I get that. But that said, if someone asks me why I think Jesus physically rose from the dead, I'll give an argument (namely, the Bayesian one that Tim and Lydia McGrew give; see here: http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/Resurrectionarticlesinglefile.pdf). By contrast*, I think a lot of the people I'm talking about, who are quite used to giving a…
I get that. But that said, if someone asks me why I think Jesus physically rose from the dead, I'll give an argument (namely, the Bayesian one that Tim and Lydia McGrew give; see here: http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/Resurrectionarticlesinglefile.pdf). By contrast*, I think a lot of the people I'm talking about, who are quite used to giving arguments in other contexts, get angry when you ask them for their justification, and also don't seem to get why you think their views are unusual.
*--I realize, *lots* of Christians will get angry if you ask them to justify why they think Jesus rose from the dead, but I'm talking about academics here.
I get that. But that said, if someone asks me why I think Jesus physically rose from the dead, I'll give an argument (namely, the Bayesian one that Tim and Lydia McGrew give; see here: http://www.lydiamcgrew.com/Resurrectionarticlesinglefile.pdf). By contrast*, I think a lot of the people I'm talking about, who are quite used to giving arguments in other contexts, get angry when you ask them for their justification, and also don't seem to get why you think their views are unusual.
*--I realize, *lots* of Christians will get angry if you ask them to justify why they think Jesus rose from the dead, but I'm talking about academics here.
Yes ok good point. I retract my accusation.
Did you accuse me of anything? If you did, I didn't notice it!
I could get to like this practice of quiet accusations. Much less stressful.
Haha It was a veiled, implied accusation of bizarre thinking.