The Implausibility and Low Explanatory Power of the Resurrection Hypothesis: With a Rejoinder to Stephen T. Davis

We respond to Stephen T. Davis’ criticism of our earlier essay, “Assessing the Resurrection Hypothesis.” We argue that the Standard Model of physics is relevant and decisive in establishing the implausibility and low explanatory power of the Resurrection hypothesis. We also argue that the laws of ph...

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Authors: Cavin, Robert Greg (Author) ; Colombetti, Carlos A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wipf and Stock Publishers 2020
In: Socio-historical examination of religion and ministry
Year: 2020, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-94
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Summary:We respond to Stephen T. Davis’ criticism of our earlier essay, “Assessing the Resurrection Hypothesis.” We argue that the Standard Model of physics is relevant and decisive in establishing the implausibility and low explanatory power of the Resurrection hypothesis. We also argue that the laws of physics have entailments regarding God and the supernatural and, against Alvin Plantinga, that these same laws lack the proviso “no agent supernaturally interferes.” Finally, we offer Bayesian arguments for the Legend hypothesis and against the Resurrection hypothesis.
ISSN:2637-7500
Contains:Enthalten in: Socio-historical examination of religion and ministry
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.33929/sherm.2020.vol2.no1.04