Reddit reviews Did the Resurrection Happen?: A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew (Veritas Forum Books)

Would you mind explaining what you meant when you wrote

>If he doesn't... well, he obviously isn't. => rather than <=>. Christ.

I'm just not following but you potentially have a good point.

Edit: Since they don't seem to want to respond to me, I'll go ahead and explain what I thought they were trying to get at.

The usefulness of apologetics that argue for the existence of "God", generically, is debatable. They can be used to some effect with people, but they all fall short. Christians, however, have a very unique advantage in trying to prove the existence of God. We believe that God has acted in history to such an extent that we can know it just about as well as we can know any event from that time period. And He has done so in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Starting with Christ, it is much easier to work your way back to God.

The argument basically goes that if Christ really did exist and do what Scripture says He did, then God must exist because Christ is God incarnate acting in human history. And the evidence that we do have suggests that Christ did exist and do what Scripture says He did. Therefore, God exists.

Dr. John Warwick Montgomery is a phenomenal Christian apologist and has developed what I think is one of the most robust defense of the Christian faith. I strongly recommend this playlist of lectures and interviews he has given that lays out his argument.

Another excellent name in the field of apologetics is Dr. Gary Habermas of Liberty University. He had a long friendship with the man who literally wrote the book on atheism, Dr. Antony Flew. They held several public debates, during which Dr. Flew had to admit that the conclusion of Christianity is a logical conclusion to the evidence that we have. The transcript and an analysis of their last public debate is available in the book Did the Resurrection Happen? A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew.

Reading your responses, it seems like the major sticking point is your misconception that becoming a Christian means giving up the discoveries of science or modern cosmology. As a Christian, I'd like to emphasize that what you believe about the age of the universe or how we got here as a species has absolutely no bearing on your standing with God.

There are many arguments for the existence of God; William Lane Craig summarizes a few here. But I would ask you to zero in on the one argument that makes Christianity unique among world religions, and that is its foundation in an historical event: the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. If this one event never occurred, there is no basis for Christianity.

Fortunately for Christians, the historicity of the resurrection is well established. And you can arrive at this position without first accepting that the New Testament is infallible or inerrant. Gary Habermas is a well-known authority on the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth and the resurrection. You may be interested in starting with a book that captures a dialogue between him and atheist Antony Flew.

Whatever you conclude, please don't decide that something is true simply because you want it to be so. Truth is that which accurately describes reality, whether we like it or not. If in the interest of pleasing this girl you were to pretend that Christianity is true while believing it to be false, you may irreparably damage the relationship.

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Title | Putting Creation to the Test. Dr. Hugh Ross and Dr. Fuz Rana at Purdue University
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Title | Has God Spoken? EVIDENCE FOR THE BIBLE pt1
Description | How could you prove that God has communicated to us? What would be a reasonable way to show that God has spoken? This video answers that question and deals with false prophecies in preparation for the next video in this series where we will begin to look at fulfilled prophecy in the Bible as proof that God has spoken. Full "Evidence for the Bible" playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjnwldgqN8c&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuhA0RPKZFHVcjIMN_-F596 LINK to video about EVIDENCE for the Resurrection...
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Title | The Resurrection Meets Skepticism - Gary Habermas, PhD
Description | Pomona First Baptist Church (February 22, 2015) - Lecture by Christian scholar and thinker Gary Habermas. Buy his books dealing with the evidence and arguments for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus: http://www.amazon.com/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886 Did the Resurrection Happen?: A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew: http://www.amazon.com/Did-Resurrection-Happen-Conversation-Habermas/dp/0830837183 The Historical Je...
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Title | Evidence for the Resurrection | Mike Licona, PhD
Description | Faith Bible Church (October 2012) - Lecture by Mike Licona. This video is part of the 'Reasons Conference' playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-0zpu2toenZdKk7tuw3LUklHA1cvtNIA Author Bio: Michael R. Licona, Ph.D. in New Testament Studies (University of Pretoria), which he completed with distinction. He serves as external research collaborator at North-West University (Potchefstroom). Mike was interviewed by Lee Strobel in his book The Case for the Real Jesus and appeared in Strobe...
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Title | Dr. Gary Habermas - Near Death Experiences
Description | Dr. Gary Habermas gives a Tactical Faith Lecture on the validity of near death experiences as possible proof against naturalism. Lecture was given at Southeastern Bible College.
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