This idea was inspired by a recent entry on the Apologetics 315 site dealing with an Easter campaign by Dr. Michael Licona's Credo House Ministry. It is a collection of ten short videos called The Case for the Resurrecton of Christ. What caught my attention was Licona's proposal of these episodes as responses to ten "myths" raised by those who reject the Resurrection, such as hallucinations, apparent death theory, contradictions within the four resurrection accounts, allusions to materials in the lost gospel, etc.
I took some time to ponder the idea of the contributions of the skeptic being reduced to the realm of mythology, until I made a mental distinction between a true skeptic (one who will demand evidence) and what I term the neo-skeptic (those who persist in doubt not only after evidence is offered, but also continue to present the same argumentation even after their key proposals are shown to be ill-conceived and proven false). I had once remarked the the legacy of the New Atheism is an introduction of an Age of Misinformation, and now I see my ideas are not misplaced. We all need to know when skepticism is a natural approach to many situations that need to be explained and expanded upon. We also need to acknowledge when such skepticism flies in the face of logic, being not less a non-intellectual temper tantrum to be firm in refusal to concede a point.
I offer here one of Licona's videos I thought especially appropriate for this season of Easter. To see the entire list of ten, do take time to visit Apoplogetics 315. Watch and ponder.
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/39315039?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/39315039">Myth #8: Science Proves that Resurrections Cannot Occur</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6820541">Credo House</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
No comments:
Post a Comment