A fundamentalist reading of the apparitions of Jesus tries to explain the conflicting accounts through harmonization; but the careful and critical reader quickly sees that this is simply an impossible task.

This week on the Inquisitive Minds Podcast, we will start discussing The End of Biblical Studies (Prometheus) by Dr. Hector Avalos, a biblical scholar at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Iowa State University.

Some are convinced that God hears prayer. Christians even believe it can serve as a way to influence God. But how can we explain that people from different faith traditions – beliefs that are most often contrary from one another – all claim answers to

Many believers think their religion is the ultimate true religion. If people did not believe this to be so, they would probably just convert to another religion. This implies that other religions are wrong. Is there a unique true religion or are all relig

André Gagné and Brice Jones speak about their former religious backgrounds and escape from fundamentalism. Both have a better understanding of the social dynamics which shaped their former conversion experience. It has become impossible for them to beli

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