Be careful what you grant!

In this episode, I discuss the Maximal Data approach to the resurrection and contrast it with a modified or enhanced version of the Minimal Facts approach. This version attempts (like the ordinary MFA) to avoid defending the reliability of the Gospels but tries to make up for this refusal by arguing indirectly that the disciples must have had physical-type experiences of the risen Jesus, thereby defending the physical resurrection.  In the course of critiquing this approach I debunk some misunderstandings of the Maximal Data approach and suggest ways of setting aside (bracketing) one issue while making an argument one wishes to focus on, without conceding anything in the process.  

Here is the discussion I did on the White Horse Inn of the alleged discrepancies in the resurrection accounts. https://whitehorseinn.org/resource-library/shows/reconciling-accounts-of-the-resurrection/ I also discuss many of these in The Mirror or the Mask, which I mention several times in this episode:  https://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Mask-Liberating-Gospels-Literary/dp/1947929070/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mirror+or+the+mask&qid=1600272214&sr=8-1

Originally uploaded May 7 2021