Phillip Goff

Well, it's not simply the view, oh, you know, he was a great moral teacher. Although I do think he was a very important moral teacher. And one thing that's very important to me about Christianity is... the turning upside down of worldly values, this idea that we're not identifying God with the king in the castle. We're identifying God with the naked, humiliated, executed peasant.

Well, it's not simply the view, oh, you know, he was a great moral teacher. Although I do think he was a very important moral teacher. And one thing that's very important to me about Christianity is... the turning upside down of worldly values, this idea that we're not identifying God with the king in the castle. We're identifying God with the naked, humiliated, executed peasant.

Well, it's not simply the view, oh, you know, he was a great moral teacher. Although I do think he was a very important moral teacher. And one thing that's very important to me about Christianity is... the turning upside down of worldly values, this idea that we're not identifying God with the king in the castle. We're identifying God with the naked, humiliated, executed peasant.

Crucifixion was the most cruel, humiliating death of the peasant. It was a weird, radical idea that this is what we're were worshipping and the historian Tom Holland has done wonderful work showing what a radical idea that was to Roman aristocrats when the Roman Empire became Christian. Suddenly the poor and the weak have some kind of moral status. Oh my God, we can't just rape them.

Crucifixion was the most cruel, humiliating death of the peasant. It was a weird, radical idea that this is what we're were worshipping and the historian Tom Holland has done wonderful work showing what a radical idea that was to Roman aristocrats when the Roman Empire became Christian. Suddenly the poor and the weak have some kind of moral status. Oh my God, we can't just rape them.

Crucifixion was the most cruel, humiliating death of the peasant. It was a weird, radical idea that this is what we're were worshipping and the historian Tom Holland has done wonderful work showing what a radical idea that was to Roman aristocrats when the Roman Empire became Christian. Suddenly the poor and the weak have some kind of moral status. Oh my God, we can't just rape them.

You know, how important, actually, it was eye-opening for me how important Christian sexual ethics were at a time where women and slaves had no rights. That saying, you know, you can't have sex until you're married was some limited protection against rape. You know, obviously very limited. Maybe...

You know, how important, actually, it was eye-opening for me how important Christian sexual ethics were at a time where women and slaves had no rights. That saying, you know, you can't have sex until you're married was some limited protection against rape. You know, obviously very limited. Maybe...

You know, how important, actually, it was eye-opening for me how important Christian sexual ethics were at a time where women and slaves had no rights. That saying, you know, you can't have sex until you're married was some limited protection against rape. You know, obviously very limited. Maybe...

Now we're in a period where women have more rights, where we don't have slavery, at least not institutionalized in the way it was then. Maybe we can modify that sexual ethics that had some value at the time. But anyway, yeah, it's not just that Jesus was a great martyr. Just to say that I think there was some, I would say I believe in the resurrection in some sense.

Now we're in a period where women have more rights, where we don't have slavery, at least not institutionalized in the way it was then. Maybe we can modify that sexual ethics that had some value at the time. But anyway, yeah, it's not just that Jesus was a great martyr. Just to say that I think there was some, I would say I believe in the resurrection in some sense.

Now we're in a period where women have more rights, where we don't have slavery, at least not institutionalized in the way it was then. Maybe we can modify that sexual ethics that had some value at the time. But anyway, yeah, it's not just that Jesus was a great martyr. Just to say that I think there was some, I would say I believe in the resurrection in some sense.

I think there was some profound spiritual event there. after Jesus died, something weird happened that lots of people had experiences that persuaded them to vigorously defend this conviction that reality had changed against violent opposition, against death in certain cases we know of. I mean, even our atheist historians of this time period, they accept that this was rooted in experiences.

I think there was some profound spiritual event there. after Jesus died, something weird happened that lots of people had experiences that persuaded them to vigorously defend this conviction that reality had changed against violent opposition, against death in certain cases we know of. I mean, even our atheist historians of this time period, they accept that this was rooted in experiences.

I think there was some profound spiritual event there. after Jesus died, something weird happened that lots of people had experiences that persuaded them to vigorously defend this conviction that reality had changed against violent opposition, against death in certain cases we know of. I mean, even our atheist historians of this time period, they accept that this was rooted in experiences.

I think a lot of people think, oh, it was a later legend, but... I don't think that's an option because of the letters of St. Paul in the Bible, which is kind of gold dust by the standards of ancient history, that there are 13 letters ascribed to him. And all scholars think at least seven of them are genuine. And he didn't know Jesus, but he knew Jesus.

I think a lot of people think, oh, it was a later legend, but... I don't think that's an option because of the letters of St. Paul in the Bible, which is kind of gold dust by the standards of ancient history, that there are 13 letters ascribed to him. And all scholars think at least seven of them are genuine. And he didn't know Jesus, but he knew Jesus.

I think a lot of people think, oh, it was a later legend, but... I don't think that's an option because of the letters of St. Paul in the Bible, which is kind of gold dust by the standards of ancient history, that there are 13 letters ascribed to him. And all scholars think at least seven of them are genuine. And he didn't know Jesus, but he knew Jesus.

Peter, he knew James, the brother of Jesus, he knew John, one of the original 12 disciples, and he talks about what happened. So I think even atheist scholars of Christian history like Bart Ehrman think there was some powerful experience as they kickstarted this. So I would say that to me is the resurrection, that in some sense reality changed, but it was part of this ongoing process of

Peter, he knew James, the brother of Jesus, he knew John, one of the original 12 disciples, and he talks about what happened. So I think even atheist scholars of Christian history like Bart Ehrman think there was some powerful experience as they kickstarted this. So I would say that to me is the resurrection, that in some sense reality changed, but it was part of this ongoing process of