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Why Matthew’s Resurrection Account is Garbage

There’s a meme called “When You See It”. You’re given a photo that looks pretty mundane, but once you’ve spotted a particular detail, the picture shifts from mundane to hilarious (or maybe horrifying). You can never go back to seeing the picture the way you first did. In the same way, my feeling is that once you’ve seen the gaping flaws in the Gospel of Matthew’s resurrection account, you’ll never go back to thinking it’s anything but garbage.

The Double Standard that Isn’t

Since the recent attack on Planned Parenthood, cries of double standards are coming out of the woodwork: “How can you blame Islam for the murders committed by Islamic terrorists and NOT blame Christianity for the murders committed by Christian terrorists?” Here’s the reason: The New Testament has clear prohibitions against murder. The Quran does not.