I will be on London's Resonance FM "Little Atoms" radio show 7pm tomorrow (Friday) night. Talking about CFI, scepticism, religion, etc.
(Published in Faith and Philosophy 2011. Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2011. Stephen Law. Pages 129-151) EVIDENCE, MIRACLES AND THE EXISTENCE OF JESUS Stephen Law Abstract The vast majority of Biblical historians believe there is evidence sufficient to place Jesus’ existence beyond reasonable doubt. Many believe the New Testament documents alone suffice firmly to establish Jesus as an actual, historical figure. I question these views. In particular, I argue (i) that the three most popular criteria by which various non-miraculous New Testament claims made about Jesus are supposedly corroborated are not sufficient, either singly or jointly, to place his existence beyond reasonable doubt, and (ii) that a prima facie plausible principle concerning how evidence should be assessed – a principle I call the contamination principle – entails that, given the large proportion of uncorroborated miracle claims made about Jesus in the New Testament documents, we should, in the absence of indepen
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His stage poem (!!!) is an excellant rant against new age woo woo. It's worth a look for a chuckle if nothing else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s&feature=related
Little Atoms is one of the shows included in the Resonance FM podcast feed.
While you subscribe, I think all your readers would enjoy Hooting Yard which is another show podcasted by Resonance FM.
Sal
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-of-pods.html
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