ALETHEIA

There are a number of reasons to conclude the burial of Jesus is historical. Some of the more compelling are (1) it is it abundantly...

Stuart, Your claim that "unbelief is a symptom of rebellion" is absurd! Do you rebel against Allah, and Thor, and Shiva? Of course not!...

According to some God does not explain the beginning of the universe nor the appearance of design in the universe because this raises the further question, “Who designed the Designer?” Does positing a God as the creator and designer of the universe solve the problem of an infinite regress of causes?

With the case against miracles and their identification thoroughly undermined, it is pertinent to ask whether the methodological...

The biggest challenge to the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection is not historical in nature, but philosophical. This is the...

In this post questions are raised that lead on from the discussion on the soteriological problem of evil and its solution in the previous...

Is the problem that God did not bring the gospel to those whom he knew would freely accept it if they heard it, but were lost in their...

Theres no question skeptical people, particularly religious pluralists, have a problem with hell. But pin-pointing the precise problem...

Updated: Jan 23 The following is a response to a questioner who is exercised by the justification for theism, and in particular problems...

Evidence for Jesus as an historical figure from non-biblical sources. I am indebted much to Dr. Gary Habermas for of his careful analysis...

Over the past 200 years historians have been concerned with recovering an accurate picture of the historical Jesus, making a distinction...

The figure of Muhammad casts a shadow across the world and through the annals of time. His significance is especially poignant to...

The following post is about the importance of defining the terms precisely so that conversations more fruitful. Specifically the word...

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...

In the previous post "Was Jesus Jesus a legend? Part I" I looked at the principle weakness of the trilemma argument "Lunatic, Liar,...

In this post I look at a fourth explanatory option to remedy the Lunatic, Liar, Lord argument, explain modern scholarship's hermeneutic...

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...

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...

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...

Many sociologists and historians have argued that the worldview most responsible for the birth of modern science was Christianity. Why is...