Is Jesus a myth?
Evidence for Jesus as an historical figure from non-biblical sources. I am indebted much to Dr. Gary Habermas for of his careful analysis of the quoted material. Introduction “Christ either
Who is Jesus for Muslims?
Over the past 200 years historians have been concerned with recovering an accurate picture of the historical Jesus, making a distinction between the Jesus of history and the Christ of
Can we draw a portrait of the historical Muhammed?
The figure of Muhammad casts a shadow across the world and through the annals of time. His significance is especially poignant to adherents of Islam, who uphold him as the
What Evolution means to you?
The following post is about the importance of defining the terms precisely so that conversations more fruitful. Specifically the word “Evolution” in conversations about science and religion. Evolution is a
Was Jesus a Legend? Part III
To say that Jesus was not a legend, is to say the legend of Jesus being God was not an invention of the early church, but came instead from Jesus
Was Jesus a legend? Part II
In the previous post “Was Jesus Jesus a legend? Part I” I looked at the principle weakness of the trilemma argument “Lunatic, Liar, Lord?” This was that there is another
Was Jesus a legend? Part I
In this post I look at a fourth explanatory option to remedy the Lunatic, Liar, Lord argument, explain modern scholarship’s hermeneutic of suspicion, and show why the gospels can be
Liar, Lunatic or Lord?
The following is adapted from a post on 20 April 2009 at www.thinkingmatters.org.nz called “Liar, Lunatic, Lord?” It is a defence of the argument, popularised by C. S. Lewis, for
What does Atheism really mean? Part II
The following is an original post from 27 April 2010 at www.thinkingmatters.org.nz. It is about what the term Atheism means and the burden of proof. In the previous post “What
What does Atheism really mean? Part I
The following is an original post from 27 April 2010 at www.thinkingmatters.org.nz. It is about what the term Atheism means and the burden of proof. Atheism has traditionally been defined