ShaneMan
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shadow9449 said:Shane:
I'm just curious if you got that argument from McDowell. Josh McDowell uses that type of thinking all the time. One of his "best" arguments is "the Apostles wouldn't have allowed themselves to be martyred had they not believed in the resurrection"
Using this line of thinking, McDowell completely ignores that almost every known religion has people who have given their lives for their religion. THis includes many who gave their lives to be tortured and burned NOT to embrace Christianity. This is the type of typical "let's ignore all reality" argument posited by McDowell.
I only raise his name because you mentioned him earlier. I know someone who was Christian for 11 years and became non-Christian when she realized how poorly researched his "Proofs" are.
And by the way, you mentioned that the Gospels were written by eyewitnesses. I guess you missed the first verse in Luke where he says clearly otherwise.
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No, I didn't get the argument from Josh Mc Dowell. I have had folks tell me about the book but have never read it myself. I recommended to Matt based off of what I have be told. As far as Luke goes. Did you read the second verse? or even down to verse 5? Besides, my reference to the eyewitnesses was to the fact that these men walked and talked with Jesus. Luke was one of those men and he wrote The Gospel of Luke as well as The Acts of the Apostles.
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