Mass hallucination theory refuted by fact I: hallucinations are individual, not shared; 1 Corinthians 15 cites 500 simultaneous witnesses
Systematic refutation of the mass hallucination theory
By definition, a hallucination is a private internal experience — it cannot be simultaneously shared by multiple people in the same location. Mike cites 1 Corinthians 15 (within five years of the resurrection) as recording over 500 people seeing Jesus at once. He notes that Richard Carrier draws on this theory selectively.
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What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: “Women Keep Silent” (1 Cor 14:34–35)
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 11 on 'women keep silent' in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
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What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament
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What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART B)
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part B)
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