{"id":3384,"date":"2012-03-16T21:38:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T01:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2014-02-08T10:20:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T15:20:40","slug":"answers-from-the-answer-man-dale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/answers-from-the-answer-man-dale\/","title":{"rendered":"Answers from the Answer Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/osiris-horus-isis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3385\" title=\"osiris horus isis\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/osiris-horus-isis-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/osiris-horus-isis-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/osiris-horus-isis-90x64.jpg 90w, https:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/osiris-horus-isis.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Some interesting Q &amp; A<\/strong> from philosopher-apologist <a title=\"Bill Craig's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reasonablefaith.org\/site\/PageServer\" target=\"_blank\">William Lane Craig<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>First, a question inspired by internet crapola, Bill Maher&#8217;s <em>Religulous<\/em>, etc:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jesus&#8217; story cribbed<\/strong> from earlier Egyptian sources?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Son, let me take you out behind the shed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesus and the Story of Osiris and Horus (William Lane Craig)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6AZqOO2FJA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Next?<\/p>\n<p><em>Any good <strong>analogies for understanding the Trinity<\/strong>?<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a Good Analogy of the Trinity? (William Lane Craig)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gp4L9um9uRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Yes &#8211; our <a title=\"Cerberus post\" href=\"http:\/\/trinities.org\/blog\/archives\/305\" target=\"_blank\">old friend <strong>Cerberus<\/strong><\/a>! Woof! (Woof, woof.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clearly one animal&#8221;? I think not! I&#8217;m with Dan on this one: three animals with overlapping bodies. Each woofing. So only a good analogy for tritheism.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why, among all the religions, Christianity?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A deft summary of recent resurrection arguments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why is Christianity Right Among Other Religions? (William Lane Craig)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PuMRP8bZXEQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So, he goes <strong>2-1 here. \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In other Craig- and youtube-related news, this semester my class and I watched and analyzed <a title=\"Craig-Millican debate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9JVRy7bR7zI\" target=\"_blank\">Craig&#8217;s recent (Oct 2011) debate with Peter Millican<\/a> of Oxford. While not without problems on both sides, I think it may be <strong>the best atheist-theist debate<\/strong> I&#8217;ve seen.<\/p>\n<p>I would say, despite his dodgy moral argument, that Craig did better. (I say dodgy because I think he needs to show there to be a contradiction between naturalism and moral realism, but he does not do that. Also, I&#8217;m unclear on just what sort of moral theory he means to commit too &#8211; something in the area of divine command theory, but it is not clear.) But view it and see what you think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, 3-1.<\/strong> Not too shabby, Answer Man!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some interesting Q &amp; A from philosopher-apologist William Lane Craig. First, a question inspired by internet crapola, Bill Maher&#8217;s Religulous, etc: Jesus&#8217; story cribbed from earlier Egyptian sources? Son, let me take you out behind the shed. Next? 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