Wesley Huff
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In theology, it's often described as the difference between understanding and comprehension, which my wife tells me are synonyms, and that's nonsense. But the idea is like, you can understand eternity as a long point in time. You can comprehend it.
How much water is in the ocean.
How much water is in the ocean.
How much water is in the ocean.
I can comprehend. Like, it's like, that's a lot of water. But when you start talking about like tens of thousands of gallons, I'm like, lost me.
I can comprehend. Like, it's like, that's a lot of water. But when you start talking about like tens of thousands of gallons, I'm like, lost me.
I can comprehend. Like, it's like, that's a lot of water. But when you start talking about like tens of thousands of gallons, I'm like, lost me.
Well, I think that's why you see natural materialism being woefully inadequate, to really explain the ultimate worldview questions that we have.
Well, I think that's why you see natural materialism being woefully inadequate, to really explain the ultimate worldview questions that we have.
Well, I think that's why you see natural materialism being woefully inadequate, to really explain the ultimate worldview questions that we have.
Well, I mean, that is kind of the crazy thing about Christianity, where you have this Jewish itinerant guy who's walking around first century Roman-occupied Judea. He's making some pretty audacious claims, claims to be God himself. And then he predicts his own death and resurrection. And then his disciples... They think it's over. They're like, he's dead. We're done.
Well, I mean, that is kind of the crazy thing about Christianity, where you have this Jewish itinerant guy who's walking around first century Roman-occupied Judea. He's making some pretty audacious claims, claims to be God himself. And then he predicts his own death and resurrection. And then his disciples... They think it's over. They're like, he's dead. We're done.
Well, I mean, that is kind of the crazy thing about Christianity, where you have this Jewish itinerant guy who's walking around first century Roman-occupied Judea. He's making some pretty audacious claims, claims to be God himself. And then he predicts his own death and resurrection. And then his disciples... They think it's over. They're like, he's dead. We're done.
And then they go from 11 scared men, because Judas commits suicide, scared men in an upper room to completely overhauling the Roman world in only a couple hundred years because of this claim that they say they saw Jesus resurrected. Right. Like there's something different that goes on there that they're like, this is a miracle, right? Dead people don't usually rise from the dead.
And then they go from 11 scared men, because Judas commits suicide, scared men in an upper room to completely overhauling the Roman world in only a couple hundred years because of this claim that they say they saw Jesus resurrected. Right. Like there's something different that goes on there that they're like, this is a miracle, right? Dead people don't usually rise from the dead.
And then they go from 11 scared men, because Judas commits suicide, scared men in an upper room to completely overhauling the Roman world in only a couple hundred years because of this claim that they say they saw Jesus resurrected. Right. Like there's something different that goes on there that they're like, this is a miracle, right? Dead people don't usually rise from the dead.
Well, I think so as a historian, I do think it is a historical question. You have a guy who objectively lived. He objectively died. And then individuals close to his inner circle claim that they see him not dead.