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Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This is a position that is so extreme that to call it marginal would be an understatement; it doesn't even appear on the map of contemporary New Testament scholarship.

— William Lane Craig

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The man who claims to have no need of philosophy is the one most apt to be fooled by it.

What can we say about metaphysical naturalism? Again, I want to make two points.

Question from an audience member: What role does the Holy Spirit play in your ministry?

More often than not, it is what you are rather than what you say that will bring an unbeliever to Christ.
This, then, is the ultimate apologetic. For the ultimate apologetic is: your life.

Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (1994)

Well, there are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those who show up and those who get Eastwooded. You get Eastwooded.

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Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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