Topics:<\/b> Apologetics; Easter; Jesus Christ; Resurrection<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Matthew 28:6; John 20:18; 1 Corinthians 15:20<\/p>\n
In April 2002, the well-respected Oxford University philosophy professor Richard Swinburne used a broadly accepted probability theory to defend the truth of Christ\u2019s resurrection. He did this at a high-profile gathering of philosophy professors at Yale University.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor someone dead for 36 hours to come to life again is, according to the laws of nature, extremely improbable,\u201d Swinburne said. \u201cBut if there is a God of the traditional kind, natural laws only operate because he makes them operate.\u201d Swinburne then used Bayes\u2019 Theorem to assign values to things like the probability of God\u2019s being real, Jesus\u2019 behavior during his lifetime, and the quality of witness testimony after Jesus\u2019 death. Then he plugged the numbers into a probability formula and added everything up.<\/p>\n
The result: a 97 percent probability that the resurrection really happened.<\/p>\n
\u2014Emily Eakin, \u201cSo God\u2019s Really in the Details?\u201d The New York Times<\/i> (May 11, 2002)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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