Jon Topping

Marian apparitions are a major way skeptics try to argue mass hallucinations are possible, in order to counter the resurrection appearances.

Are there examples of group hallucinations? Even if we look at the best possible examples, they still fail to be group hallucinations.

The ancients had categories for different types of mental experiences. They were not so ignorant that they thought hallucinations were real.

What would it take for you to change your mind? When dealing with whether God exists or not, I've found your answer shows your heart.

How can God be loving and good if He created hell for humanity? I think this problem is largely based on a misunderstanding.

How do hallucinations happen? What exactly are they, and are they predictable? These questions will help us evaluate hallucination theory.

Most people think humanity is generally good. However, when we look at human history, we can see humanity is in need of help.

Why would a loving God send people to hell? Our culture has a terrible understanding of hell, because it never gets taught properly.

One of the main counters against the resurrection of Jesus is the claim that the disciples were merely hallucinating the risen Christ.

This is the main complaint against God, and religion. Why is there evil, if God is good?

A counter against the resurrection is the the disciples hallucinated. A specific form of this argument is that Christianity was a drug cult.

Here we go into what is probably the best secular explanation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ: that the disciples stole Jesus' body.

The empty tomb is a difficult historical fact to make sense of. In this episode we explore theories behind Jesus' missing body.

If every religion is the same, why bother thinking about it? But, what if they were only similar in small ways, and different in big ways?

The new way to defend atheism is to say it doesn't require defending. Atheism is seen as a "lack" of a belief. Is this accurate?

There is a group of secular arguments against the resurrection that all try to claim that Jesus' body went missing. They state it was...

After showing exactly what kills a person in crucifixion, we'll be able to definitively say that, yes, Jesus did in fact die on that cross..

If God is so powerful, why is apologetics needed? While God doesn't need us to defend Him, we are still responsible to uphold truth.

Here we'll look at one of the best arguments for the idea that Jesus never died on the cross, so there was no resurrection.

Is atheism a belief, or simply a "lack" of belief? When looking at the actual practice of atheists, it's different than they want to admit.

One major counter to the resurrection is the idea that maybe Jesus only passed out on the cross. We dig into this topic, and why it's wrong.

With all the debate about the dating of the biblical books, which one might be the earliest?

Many of the secular arguments against the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually relate back to a misunderstanding on what crucifixion was...

While academic historians haven't had respect for the swoon theory for many decades now, there are still those who try to bring back the...