CHAPTER 9: More than Five Theories

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Thinking Critically about the Resurrection of Jesus

Volume 1: The Resuscitation of the Swoon Theory

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9.0 MORE THAN FIVE THEORIES
9.1 Introduction and Overview of More than Five Theories
9.2 One Obvious Reason Why Premise (1) is FALSE 
9.3 Another Reason Why Premise (1) is FALSE
9.4 The Extensive Variety of Possible Skeptical Theories
9.5 Thousands of Possible Skeptical Theories
9.6 End Notes for More Than Five Theories

In this chapter, I will first give two good reasons why we should believe that premise (1) is FALSE:

⦁ Other Christian philosophers and apologists criticize more than just the four skeptical theories that Kreeft and Tacelli examine.
⦁ We can generalize from the Swoon Theory to recognize some general categories of skeptical theories that contain several different alternative skeptical theories that fall under the general categories of which the Swoon Theory is a specific example.

     Then I will examine the argument by Kreeft and Tacelli in support of premise (1) and show that this argument is a bad argument that rests on some false assumptions.  
     Next, I will argue that a better analysis of the logical possibilities shows that there are at least dozens of different theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus.  
     Finally, I will present a plausible argument that there are actually thousands of possible skeptical theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus.