Gospels
5 conversations where the hosts get into gospels.
5 conversations
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Rebuttal: the circus analogy and eyewitness testimony
Rebuttal part one: the circus analogy. The host's grandpa took him to the circus at age five; with no photos, a skeptic could deny it ever happened, yet four of grandpa's friends wrote accounts of his life.
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Five things you didn't know about Jesus
- Did Jesus learn things, or did he know everything?
- If Jesus knew what was coming, why pray 'take this cup from me'?
Walking through the CNN Belief Blog listicle: Nazareth had only 200-400 people ('can anything good come from Nazareth?'), whether Jesus knew everything (Luke's 'progressed in…
From No. 181 · Five Things You Didn’t Know About Jesus
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Cana sass, kidney stones, and 'women are much stronger than men'
- Is it okay to put a little sass on Jesus' line to his mother at Cana?
The hosts ask whether it's okay to put 'a little sass' on Jesus' Cana line to his mother — 'why you bother me with this woman?
From No. 4 · Fast Food, the Holy Spirit, and Kidney Stones
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Ten reasons, part 3: Paul inventing Christianity and evolution
Justifications six and seven. On "Saint Paul invented Christianity": a host notes the awkwardness for the Christians who introduced Paul to Jesus, and another argues the claim is…
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Biblical camel quiz
The hosts take a ten-question online quiz about camels in the Bible (unclean animals, Samuel and Saul, the eye of the needle, Abraham's servant's camels, Jacob and Esau, Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites, the queen of Sheba, Job's camels, the wise men).
From No. 178 · What Are Our Snakes?