Paulogia

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Where a former Christian takes a look at the claims of Christians.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets." - Jesus (Matt 5:17) "Jesus has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances." - Paul (Eph 2:!5)

There is no surviving 1st- or 2nd-century attestation that any of Andrew, Bartholomew, James the Great, James son of Alphaeus, Jude, Matthew, Matthias, Simon the Zealot, or Thomas founded churches.

A "maximal case for resurrection" is just "case for gospel reliability" with a different name. Testimony alone will never be sufficient to establish the historicity of a miracle, even if you grant miracles.

Easter is kind of like Star Wars Day. All of the sudden everyone is talking about my year-round primary interest (often poorly informed), it's way too much at once, and then a few days later no one cares again.

If the Shroud of Turin really is Jesus’ burial cloth, why not sacrifice an inch for transparent carbon dating? What kind of faith values preserving fabric over winning souls?

Convince me that Christianity is the most-useful, highest-utility philosophy under which to live, then I'm still not joining. Convince me that Christianity is true, then I'll pray the salvation prayer today.

When the Christian claims to know my thoughts better than I do, his credibility goes out the window. My own thoughts are the one thing I am uniquely positioned to know. This earns applause in an echo chamber but further justifies the non-belief of a skeptic.

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Looks like yet another case of no-true-Christian infighting and doctrinal integrity FAFO leading to professional apologetics cowardice when the offering plate can't cover the new 5-figure studio.

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If heaven appeared on a ballot as an economic system — universal provision, no markets, no private wealth, single central authority — many Christians would campaign against it.

From Westerns to action movies to cop shows, the most celebrated hero in American stories is the vigilante who doesn’t follow the rules. We’ve spent generations practicing what it feels like to applaud the end of due process.