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Will the Real Jesus Please Stand-Up!

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Waaooh, this is a must. Unfortunately the debate is not yet in print, one has to be content with Moreland's "Jesus under Fire", for example.

Dr. John Dominic Crossan is the co-chairman of the media darlings known as the Jesus Seminar. Dr. William Craig is (in my opinion) the best Christian apologist of the late 20th century who has specialized his theological research on the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus in 3 major academic books. The give and take of this debate much favored Craig in which he clearly won. Craig argued two major contentions: 1. Jesus rose from the dead and confirmed his claims to act in the place of God. 2. If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, then belief in him is a fairytale and equivalent to an irrational faith of Peter-Pan theology. Crossan never seems to address point 2 at all in the debate. In fact, Crossan thinks that one should just go on believing in Christ even though , according to Crossan, Jesus never rose from the dead bodily and was probably eaten by dogs. One wonders who is the one with the irrational faith? Listeners will enjoy the 40 minute dialogue section in which William F. Buckley participates in.

An entertaining debate between a liberal and a conservative christian. Craig presents the most powerful case for the historicity of the New testament canon. While Crossan chose not to engage Craig in any of his main contentions. Crossan really seemed to merely pick and choose the arguments he found congent. I felt Craig througly demolished Crossan. If your a conservative christian you'll enjoy the pathetic lengths Crossan has to resort to in order to explain the virgin birth, miracles, and the resurrection of Christ away. It was a joy to listen to.