[Con X-Poser]

<< The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel. He interviews a number of people and concisely states their arguments based upon several objections to the existence of God, such as "Since Evil and Suffering Exist, a Loving God Cannot," and "Evolution Explains Life, so God Isn't Needed." Perhaps I am just easily persuaded, but let me know your thoughts. >>

I believe there is no doubt the resurrection happened. For one, the attempts to explain it away are more unbelievable than a resurrection. Like the "Swoon theory", which says Christ "came to" in the sealed tomb, despite being beaten, whipped, crucified, an dembalmed. And He somehow mustered the strength to roll away the stone and escape.

But the best evidence is the reaction of the disciples. They were cowardly BEFORE the crucifixion/resurrection, but became incredibly bold AFTER it. They were the ones who would've known if the resurrection was faked, or if they stole the body. If they knew the resurrection wasn't real, they would never have risked prison and execution to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ - yet that's exactly what they did. And when some of them were martyred, the rest became even bolder.

Oh, evil and suffering exist because a loving God gave us a free will and we (corporately) chose sin which brought evil and suffering upon ourselves.

And evolution doesn't explain life. The evos themselves will holler the loudest that abiogenesis is separate from evolution.

[50sDad]

You know, when you stick to the New Testiment, you are incredibly on target and persuasive. You should play to your strengths. You could win a lot of souls for Christ that way.

[Virginia-American]

The evos themselves will holler the loudest that abiogenesis is separate from evolution.

Obviously. Imagine that we introduce life to Mars. There is no reason to believe that the various species won't evolve to be a bettter match for whatever environments they find themselves in. It is the fact that bacteria appear in very old rocks, and eukaryotic/multicellular life only much later, that leads to the abiogenesis hypothesis.

If multicellular life were introduced suddenly into a lifeless environment (like in my Mars example), we wouldn't see this.

Evolution is something that life does, irrespective of its ultimate origin.