The maximal data argument for the resurrection has two steps: (1) establish that the gospel and Acts accounts represent genuine eyewitness testimony, then (2) evaluate what best explains the content of those claims. The apostles voluntarily suffered imprisonment, persecution, and death for their testimony — making the conspiracy/lying hypothesis highly implausible (William Paley, 1794).

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The maximal data argument: apostolic suffering establishes sincerity; conspiracy hypothesis fails

Apologetics — rigorously engaging the hard questions of the

David Hume's objection — that miracles are by definition the

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