Many New Testament scholars have observed that the conception of the resurrection body implied in 1 Corinthians 15 clashes so violently with that presupposed in the gospels that the latter must be dismissed as secondary embellishments, especially as 1 Corinthians predates the gospels. — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
If, when we compare two versions of a story, the second known to be a retelling of the first, and find that the second has more of a miraculous element, we may reasonably conclude we have legendary (or midrashic or… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
"You ask me how I know he lives?" asks the revival chorus. "He lives within my heart." Exactly! A figment. — Robert M. Price Copy Share
The Koran was assembled from a variety of prior Hagarene texts (hence the contradictions re Jesus' death) in order to provide the Moses-like Muhammad… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
The notorious tendency of conservative apologists and New Age paperback writers alike is to leap from mere possibility to the right to believe. "If… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment by freezing… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“The answer is simple: if you cannot find meaning inherent in life right now, as you live it in this visible world, the addition… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“Warren is stuck in Sunday School-level, pretheological fundamentalism. It is religious infantilism of the kind that Freud to conclude that religion is nothing more… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
Fundamentalism fills you with answers before you even think to ask the questions. — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“Born-again living seemed to me just a crutch which no longer facilitated healing and growth, but actually protracted immaturity.” — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“But if subjective pietism is not the real crux of this all-important Gospel, if it is instead belief in the plan of salvation, how… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
I wonder how appropriate it is to try to 'argue someone into the kingdom.' Many apologists hotly deny any such charge, but I don't… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“I bet you've seen the fundamentalist bumper sticker that says, "God said it! I believe it! That settles it!" It must be a typo… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
The born-again gospel promises joy and peace of mind, but it does so by prolonging childhood. — Robert M. Price Copy Share
A critic may reject some miracle stories as legendary, and not others, with no inconsistency at all for the simple reason that even if… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
“Luke 17:5-6, a Lukan paraphrase of Mark 11:22-24, strikes a surprising note of pessimism: "The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!' And… — Robert M. Price Copy Share
Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them. — Robert M. Price Copy Share
