Artificial Disharmonization

Here I'm once again going to show how those of us who think the Gospels are reliable can take the "forward" position and go on the offensive rather than letting the skeptic or liberal scholars set the agenda. It is so common to characterize any response to an alleged Gospel problem as "artificial harmonization," but in many cases this is the purest projection on the part of the critic. The critic creates an artificial problem where no problem exists *at all* and then impatiently and arrogantly dismisses a completely reasonable attempt to point out that there is no problem by calling that response an "artificial harmonization." I will be using a recent video discussion between liberal New Testament scholar Dale Allison and skeptical Youtube host Derek Lambert, on the topic of the donkeys at the triumphal entry, to illustrate this sort of artificial objection, followed by projection of artificiality onto the defender of the Gospels.  That video is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ9y3k9Nq6s For Ebrard's "recipe" that rightly lampoons David Strauss (which I mention in today's video), see here. Search on the page for "receipt," and you'll find Ebrard's actual text. Ebrard notes, rightly for his own time, that the supernatural is the ultimate target of Strauss's skepticism. Unfortunately in our own time there are those who don't reject the supernatural who nonetheless make the same ridiculous moves that Strauss makes.   https://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/scanned/strauss.htm #gospelreliability #harmonization Be sure to like and subscribe!

Originally uploaded 10.12.21