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Extraordinary claims do not require extraordinary evidence
In discussions about the resurrection of Jesus, it’s often claimed that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence (ECREE). Is this claim true? A few months ago the BBC website covered an uncanny and singular event in Sri Lanka, where a hen gave birth to a chick without an egg.
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Four Poor Reasons for Rejecting the Resurrection
Sometimes critics of religious belief are willing to grant that there is some plausibility to the idea of a cosmic Creator and Designer, but they will argue that such a being is a long way from the Christian God. Even if belief in a Creator were acceptable, how would anyone know which God to believe in?
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