What are your thoughts on Cliffe Knechtle?>Clearly appears to have read the whole Bible (which is more than most pastors)>Has clearly studied Christianity on an academic level>Understands denominational variances and their individual inconsistencies>Supposedly has spoken with Bart Erhman on multiple occasions>Has studied other religions and can adequately dismantle Islam, Mormonism, and Hinduism among others with accurate knowledge of their theologies>Understands canonization of the Bible and the origins of early Christian theology>Backpedals whenever faced with the possible errancy of the Bible>Constantly special pleads for Christianity over other similar religions>Continual claims the execution of the apostles is evidence of the resurrection>Yet acknowledges almost every religion has martyrs and likely knows we have no real evidence that the apostles were executed save maybe 1 or 2.>Still considers this evidence, but doesn’t consider martyrdom in other religions to be evidence>Continually regurgitates baby’s first theological arguments as if they’re new ideas and not settled debates from 1,200 years ago>Makes metaphysical arguments in favor of a divine creator as uses that as evidence for Christianity being true>Rejects that these same arguments could be used for any other religion or no religion at allI don’t get it. Is this dude a grifter? He seems too smart and educated to say some of the things he says. He flip flops between sounding like an intelligent Biblical scholar and a rust belt youth pastor owning the libs (atheists).I’m almost certain this dude went to seminary just by the way he speaks. I can’t tell if he’s grifting or is somehow simply unable to see his own bias even after a lifetime of debating religion as a profession.
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>>17282166He just likes talking about Jesus. Cliff talks the way he talks and says what he says mostly because he is addressing the layman and college atheists (retards). That's the most of it. I've seen a few videos of him squirming away from more complicated metaphysics or theology, and I'm confident if he ever went toe to toe with some sort of Buddhist or Hindu or even another Christian who had their theology and metaphysics in order he would be thoroughly embarrassed.
