John Lennox on the Resurrection (part 2)
Lennox is a professor of mathematics who gets cited a lot by Christians because of his academic credentials. While I assume he is knowledgeable in maths, his apologetics are pretty poor! My last post collected some of his claims from various web sites, but there is one further I want to look at that gets more into the detail. Quotes on that web page are taken from the documentary movie “Against the tide” by Pensmore Films, in which the actor Kevin Sorbo interviews Professor John Lennox. I have not seen the movie. https://georgesjournal.net/2021/07/29/john-lennox-against-the-tide-in-history/ In this first quote, Lennox is discussing the issue of Jesus' existence. The interesting thing is ancient historians, whose job is to investigate the rationality of history, are agreed on it. The apostle Peter is one of the most important eyewitnesses in reporting the facts about Jesus. There is pretty strong evidence that he was the main source of the gospel of Mark. So eyewitness testimony is