{"id":385,"date":"2003-09-23T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2003-09-23T19:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2003\/09\/23\/reagans-flawed-apologetic\/"},"modified":"2003-09-23T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2003-09-23T19:03:14","slug":"reagans-flawed-apologetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Reagan's flawed apologetic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cut on the Bias<\/a> quotes from a Ronald Reagan apologetic, written in 1978:<\/p>\n

“(E)ither he was what he said he was or he was the world’s greatest liar. It is impossible for me to believe a liar or charlatan could have had the effect on mankind that he has had for 2000 years. We could ask, would even the greatest of liars carry his lie through the crucifixion, when a simple confession would have saved him?<\/div>\n

Reagan’s logic here is terrible. First of all, he’s assuming that the account of events in the New Testiment is necessarily accurate – but there’s no reason (aside from religious faith) to make that assumption. Secondly, even assuming the NT’s general accuracy, there’s an obvious third possibility besides “messiah” and “charlatan” – Jesus might have been sincere but mistaken about who he was.<\/p>\n

Susanna compares Reagan’s logic to C.S. Lewis, but I have a hard time imagining Lewis putting forth an apologetic this unsophisticated. Reagan’s work seems more comparable to Josh McDowell’s<\/a>..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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