In light of the findings, ways of presenting the case for the resurrection to an individual from a western background will be suggested. Western culture is broken down into pre-modern, modern, and postmodern with particular attention to relativism and pluralism. An analysis of western culture is then undertaken considering some of the typical objections that are raised against the resurrection.

It is argued that there is substantial support for the resurrection of Jesus being an actual historical event. There is no God, and there is no immortality.

Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. Several theories to explain these data are considered including the apparent death hypothesis, the conspiracy theory, the hallucination hypothesis, and the resurrection hypothesis. Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig 3,348 ratings, 4.25 average rating, 180 reviews Open Preview Reasonable Faith Quotes Showing 1-27 of 27 'If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Various objections will be considered including a denial of the burial accounts, women as a literary creation and that the gospels were written too late. That is what the Christian philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig claims with great confidence in a chapter of his book Reasonable Faith, published in 1994:1 if there is no God, then man’s life becomes absurd. Peter), the conversion of enemies such as Saul and the conversion of non-believers such as James, the brother of Jesus. The following masters thesis examines the evidence for and against the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth and considers three ways through which one can know the truthfulness of the resurrection, namely, through the testimony of the Holy Spirit, the witness of the Bible, and the historical evidence, including Jesus’ death, burial, the empty tomb, and the early disciples’ belief that they had seen appearances of Jesus resulting in their change from cowardice to martyrdom (i.e.

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