Warner Wallace would be an understatement. As far as I'm concerned, he and I are equally qualified to talk about the Bible and history. That is to say, not at all. (So, why are you still reading?!?) So any time I see someone competently dunk on... Continue Reading →
Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 4
Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 THE ENDING OF MARK To say that the ending of the Gospel of Mark... Continue Reading →
Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 3
Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 ANGEL OR ANGELS? In the Gospel of Mark, when the women arrive at the... Continue Reading →
Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 2
Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?"Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion 1 WAS THE STONE ALREADY REMOVED? In the Gospel of Mark, as Mary Magdalene, Mary the... Continue Reading →
Contradictions in the Empty Tomb Narratives: A Response to Erik Manning, Part 1
Part 1: Series Introduction and Contradiction #1 - "How Many Women?"Part 2: Contradiction #2 - "Was the Stone Already Removed?" Part 3: Contradiction #3 - "Angel or Angels?" Part 4: Contradiction #4 - "The Ending of Mark" and Series Conclusion SERIES INTRODUCTION It is no understatement to declare that historic Christianity lives and dies by... Continue Reading →
Book Review: ‘Why Christianity Matters’ by SJ Thomason
Author: S.J. ThomasonBook: Why Christianity Matters: Historical, Sociocultural, and Moral Reasons to Follow Jesus Christ (1st edition [out of print])Publisher: Kindle Direct PublishingYear: 2020Total Page Count: 410Price: $14.49 (print) I. INTRODUCTION From the time I was a teenager to just prior to my deconversion, I was an avid reader of Christian apologetics. If you could go back in time to the year 2000,... Continue Reading →
Evangelical Randy Alcorn Reviews Bart Ehrman’s Book on the Afterlife
Readers of my blog have noticed that over the past couple of weeks I have been throwing up brief snippets from Bart Ehrman’s latest book Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife (Simon & Schuster, 2020). I for one have enjoyed this volume by Ehrman and have learned quite a bit, mostly concerning Greco-Roman views of... Continue Reading →
Ludicrous, Liar, or Lazy? SJ Thomason, Child Sacrifice, and Why You Should Actually Read Your Sources
I had not planned to write about pop-apologist SJ Thomason for a while. Back in February she wrote a response to a piece I had written concerning the dating of the Gospels[1] and while I had been working on a rebuttal to it I gave it up because, let’s be honest, it would take way too... Continue Reading →
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