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A manual for doubting Christianity
Citations:
1. See "The Best Argument Against God" by Graham Oppy. You can also just search his name on YouTube and you'll be able to get a sense of what he's arguing
2. See the chapter "A Perfectly Good Personal Foundation: Some Reasons for Doubt", in "Is God the Best Explanation of Things?: A Dialogue" by Felipe Leon.
Emerson Green also defends points like these in a debate:
youtube.com/live/k5k48FeQqE4?feature=share
3. See "The Everlasting Check: Hume on Miracles" by Alexander George. He unpacks Hume's reasoning really well, even though he has some reservations about it.
I also cover my general views on miracles in this video:
youtu.be/Te2nl1KdwwQ
4. See "The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction" by Luke Timothy Johnson
The Amateur Exegete has an excellent blog on Biblical topics that you can check out as well:
amateurexegete.com
5. See "Why Apologists Don't Talk About the Ascension" by Matthew Hartke:
youtu.be/u-tU3Ea8IGM
6. See the chapter "Jesus Was Wrong or, It's the End of the World as We Know it and I Feel Fine" in "The Human Faces of God: What Scripture Reveals When It Gets God Wrong (And Why Inerrancy Tries To Hide It)" by Thom Stark
And/or watch Matthew Hartke's video "The Forgotten Meaning of Jesus' Resurrection"
youtu.be/CFezkNxbOMQ
7. See Rom 13:11-12; 16:20
1 Cor 7:27-31
1 Cor 10:11
Phil 4:5
1 Thess 4:15-17
2 Thess 1:5-10; 2:1-12
Jas 5:1-9
(ESV)
Check out a good blog post covering these topics by The Apostate:
apastasea.blogspot.com/2013/03/resurrection-reply.html
8. See "How Cognitive Dissonance Explains Christianity" by Matthew Hartke for an in depth discussion of this
youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg
9. See "Inspiration And Incarnation" by Peter Enns. He's an honest Christian, so show some love
10. I go over an argument against divine inspiration in more depth here:
youtu.be/TD1du3UmuMo
11. Dale Tuggy is another Christian of the non-traditional variety - he has some good material regarding the implausibility of the Trinity/Incarnation on his website (both Biblical reasons and philosophical reasons)
trinities.org/blog
A manual for doubting Christianity
Citations:
1. See "The Best Argument Against God" by Graham Oppy. You can also just search his name on YouTube and you'll be able to get a sense of what he's arguing
2. See the chapter "A Perfectly Good Personal Foundation: Some Reasons for Doubt", in "Is God the Best Explanation of Things?: A Dialogue" by Felipe Leon.
Emerson Green also defends points like these in a debate:
youtube.com/live/k5k48FeQqE4?feature=share
3. See "The Everlasting Check: Hume on Miracles" by Alexander George. He unpacks Hume's reasoning really well, even though he has some reservations about it.
I also cover my general views on miracles in this video:
youtu.be/Te2nl1KdwwQ
4. See "The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction" by Luke Timothy Johnson
The Amateur Exegete has an excellent blog on Biblical topics that you can check out as well:
amateurexegete.com
5. See "Why Apologists Don't Talk About the Ascension" by Matthew Hartke:
youtu.be/u-tU3Ea8IGM
6. See the chapter "Jesus Was Wrong or, It's the End of the World as We Know it and I Feel Fine" in "The Human Faces of God: What Scripture Reveals When It Gets God Wrong (And Why Inerrancy Tries To Hide It)" by Thom Stark
And/or watch Matthew Hartke's video "The Forgotten Meaning of Jesus' Resurrection"
youtu.be/CFezkNxbOMQ
7. See Rom 13:11-12; 16:20
1 Cor 7:27-31
1 Cor 10:11
Phil 4:5
1 Thess 4:15-17
2 Thess 1:5-10; 2:1-12
Jas 5:1-9
(ESV)
Check out a good blog post covering these topics by The Apostate:
apastasea.blogspot.com/2013/03/resurrection-reply.html
8. See "How Cognitive Dissonance Explains Christianity" by Matthew Hartke for an in depth discussion of this
youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg
9. See "Inspiration And Incarnation" by Peter Enns. He's an honest Christian, so show some love
10. I go over an argument against divine inspiration in more depth here:
youtu.be/TD1du3UmuMo
11. Dale Tuggy is another Christian of the non-traditional variety - he has some good material regarding the implausibility of the Trinity/Incarnation on his website (both Biblical reasons and philosophical reasons)
trinities.org/blog
