Making Sense with Sam Harris #125 — What Is Christianity?
May 1, 2018
Sam Harris interviews Bart Ehrman, a former born-again Christian and New Testament scholar. They discuss Ehrman's journey from faith to skepticism, the historical evidence of Jesus' resurrection, self-contradictions in the Bible, the origins of the concept of the rapture, and irreconcilable contradictions in the accounts of Jesus' death and resurrection.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Journey from Fundamentalist Christianity to New Testament Scholarship
03:33 • 10min
The Historical Evidence of Jesus' Resurrection
13:42 • 6min
The Dating of the Gospels and Beliefs About Resurrection
20:01 • 20min
The Origins of the Rapture and Losing Faith
40:28 • 3min
Exploring Mistakes and Contradictions in the Bible
43:51 • 2min
Analyzing Contradictions in the Gospels: Jesus' Death and Resurrection
45:26 • 4min