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The question of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important doctrine of the conservative Christian religion. When you read Christian apologists, they make it seem as if the resurrection of Christ if one of the most well attested events of ancient history and that a person would be a fool not to believe it.  Most of us are honestly not qualified to make a determination in our own right so we have to depend on scholars that we read and learn from to make our decision.  This debate between the well known apologist William Lane Craig and the well known Bart Ehrman is in my opinion a wonderful exchange to listen to.  Both men are highly educated and respected in their positions and both are great communicators and debators.  I am often frustrated with debates because at times you get two individuals with very different backgrounds and areas of expertise and they both make different points that do not fully engage one another.  Although these two gentelman are not of the exact same background, they are both authorities in their fields and their fields of study are very close.

It is my opinion that Bart Ehrman wins this debate hands down and shows the great difficulty that we have when trying to understand a claim of the miraculous from 2000 years ago.  I think he does a good job explaining these subjects at a level that a common person can follow and understand.  The debate can be found here if you want to listen to it or here if you would like to read the full transcript.  Check it out and let me know what you think in a comment below.

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