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Lawyers are just Actors

There’s a theist over on the channel, as usual, making all kinds of accusations and pretty much following the standard religious party line. You know, “I’m not here to debate” and “we have evidence!” and all that.

I was thinking about where he was going to go next. These people are almost always very predictable. I’ve already tentatively taken on faith and the Bible, although there’s plenty of work still to do if he decides to go that way, but I was also wondering how long it would be before he reached “we have eyewitnesses!”

That’s what I want to talk about today. Continue reading Lawyers are just Actors

Why Paul is Important

I recently did a video response on Mike Licona where he tries to argue that Paul actually matters in the Bible. I agree with him, Paul does matter, just as every other writer in the Bible, but not for the same reasons he thinks. You need to establish a real, historical Paul so that you can objectively and independently verify that the events recorded in the Bible actually happened.

And unfortunately for the religious, you simply can’t do any of that. Continue reading Why Paul is Important