Welcome to Defending Christianity My name is Oliver Tseng and I’m the founder of the debating forum DebatingChristianity.com. This site is a collection of posts I’ve made on the forum. The forum was started in 2004 to provide a civil and respectful forum to debate Christianity and any religious topic. Since then, over a million … Read more
The Bible says Jesus’s body was wrapped in a linen cloth: [Mat 27:59 KJV] 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/mat … onc_956058 [Mar 15:46 KJV] 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him … Read more
Richard Corfield wrote an article, Chemistry in the face of belief, Dec 2013, discussing the 1988 C-14 dating and the shroud. The Shroud is one of the most important relics in the Christian church and almost from the moment that Willard Libby invented the radiocarbon dating technique in the 1940s, the Shroud has been an … Read more
Derek on MythVision interviews Andrea Nicolotti to argue the Shroud of Turin is a medieval fake. 2:49 So the first question I have for you is the simple obvious one that everyone wants to know, is this really the shroud that Jesus from the first century? 3:06 Yeah the response to that question is quite … Read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hum … _1754.jpeg David Hume (1711-1776) is often cited by skeptics to dispute miraculous claims and to dismiss Christianity. Hume wrote about it in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding: Our Evidence, then, for the Truth of the Christian Religion is less than the Evidence for the Truth of our Senses; because, even in the first … Read more
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:11 pm The thorns would probably have bent and broken before penetrating the skull. As I posted earlier, there are many thorns that penetrated the skull. otseng wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:33 am Completing the count of the clots (fig. 6), I have come to the conclusion that … Read more
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:48 pm If the scourging didn’t cause bleeding, it weakens the hypovolemic shock hypothesis even further. The bleeding was also from the crown of thorns and the crucifixion wounds. I believe a significant part of his injuries was from the crown of thorns and this was a major contributing … Read more
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2023 5:32 pm It’s generally agreed that Jesus died of asphyxiation. Jesus had issues both with breathing on the cross and he lost blood from the crown of thorns, scourging, and nails in his hands and feet. Asphyxiation is one reason commonly proposed, but most likely it was a combination … Read more
Athetotheist wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:18 am “In Jesus’ day, the body was washed and anointed with expensive perfumes, like nard, myrrh, and aloes. Then, the body was wrapped in a shroud, the face covered with a special cloth, and the hands and feet tied with strips of cloth.” https://www.funeralbasics.org/7-funeral … ist-today/ I dispute … Read more
Shroud of Turin debate between Dale at RealSeekers and Jordan at Reason to Doubt on the Shroud of Turin hosted by FaithUnaltered. The Shroud of Turin: Fake or Miracle? || Debate w/ Dale of Real Seekers I’ll start off by saying I was impressed with the civility of this debate. Both Dale and Jordan are … Read more
Dennis MacDonald vs. Mike Licona – The Resurrection of Jesus Debate: (2021) A little background on Dennis MacDonald: Dennis R. MacDonald received his PhD from Harvard University in 1978 and taught New Testament and Christian origins at Goshen College, the Iliff School of Theology, and the Claremont School of Theology. From 1999-2010 he served as … Read more
