I heard a recent debate with Craig and Robert Price where Craig argues that Carl Sagan’s quote “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” is not required or is irrelevant concerning the resurrection of Jesus, because we see extraordinary claims all the time and they are every-day experiences. Craig compares the resurrection with….wait for it…. the Lottery! Craig claims that since the different lotteries in the country have less than one-in-a-million chance of winning, and people do win most every week. So the resurrection isn’t that big of claim. I almost laughed out loud at his response!
Not only this demeans one of the main precepts of Christianity, but it is a category error and a non-sequitur argument. Raising a person from the dead is a supernatural event. Winning the lottery is not. Plus the lottery is a man-made event. Plus if it was a rare event, people would not be winning it every week! A
Generally, I see Craig’s arguments easily arguable with just a few critical thinking skills. Atheists should not be afraid to debate Christina apologists even of the highest order.
Bruce