Extra materials at BeliefMap

Here you will find a diversity of resources that either do not belong in under one of our primary debate topics or else are too large to be nested below them.

Science need not be falsifiable

• God exists.
• God plausibly would resurrect Jesus.
• Omnipotence isn't ability to create square circles etc..

• Paul was a devoutly Torah-centered Jew
• Paul violently persecuted Christians
• Paul got info on Jesus from Peter (during his Gal 1:18 visit)
• Paul reports/alludes to Jesus's ethical conduct
• Paul's teachings match Jesus's apostles
• Paul worked to know Jesus biography
• Paul's letters refer to Jesus's biographical details
• Paul knew the details of Jesus's crucifixon
• Paul knew much of Jesus's biography
• Paul visited Jerusalem church/Peter to learn about Jesus
• Paul was endorsed by Papias, Polycarp, Ignatius etc.
• Paul and Barnabas were same-team allies
• Paul received the “1 Corinthians 15 creed” within 3 years of converting
• Paul called Jesus “Lord” in the Jewish YHWH-sense as a substitute for God’s name
• Paul swaps “Lord [i.e. YHWH]” in OT quotes with “Lord i.e. Jesus”
• In Gal 1:12, Paul says Jesus “appeared” to him extra-mentally
• In 2 Cor 4 (“Jesus has shown in our hearts”) Paul is referrring to Jesus's appearance
• In 1 Cor 9:1 (“I’ve seen”), Paul says he saw Jesus appear in the regular way
• In Gal 1:12-16 (“revelation… reveal his Son in me”) Paul is simply focusing on the internal aspect of Jesus’ visit

• 'The 12' were leaders of the Jerusalem church

• The Bible says God is worthy of worship.
• The Bible says God is omnipotent.
• The Bible says Jesus is God.
• The Bible says Holy Spirit is God.
• 1 Corinthians 15's "most [of the 500](remain" means they can testify.

• 1st century Jews say corpses must be buried by sunset.
• Jews insistedon pre-sunset burial of crucified corpses.

• Rome accomodated Jewish customs (in AD 30).
• Romans allowed burial of the crucified (in AD 30).

• Greco-Roman histories were witness based
  • Greco-Roman histories self-claim to be true.
  • Greco-Roman histories strove to be witness-based.
  • Greco-Roman histories self-identify as being witness-approved.
  • Greco-Roman historians felt 2nd hand+ testimony was a violation.

• Mormonism's teachings are non-Christian.

• The Gospels are historically reliable.
  • The Gospels stories are all witness-based.
  • The Gospels do not spew inaccuracies.

• The Gospels are Greco-Roman biographies.
• The Gospels internally match ancient bios.
• Ancient bios and letters predominated.
• Gospels are honest accounts of Jesus's life.
• Gospel authors strove to relay only witness testimony.
• Gospel Jesus-bio content is early/sources.

• Jesus was entombed by Joseph of Arimathea.