MARYVILLE, Mo — Dr. William Craig believes in miracles. Dr. Richard Carrier is sifting through the evidence and can’t find the proof.
Dr. Craig argued that multiple and independent sources attest to the fact that Jesus was buried and rose from a tomb and later appeared to a select group of people.
Dr. Carrier said the sources he cites were either hallucinating or simply spun a work of fiction loaded with irony to convey a tale.
Dr. Carrier said that Barabbas, who in the Bible was released by the Romans instead of Jesus at the behest of the Jews, is a fictional character. He said the name literally means son of the father, which would be an odd name in those times....