![9 Famous Thinkers Who Said They’d Rather Go To Hell Than Worship God](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Blog-3-cover-1030x539-1.jpg)
![9 Famous Thinkers Who Said They’d Rather Go To Hell Than Worship God](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Blog-3-cover-1030x539-1.jpg)
By Erik Manning C.S. Lewis famously remarked that “the gates of hell are locked from the inside.” In other words, the residents of the damned are there based on personal preference. It’s not because they’d rather be in heaven but only lacked sufficient...
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![Are The Accounts Of Jesus’s Ascension Contradictory?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Blog-3-cover-1-1030x539-1.jpg)
Are The Accounts Of Jesus’s Ascension Contradictory?
By Erik Manning Bart Ehrman says that the author of Luke can’t seem to get the story of the Ascension of Jesus right. In his Gospel, Luke says that Jesus ascended into heaven the day of his resurrection. In The Acts of the Apostles, Jesus hung around for 40 days...
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![Is Bart Ehrman Right When He Says That Acts Contradicts Paul’s Letters?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Blog-2-cover-4-1080x675.jpg)
Is Bart Ehrman Right When He Says That Acts Contradicts Paul’s Letters?
By Erik Manning Agnostic New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman says, “the book of Acts in the New Testament contains historically unreliable information about the life and teachings of Paul.” In his book, Jesus, Interrupted Dr. Ehrman provides five examples of...
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![Was Jesus a Jerk? A Response to the Friendly Atheist](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Blog-1-cover-1-1-1080x675.jpg)
Was Jesus a Jerk? A Response to the Friendly Atheist
By Erik Manning A few weeks ago, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon said: “But here’s the thing, Jesus Christ, if that’s who you believe in Jesus Christ, admittedly was not perfect when he was here on the Earth. So why are we deifying the Founders?” As you can imagine, this...
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![Busting One Of Bart Ehrman’s Favorite Bible Contradictions](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Blog-3-cover-4-1-1080x675.jpg)
Busting One Of Bart Ehrman’s Favorite Bible Contradictions
By Erik Manning Skeptics say that the gospels are riddled with contradictions and therefore are not reliable historical sources. And these same skeptics say that some of these contradictions are downright absurd. For example, agnostic NT scholar Bart Ehrman...
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