Benjamin Cain
1 min readNov 19, 2023

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Not really. The deviousness is that Lennox doesn't come to grips with the difference between truth and workability. He says Christianity is true, but it turns out--in that talk, at least--that what he means by "true" is just that Christianity works. Is that the kind of truth must Christians accept? Do most Christians think their religion is "true" in exactly the way that could be said about every other useful alternative worldview, such as Islam, Hinduism, and secular humanism? No, Lennox pulled a fast one there, a switcheroo. He was transparent about how he came to have Christian faith, but he de-emphasized the evident problems with his understanding of Christianity's worth.

I wrote a long series about the Christ myth theory (some highlights below):

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/assessing-the-christ-myth-theory-6e3dac1de602?source=friends_link&sk=3c6a499a4e1ab6ef1f7ad425923f0c9d

https://medium.com/interfaith-now/should-you-believe-jesus-was-historical-1fbca7b9ffb4?sk=cd45f48535a61ec2015d2385b9fc8dd1

https://medium.com/interfaith-now/the-mythic-core-of-the-christian-narrative-ab42c8622608?sk=c6d1a6a41fcb20029cf734880d9115a8

https://medium.com/interfaith-now/how-apologists-evade-the-christ-myth-theory-f90f9018d762?sk=4ed18073af11c8f40bc29f11ec2310ab

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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