Refuting Atheism: A Defense of Catholicism w/Gary Michuta

Refuting Atheism: A Defense of Catholicism w/Gary Michuta

[SteveC-Aus]

Peace be with you William, great work!

[Cheeky_Sheikhy]

Love it. Learning alot from you guys. Thanks so much

[jeffreyrodrigoecheverria]

Would you do also a Catholic/Christian position that will refute neopaganism?

[Max_Doubt]

This is baloney. First of all, atheists don't ask for "proof of the resurrection." We ask for proof of God. Whether some itinerant preacher in 1st century Palestine went around preaching an imminent apocalypse, was crucified and then somehow revivified would not prove any god. And the gospel authors were not eyewitnesses. Here's Gary: "Let's say I witnessed an event that occurred, and I would not put that event down to paper until several years later, does that mean that I never witnessed that event? Of course not." Gary needs to read his bible more closely. We know the birth narratives are irreconcilably contradictory. The Mathew and Luke authors disagree by 9 years when Jesus was born and the synoptics disagree with the John gospel by 70 miles about his post-resurrection appearance location; Galilee or Jerusalem? It becomes obvious to any serious scholar that Jesus was a just a cup into which the gospel authors poured their own ideas. We can see the Jesus legend grow from Paul to the Mark, then of Matthew, then of Luke and finally to the author of John, who poured quite liberally.