Is there any legitimacy to the claim that EC leads to atheism?

You’re not theologically liberal until you give up the authority and inspiration of Scripture. Inerrancy is debatable among theological conservatives. The resurrection of Christ is debatable among theological liberals. See the difference?

I sincerely doubt such a thing exists. Can you prove it?

Good point. Who called Hinduism “the embrace that smothers”? William James, maybe?

Some arguments are just bad arguments. I also would point out that other religions need not be 100% false for Christianity to be true. I think it was C.S. Lewis who compared it to a math problem. Only one answer may be true, but some wrong answers are closer to being correct than others.

Yes, but we believe the bodily resurrection of Jesus on the testimony of the witnesses. That’s where the comparison with Genesis and the “slippery slope” argument both end. Denying the historical nature of Gen. 1-11 doesn’t entail denying the historical nature of the gospels. That’s a false equivalency.

But you and I will probably always disagree about that. Hope you’re doing well today!

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