Atheist Debates - Debate Review: The Resurrection Part 1

A review of a debate with Than Christopoulos on whether the purported resurrection of Jesus was a historical event.

If you think it'd be worthwhile to have Than and Matt work together to review the details of this debate - add your comment below!

[fallout]

That sounds like a great idea Matt. I'd would be a breathe of fresh air to see two opposite sides come together respectfully. Hope you and the Mrs are well.

[gusgreen]

I am a biologist and use Bayesian stats regularly. I never have understood this use of Bayes Theorem by apologists. It seems like they use a very informative prior on the possibility of god/resurrection/etc, but in science, unless we have prior information (hence the term “prior”), we use a vague prior to reflection our uncertainty in the value of a parameter. Essentially, it seems like apologists bias their “Bayesian analysis” by assuming their hypothesis has a lot of supporting info when it has quite the opposite.

[Dathalind]

I think you and Than going through your openings together on the debate would be a really cool idea. Glad to see this debate was not a bait-and-switch move.

[Paulogia]

ooo.... I've been waiting for this one!

[sotirisgeorgiou]

After watching Matt's debades on modern day debates for the last couple of years, this debate was a nice refreshing change and I caught myself smiling all throughout the evnt, thinking this is how debades should be. Would love to see a review/discussion with both you and Than.

[pbjtime]

Matt, I was there and maybe we'll have that tequila sometime ;). I'd very much like to see you and Than sit down and hash this stuff out more. I agree that a conversation with someone who seems to be honestly defending his position without the debate guard rails would be really useful. I'd like for him to address this issue of the prior probability being greater than 0 for some kind of resurrection given that it wasn't demonstrated that resurrections are even possible.

[gabrielmccray]

That beard is getting powerful. May gain sentience soon.

[RoozleDoozle-]

I definitely think that doing additional content with ANY honest opponent would be great

[AJenbo]

It's been a long time since there has been a debate where it went well enough that you would sit down and do a review together with them. I'm all for it.

[heUndertaker]

Yes, absolutely agree that open and honest interaction is (for me at least) the most valuable form of discussion !
Thank you so much Matt, for sharing your time and thoughts.
❤

[SingleDigitDriven]

I watch everything that you put out Matt, always interesting to me. At the end of the day it seems, everything I’ve seen from theists, no matter what evidence or argument they present, it just ends up being “I believe it because I believe it. I have faith that it’s true, and I just believe it.”

[BL-vdmb]

Hey Matt! I don't know how you put up with these Theist, you're an amazing person and I have become a much more knowledgable person because of watching you. I have a better outlook of life and I thank you for opening my eyes to the reality of the world.

[Poisonfrogg]

A Matt and Than debate review sounds like an amazing video.
I would be excited to watch that!

[stevenpinkston]

It's nice to hear you were in a mutually good-faith, intellectually honest debate for a change :)

[skepticsinister]

👏thank you Matt Dillahunty for all you do towards the progress of humanity!

[drumcc]

I would appreciate seeing you and Than go through the debate. That isn’t something I have seen to get both sides with honest feedback. I think you could pull it off.

[fatoldguy]

Matt, you obviously enjoyed your debate with Than. So often we see you get upset with certain opponents who apparently are reluctant (or just down right terrified) to engage honestly and actually answer your questions. I hope to see you in more debates like this with honest interlocuters who want to have constructive conversations.

[mykeljmoney]

Paulogia did a great video on this, but I was eagerly awaiting your Debate Review! Very excited to see it’s a multipart review! Thanks for another great video, Matt

[andydonnelly]

I like your idea of you both coming back together and discussing in detail what you thought.😁👍

[euraquilo]

Please seek out the follow up discussion you proposed at the end of this video. It sounds like something truly productive and would be a breath of fresh air.