Psychological profile of apostles: they were not prone to hallucinations or delusion; even Anthony Flew called Paul a first-rate philosopher.
Fourth distinction: the mental/psychological credibility of the witnesses.
Even atheist philosopher Anthony Flew acknowledged Paul was a first-rate philosopher. When Peter sees an angel freeing him from prison (Acts 12), his default reaction is "I must be dreaming" — showing he was not predisposed to believe supernatural visions. This counter-credulity is significant evidence against the idea that the apostles were psychologically prone to hallucinations.
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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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1 Peter 3:1-9
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