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Besides the apologetics books, you can watch John Lennox on YouTube. He is a very well-spoken and kind (doesn't attack the other debater) debater. Very well thought out responses. The Dawkins vs Lennox debate was awesome! Ditto Gary Habermas as well.
Ok, well it all depends what stage of the journey you are at. Since you have been an atheist, the first priority will be to convince yourself philosophically of what exactly God is, and that God exists. Probably the best concise reference for this would be Five Proofs of the Existence of God by Edward Feser (a professor of philosophy who was, in fact, an atheist himself, and is now a Catholic). Once you are in relative certainty about the existence of God, you need to know why the Christian theology represents a direct revelation of God to mankind. Obviously, the best record to attest to this fact is the Bible itself. I would really just recommend reading through the whole thing front to back if you haven't yet. If you get stuck in some of the Old Testament, flip over and start reading through the New Testament, and just make sure you cover all your bases there. Don't be afraid to come back with questions you might have about any scripture you read. Another good read might be an exposition on why we can trust the narrative on the resurrection of Jesus, where you might be interested in The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas, an evangelical Christian scholar. Once you're there, you'll be most of the way along your journey into the faith and you might still question why the Catholic Church is the "right" one. There are dozens and dozens of resources responding to various Protestant objections to the faith, but honestly the best thing you can do is probably Catholic radio and podcasts. And actually, if you listen to "Catholic Answers" podcast (just search it on YouTube, daily podcast that you can listen to on Catholic radio or on YouTube live 6-8PM EST daily), you'll get a variety of quality information that runs the gamut from classic philosophical proofs for God from Aristotelian arguments to details of objections to the historical office of the Papacy in the 16th century, and everything in between, and the guys who do the apologetics on there are really humorous sometimes.
So if you're really detail oriented and want to wade into some books, maybe start by taking a look at those. If you just want an enjoyable and easy way to broach all these topics at once, I'd suggest start looking at the "Catholic Answers" videos. You could even call in to the podcast and get your specific question answered on air!
Hope this helps!
You didn't write very much, so this is a shot in the dark. Please disregard if this isn't true. You seem to want to be convinced. Frankly, I don't think its anyones job to convert or convince you. This should be your decision, based on your decisions and research. Your post comes across as intellectually lazy. You also seem to want this to be a religious experience ("want to be Atheist") with some sort of conversion. I don't think thats the way to go, making a decision based on some feeling.
Now that I got that out of the way, here is a brief overview of my story. I am a new unbeliever. What started me down this path was realizing that god is never there. He calls himself a father, husband, and brother, but he is never there. I was going through a hard time and I would ask for him to show himself to me like he did to Moses or Elijah or Paul or Ezekiel or Joshua or Gideon or Stephen. I didn't want the hard times to end, I just wanted to have a conversation with him. I wanted to see him and talk to him. I wanted a father. Can you honestly imagine a human father treating their kids like god has treated humanity? CPS would show up and put him in prison for extreme neglect. I started seriously doubting gods existence.
I thought that emotions are not always a great indicator, so I looked into the historical evidence for the resurrection. Go for the heart of the matter. I watched several debates and the Christian arguments didn't come close to standing up under the scrutiny. Here is a list of the debates I watched:
I should say that I watched these videos after I had read Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Habermas and Licona, so I was familiar with the theistic side of the debate. I was actually mostly convinced that Jesus had risen from the dead, but to be intellectually fair I wanted to hear what the other side said. The other side convinced me.
> So you admit that your senses can be wrong and that leads people to delusions. How do you know you're not deluding yourself into believing in God?
Great question! As I mentioned, there is still a "softer" version of "knowing". Even though when examined logically, there are doubts as to whether my keyboard (or anything) actually exists, obviously I still assume it to be true. The level of doubt approaches zero (but never actually reaches it!) as time goes forward.
We all display our varying levels of faith in our lives. For example, you have faith that the airline pilot -who is most certainly in control of your life and death for a time- will arrive to your destination. Some people's doubts in the pilot are so high they choose not to fly.
Some people doubt a political party's ability to keep promises, some have faith in them.
Some people doubt microwaving styrofoam is bad, some people have faith that it does.
Some people doubt climate change scientists, some people have faith in them.
All this to say, practically at some point, you overcome the incredibly unlikely doubts (eg, my keyboard doesn't exist) and take a step of faith without even thinking about it.
Likewise, in my personal experience have I found the existence in God to proven over and over, to the point where the philosophical doubts became less and less.
> How do you go from this skeptical mindset, to full on believing in an omnipotent figure which has absolutely ZERO physical evidence?
In short, I believe in God's irresistable Grace. He gives you the faith first, and one cannot resist it.
> You can NOT prove God is real, or Christianity would no longer be a religion.
Unfortunately the Bible teaches that the evidence of God is "clearly visible" around us, but we all ignore it and delude ourselves to some degree.
Discussing with an atheist coworker once, we were on the subject of what would it take for him to believe. Given the premise "any significantly advanced technology is indisguishable from magic", he would dismiss anything supernatural as "there must be a scientific reason behind it!".
If all the TVs and websites in the world suddenly said "World, this is God, believe in the Christian Bible", he would dismiss it as probably a hacker group playing a prank.
If a giant hand descended from the sky and pointed at him and said "Joe Q. Smith, I am God, believe in the Christian Bible", all he knew was he saw a giant hand and a heard a voice. That doesn't mean it was God. As unlikely as seeing a giant hand in the first place, it could have been advanced aliens. Or a hologram / optical illusion ala Tupac on stage last week. Or someone could have slipped him LSD and pranked him with a megaphone.
The point being, I believe the only way someone to come to faith in God is if God gives them that faith. I could tell you that I have lots of friends who have [read books](http://www.amazon.com/The-Case-Christ-Journalists-Investigation/dp/0310209307
) on the historical evidence and logical proofs for Christ and came to believe that way, but the whole time you'd be reading them saying "sure that sounds true, but I'm sure there's another explaination" or "I read on a blog that an obscure scholar says that's not how history happened".
Not saying you're necessarily wrong to be naturally skeptical and test everything (Christians are called to that as well), but for many atheists I know, no evidence would ever be enough. However, for many former atheists I know, they were convinced by the evidence they found.
TL;DR: I believe that God first gives one faith.
>To me the Jews not eating pork or meat or touching money on the sabbath did not really translate to simple hand washing after touching a sick person or before eating but maybe they did so it's a good argument.
This was hardly the extent of it! They went much farther than we do today, with efforts that would seem extreme, in order to avoid even beaing near uncleanliness. They made women who were on their periods live outside the city for the duration of their menses + a few days, lepers couldn't be touched or gotten close to, they used separate hands for toilet dealings and eating, washed their hands fastidiously before and after eating, and took full baths at least weekly! Additionally, if you so much went near a building that had a dead body in it, you were unclean for a week! Even today traditional Judaism has some pretty strict handwashing laws.
>I'll have to revisit GENESYS as it's been a while but clearly woman was not made from a man's rib and man was not made from dirt like pottery. The person who was divinely inspired to write that in my view was not inspired enough to convey truth as to how we came about. But I'll let it slide.
There are types of truth, and scientific truth is certainly one of these. However, it's not the only kind of truth. Philosophy, for example, contains truths that cannot be discovered through the scientific method. Theological truth is another kind of truth. So most Catholics would hold that the story of Eve from Adam's rib holds theological truth, if not scientific truth. The Bible was never intended to be a science textbook. Just as you wouldn't use the rules of grammar to learn about biology, it's silly to use the laws of biology to learn about theology.
>When I was in the military we had one hour of sleep per day in basic training. After four days many people including myself started having hallucinations. One friend from church saw all the leaves glowing at night and felt it was a spiritual experience. But we had many dumb hallucinations like seeing a dog in the tent that wasn't there and seeing midget soldiers marching. That combined with learning about how the eye and visual software in our brain works helped me realize a few things. We can't always trust what we see or even what we hear or even what we feel (like the sensation of movement in a car wash). What's more likely? My friend had a spiritual experience or just another hallucination like several of us had? So what's more likely? That Paul heard the voice of god or had a hallucination in the desert?
Indeed. Hallucinations are very different from genuine spiritual experience. I can't say I've ever had the latter. Having also undergone some serious sleep deprivation, I have had hallucinations, though, and I can see how it would be easy for undiscerning folks to conflate the two. However, we also don't discount the possibility of something being both at once. Like with scientific and theological truth, a given pattern of neurology can be either/or, or both/and. I want to make it clear, though, that I'm not advocating for "praying your depression away" or anything like that! I have a degree in psychology, and before I decided to become a housewife to my awesome kiddos, I really wanted to continue my study into neuropathology and psychological disorders and their mechanisms.
>I've come to learn of many charlatans that pretend to heal people (e.g. Benny Hinn filled up a stadium where I lived). So what's more likely? That a man two thousand years ago healed the blind or that people were deceived and stories were told and miscommunication and exaggerations were propagated as people passed these stories down. The first account of Jesus in writing is from 70 years after they happened!!
I've read an excellent book on this topic called The Case for the Resurrection. My question back to you, then, is this: Given that this lie was likely to get people captured, tortured, and literally devoured by lions for profit, why would the original Gospel authors persist in it after watching so many people get martyred? I mean, if I saw someone claim to be God and heal the blind, and I knew I was likely to get shot for mentioning it, I'd have to have a damned good reason to continue telling people that He's right. Either the authors were collectively uniquely masochistic, were all incredibly stupid, or there was a good reason for them to, with one exception, march to their death proclaiming a unified truth for hundreds of years.
>And if ou see Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, Jonah in the big fish, a talking snake and all these stories as not literally something that happened (because it's impossible) then why stop there? A man dying for three days and resurrecting is even more impossible.
So to me I had to at some point stop and say to myself what do I REALLY believe? I want to know the TRUTH no matter what it is. Are muslims right? Budhists? Hindus? Or maybe there is no God at all.
The evidence for the Shroud of Turin is remarkable. Italy's ENEA ( National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, not in any way a Catholic institution) has just a couple of months ago calculated the amount of energy it would take to reproduce the image on the Shroud: 34 trillion watts, triple the entire world's current energy output. {link](http://www.lastampa.it/2011/12/12/vaticaninsider/eng/inquiries-and-interviews/the-shroud-is-not-a-fake-jdiKKEyJ0uDsE4XpV13TcK/pagina.html) Note that while Vatican Insider is obviously a Catholic source, the ENEA, who conducted the study, are a scientific organization devoted to studying developments in energy efficiency and high-tech production processes.
However, the Shroud isn't the point. (However, a piece of linen that corresponds with all known data about the Resurrection and would take 34 trillion watts of energy over an incredibly short span of time certainly corroborates the Resurrection.) The point is the atheist's baseline assumption of all things can be explained with naturalistic, scientific processes.
And to this, I ask, why? What makes you think that everything in this universe can be explained with the scientific method? I, along with innumerable Christian scientists (As opposed to Christian Scientists) have no doubt that scientific rigour has brought great things to the world. But is it the only means of knowledge, and if so, on what do you base that assumption? Scientific reliance upon natural processes to explain everything does not answer the question of whether all things that happen are controlled by natural processes.
Thank you so much for engaging in an intelligent, cordial, and respectful manner. You're a much kinder atheist than I ever was! I respectfully invite you to look again. As I mentioned earlier The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus is a excellent little book that goes through all possible explanations (apostles hallucinating, apostles are liars, etc) and looks at the evidence. It's not a preachy book, but tries to use the same means we look at for evidence of other historical events and applies it to all the available sources regarding the historical Jesus (many of which were written by people who were not Christian, and had good reason to disprove Jesus' divinity).
Again, thanks for the discussion. I'll flag you as a friend just in case we ever come across one another again on this little Reddit web. It's been a pleasure.
Nein das habe ich nicht geschrieben. Mir gefällt die Idee aber gut und ich kann nur jedem empfehlen dem historischen Gehalt der entsprechenden Quellen mal gründlich auf den Zahn zu fühlen und sich nicht allein von populären, auf den ersten Blick überzeugenden Meinungen leiten zu lassen (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).
That's a very tortured reading of just one of the stories of a post-resurrection appearance.
I was thinking about what you said about us deserving more proof. Frankly, I think we've got far more than we have any right to when compared to previous generations.
In Jesus' day, only a few thousand people saw him work a miracle. Only a thousand at most saw him after the resurrection. In all of human history, seeing the supernatural has been confined to a relative handful of people.
Today, though, every single person in the developed world has access to
No, we don't get to see Jesus in the flesh -- walking on water or otherwise -- but we've got more than any generation since his has had. Far more. And we're going to be held responsible for what we did with that privilege.
>our religion, ie: for Judaism
I was under the impression that you didn't believe the Torah. Do you?
>Put up or shut up.
I'm not sure how you would like me to, but I'll list some resources below. If you would rather delve into it by having a strict dialogue between the two of us, that's cool too. I may not be able to respond quickly every time, depending on how this carries forth, but I'll do what I can. As you mentioned, your soul is "at stake and all that."
Gary Habermas and N.T. Wright are the top two resurrection scholars. Michael Licona is also a leading scholar on the resurrection debate. Philosophers such as Richard Swinburne and Antony Flew have even shown their faces on the scene as well.
Books
Presentations
Debates
Gary Habermas, William Lane Craig, and Michael Licona are the most frequent debaters on the Christian side, and Bart Ehrman and Richard Carrier are the most frequent debaters on the non-Christian side. Habermas, Craig, and/or Licona have debated the following (possibly) recognizable names on this issue: Bart Ehrman, Richard Carrier, Antony Flew, John Shelby Spong, Gerd Ludemann, Shabir Ally, Arif Ahmed, John Dominic Crossan, Robert M. Price, and Dan Barker.
YouTube is great for finding those debates. There are also, of course, dialogues in book form.
>if you don't like my tone
I'm actually enjoying your tone, haha
Part 3: Book recommendations:
If you want to dig deep into this topic, here are some book recommendations. Perhaps you would want to read N.T. Wright's Christian Origins and the Question of God series (this is very heavy, scholarly reading). N.T. Wright is the foremost scholar on the New Testament and this is possibly the most thorough literature on the historical Jesus, early Christianity and the Apostle Paul:
https://www.logos.com/product/37361/christian-origins-and-the-question-of-god-series
Anything by N.T. Wright is well worth reading (Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope would be good introductions). Likewise, anything by Ravi Zacharias.
The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona: https://www.amazon.ca/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi: https://www.amazon.com/Books-Nabeel-Qureshi/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ANabeel%20Qureshi
No God But One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi: https://www.amazon.com/God-but-One-Investigates-Christianity/dp/0310522552/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1517050609&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%3ANabeel+Qureshi
On Guard by William Lane Craig: https://www.amazon.ca/Guard-William-Lane-Craig/dp/1434764885/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526542104&sr=8-1&keywords=on+guard+william+lane+craig
The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel: https://www.amazon.ca/Case-Christ-Journalists-Personal-Investigation/dp/0310339308
Bonus reading: Heaven by Randy Alcorn: https://www.amazon.ca/Heaven-Randy-Alcorn/dp/0842379428/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526542237&sr=1-1&keywords=randy+alcorn+heaven
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis: https://www.amazon.ca/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926
Read anything by G.K. Chesterton, especially, The Everlasting Man
Answers to Common Objections and Questions:
Jesus’ Resurrection and Christian Origins: http://ntwrightpage.com/2016/07/12/jesus-resurrection-and-christian-origins/
The Evidence for Jesus: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/jesus-of-nazareth/the-evidence-for-jesus/
The Resurrection of Jesus: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/jesus-of-nazareth/the-resurrection-of-jesus/
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ as Christianity's Centerpiece: http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/The_Resurrection_of_Jesus_Christ_as_Christianitys_Centerpiece_FullArticle?fbclid=IwAR0oE22vtBvR2u--R78tSyW-51OpIbWBfWDNH2Ep8miBc9W6uUJMwMsz0yk
Origin, Meaning, Morality and Destiny: http://rzim.org/just-thinking/think-again-deep-questions/
Accompanying video to the link above: Why is Christianity True?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5qJPZySo7A
How Do You Know Christianity Is the One True Way of Living? | Abdu Murray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ze_SVg-0E&app=desktop
What makes Christianity unique among the world’s religions? Verifiability is a Christian Distinctive: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/verifiability-is-a-christian-distinctive/
Is Jesus God? (Feat. Craig, Strobel, Habermas, Licona, Qureshi...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dLoKCyDDAg&app=desktop
How Can Understanding Eyewitness Testimony Help Us Evaluate the Gospels?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCDDsPXQSQ&app=desktop
Historical Evidence for the Resurrection - Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection? - Nabeel Qureshi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hD7w1Uja2o
Questioning Jesus: Critically Considering Christian Claims with Dr. Nabeel Qureshi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpuEDp4ObA
Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? | Yale 2014 | William Lane Craig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAOc6ctw1s&app=desktop
Historical Resurrection of Christ?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Dc01HVlaM
Are The New Testament Documents Historically Credible?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgdsIaqFAp4
Are the Gospels Accurate?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxrDy_G8h88
(Answer to the common objection: ‘the gospels are anonymous’)
Gospel Authorship—Who Cares?: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/question-answer/P40/gospel-authorshipwho-cares
What is the Evidence That Jesus Appeared Alive After His Death?: https://youtu.be/96WIa3pZISE
On Extra-Biblical Sources for Jesus' Post-Mortem Appearances: https://youtu.be/-Dbx7PPIIsQ
Did Jesus Rise From The Dead Or Was It A Hoax By His Followers?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELRKdxV7Wk
Follow up to the previous video: Did Jesus rise from the dead, or was it hallucinations by his followers?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29224I3x_M0&feature=youtu.be
Did the Disciples Invent the Resurrection?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOHUWsNDPZc
Facts to show the Resurrection is not fiction, by William Lane Craig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AduPVkqbis
Did Paul actually see the risen Jesus, or did he simply have some sort of vision?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yNdynwqtWI&t
What Do You Mean By ‘Literal?’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQpFosrTUk
Evidence For Jesus' Resurrection: https://youtu.be/4iyxR8uE9GQ?t=1s
Death, Resurrection and Afterlife: https://youtu.be/HXAc_x_egk4?t=1s
Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead?: https://youtu.be/KnkNKIJ_dnw?t=1s
4 Historical Facts That Prove Jesus Really Did Rise From The Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmKg62GDqF4
What About Pre-Christ Resurrection Myths?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrCYVk6xrXg
Jesus and Pagan Mythology: Is Jesus A Copied Myth or Real Person?: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/jesus-and-pagan-mythology/
Zeitgeist - Is Jesus A Myth: https://alwaysbeready.com/zeitgeist-the-movie
Did Greco-Roman myths influence the Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pt9rlG7ABo&app=desktop
Does the Resurrection Require Extraordinary Evidence?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLN30A0vmlo
Moral Argument For God’s Existence: How Can A Good God Allow Evil? Does Life Have Meaning?: https://youtu.be/it7mhQ8fEq0
Are there Inconsistencies Between the Four Gospels?: https://youtu.be/sgdsIaqFAp4
Why Are There Differences in the Resurrection Accounts?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtz2lVGmXFI
Don't the Gospels Contradict One Another?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gt9kCwttVY
Why Differences Between the Gospels Demonstrate Their Reliability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zimP8m3_hCk
Why the Gospels Can Differ, Yet Still Be Reliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An5wU2hxIfM
Four Reasons the New Testament Gospels Are Reliable: http://coldcasechristianity.com/2015/four-reasons-the-new-testament-gospels-are-reliable/
Find Contradictions in the Bible All You Want: https://www.thepoachedegg.net/2019/05/apologetics-find-contradictions-in-the-bible-all-you-want.html
The Case for the Historicity and Deity of Jesus: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/the-case-for-the-historicity-and-deity-of-jesus/
Bart Ehrman is one of the world's most renowned ancient historians/New Testament scholars, and he is an atheist. Listen to what he has to say on the matter of Jesus' existence: The Historical Jesus DID Exist - Bart Ehrman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mDuIN5-ww
Bart D Ehrman About the Historical Jesus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6U6TJ4cwSo
Extra-Biblical evidence: In addition to the gospel accounts and the letters from the Apostle Paul, we have sources outside the New Testament with references to Jesus in the writings of Josephus, Tacitus, Thallus, the Jewish Talmud, etc:
http://coldcasechristianity.com/2017/is-there-any-evidence-for-jesus-outside-the-bible/
Is There Extrabiblical Evidence About Jesus' Life?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzP0Kz9eT_U&app=desktop
How do we know Jesus was really who he said he was?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ksvhHEoMLM&app=desktop
YouTube Channels to browse:
William Lane Craig - ReasonableFaithOrg: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonableFaithOrg?app=desktop
drcraigvideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/drcraigvideos?app=desktop
Ravi Zacharias - Ravi Zacharias International Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/user/rzimmedia?app=desktop
J. Warner Wallace - Cold-Case Christianity with J. Warner Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/user/pleaseconvinceme/featured?disable_polymer=1
The Bible Project: https://www.youtube.com/user/jointhebibleproject
Unbelievable?: https://www.youtube.com/user/PremierUnbelievable
David Wood - Acts17Apologetics: https://www.youtube.com/user/Acts17Apologetics
Nabeel Qureshi - NQMinistries: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCepxnLs6GWAxAyI8m2U9s7A/featured?disable_polymer=1
Randy Alcorn - Eternal Perspective Ministries with Randy Alcorn: https://www.youtube.com/user/eternalperspectives?app=desktop
Frank Turek - Cross Examined: https://www.youtube.com/user/TurekVideo
Brian Holdsworth: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdsworthdesign
One can start with Reinventing Jesus and the The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
Sure. If you want scholarly resources on the resurrection, then I would suggest The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach by Licona. You can get it on Amazon for about $35 and it's a long read at 700+ pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Jesus-New-Historiographical-Approach/dp/0830827196/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UCOAX5QZYQUY&keywords=the+resurrection+of+jesus+mike+licona&qid=1570211397&sprefix=the+resurrection+of+Jesus%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-1
Another good scholarly resource is The Case For the Resurrection of Jesus by Habermas and Licona. You can get it for about $13 dollars on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/140-8576167-7556334?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0825427886&pd_rd_r=decfba9d-109a-4324-99c9-ba4523d42796&pd_rd_w=TIA6v&pd_rd_wg=EeKYx&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=WW1HBRRY8K7JV6EPDW3P&psc=1&refRID=WW1HBRRY8K7JV6EPDW3P
I would also suggest getting a general overview of the New Testament. Bart Ehrman is probably the world's leading skeptical scholar of the New Testament. His book on the New Testament, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the New Testament Writings, is a great resource and can be bought on Amazon for around $6.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Historical-Introduction-Christian/dp/0195126394/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=introduction+to+new+testament+ehrman&qid=1570211027&sr=8-6
Other books that I would strongly recommend would be:
Early Christian Writings. A short read at 200 pages. A catalog of some of the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament. You can get it for $3 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Early-Christian-Writings-Apostolic-Fathers/dp/0140444750/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=early+christian+writings&qid=1570212985&s=books&sr=1-1
The New Testament: Its Background, Growth and Content Bruce Metzger was one of the leading New Testament scholars of the 20th century. You can get it for $20.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Background-Growth-Content/dp/1426772491/ref=pd_sbs_14_5/140-8576167-7556334?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1426772491&pd_rd_r=d83ca7e7-e9be-4da7-b3e8-3e5b6e143a27&pd_rd_w=AUNpT&pd_rd_wg=VLsLw&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=RESQKSAY5XYMKZ939JS7&psc=1&refRID=RESQKSAY5XYMKZ939JS7
The Fate of the Apostles, by McDowell. An in-depth study of how reliable the martyrdom accounts of the apostles are. A little bit pricey at $35-40.
https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Apostles-Sean-McDowell/dp/1138549134/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JBDB9MJMOVL8&keywords=the+fate+of+the+apostles&qid=1570212064&s=books&sprefix=the+fate+of+the+ap%2Cstripbooks%2C167&sr=1-1
Ecclesiastical History, by Eusebius, a 3rd century historian. Eusebius documents the history of Christianity from Jesus to about the 3rd century. You can get it for $10.
https://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Background-Growth-Content/dp/1426772491/ref=pd_sbs_14_5/140-8576167-7556334?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1426772491&pd_rd_r=d83ca7e7-e9be-4da7-b3e8-3e5b6e143a27&pd_rd_w=AUNpT&pd_rd_wg=VLsLw&pf_rd_p=d66372fe-68a6-48a3-90ec-41d7f64212be&pf_rd_r=RESQKSAY5XYMKZ939JS7&psc=1&refRID=RESQKSAY5XYMKZ939JS7
Really recommend "The case for the resurrection"
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886
There have been countless books written proving this. [Here's a good one.] (https://www.amazon.com/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0825427886&pd_rd_r=SHSV2CRQHFC2157WFXGY&pd_rd_w=ciUKw&pd_rd_wg=QT45I&psc=1&refRID=SHSV2CRQHFC2157WFXGY)
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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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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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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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There's lots, on all different levels. So it depends what you're looking for and what questions are important to you. You might consider:
If you want to understand the philosophical arguments for God you could try:
Specifically on Jesus, you might try,
And one last one which I haven't read, but I hear is good
But honestly, simply reading the Bible, praying and earnestly seeking is the best start.
For me it comes down to the cumulative case for Christianity. I can imagine you must feel very hapy, joyful and open-minded. I would recommend a couple books to you:
2)http://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381803860&sr=1-1&keywords=mere+christianity
I think when you are done, that you will see that even with all of the legitimate questions and curiosities that Christianity has, it still is the most logical worldview out there. Also, I would encourage you to find churches outside of the Catholic church as the Catholic church keeps people in bondage. Try and find a solid baptist church. There is no perfect church, but we can find the perfection of love and holiness in Christ.
Also, check out: http://answersforatheists.com/. This addresses many of the common questions and objections to Christianity from a very logical point of view.