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What Bayes’ Theorem Really Says About the Resurrection (feat Brian Blais/Than Christopoulos resp)
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Is the "Maximal Data Case" for the resurrection of Jesus a sophisticated historical argument, or just "for the Bible tells me so" with extra steps?. When apologist Than Christopoulos accused YouTuber Paulogia of "mathematical malpractice" for his skepticism, Paulogia enlisted physicist and statistical inference expert Dr. Brian Blais to respond. This video features Dr. Blais's detailed breakdown of the debate, where he corrects the Bayesian equations, reframes the data, and argues that the apologist's own math reveals a conclusion baked in from the start, turning a theological debate into a fascinating lesson on logic and probability.
- Original blog: https://www.inspiringphilosophy.com/blog/paulogiaits-time-to-stop
- RESOURCES
- https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/still-unbelievable/episodes/Episode-84---Miracles-with-Brian-Blais-e1nlui2
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2010/Sep/25/multiple-model-comparisons-revisited/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2015/May/13/on-miracles/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2022/Jun/14/sometimes-more-testimony-is-worse/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2022/Jun/14/sometimes-more-testimony-is-worse/#setting-up-the-problem
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2022/Mar/23/a-long-discussion-about-miracles/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2022/Mar/30/bad-apologetics-on-bayes-part-1/#alternative-supernatural-explanations
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2023/Feb/23/probability-and-the-independence-of-testimony/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2025/Aug/02/the-nines-deck-and-non-monotonic-probability-changes/
- https://bblais.github.io/posts/2025/Aug/03/the-nines-deck-and-scientific-reasoning/
- https://bblais.github.io/search.html?q=miracle
- https://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/~loredo/bayes/L90-LaplaceToSN1987A-scan.pdf
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bayes-theorem/#2
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-bayesian/
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/probability-interpret/
- https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-on-earth/
- Kamil Gregor & Blake Giunta; Resurrection; The NEW Naturalistic Hypothesis: https://www.youtube.com/live/RlFpKNCne30?si=jOUkI18408QBakIF
- Timothy McGrew - The Formal Epistemology of Testimony: Beyond Hume and Earman: https://youtu.be/GH11Ur8cjwM?si=0lF-xBegBE0Wskdv
- Who really wrote the Gospels: https://youtu.be/Du-Ucq5QrAc?si=c7doNIuWIgNVtFpX
- NO RESURRECTION REQUIRED! How Christianity Probably Began.: https://youtu.be/Isnl9A50ySY?si=YFmbQ0hRyQXUc--N
- RHBS Model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2JNoRdyaek&t=1330s
- How NOT to Defend the Resurrection Against Minimal Witnesses: https://youtu.be/SpgBUOKPmus?si=iBAevutQ8VcuO6Ge
- Atheist Debates - Miracle Healing? The Marlene Klepees story...: https://youtu.be/wdHPVeqSv1k?si=0hjhHUWUENaqGqcG
