I'm Quitting Prophet of Zod (and starting something new)

This might seem sudden, but it's a long time in coming.  I'm going to be closing up shop on this channel and starting up a new one.

Jesus Sacrificing Himself Makes No Sense (Inspiring Philosophy Response)

Jesus dying on the cross for our sins is one of the weirdest aspects of Christianity.  It's central to the religion's narrative, and at a glance it can feel emotionally impactful.  But once you actually think about it, it makes no sense.  God didn't HAVE TO send his son/himself to die.  This was only a requirement because HE dreamed up the mechanics of blood sacrifice out of thin air because he wanted to.

So how do you make sense of this?  Most Christians just refer to it as something that had to be done or something inherent to God's nature, which is just ignoring the core problem.  However, apologetic YouTuber InspiringPhilosophy actually acknowledges the nature of the problem and tries to untangle it.  As I respond to this video, we'll see how impossible it is to make sense of why a perfect, loving God would sacrifice himself to himself to satisfy a requirement he came up with for forgiving sins.

Christians Can't Explain Away Bible Contradictions

The conversation about Bible contradictions has become almost trite.  Skeptics point out common places where the Bible seems to contradict itself, and apologists retort with equally common explanations meant to show why those parts of the Bible don't actually contradict each other.  They also enjoy referring to them as "alleged" or "supposed" contradictions.

So what's the story?  In this video, I'll discuss this phenomenon using the Gospels' various account of Jesus' empty tomb as an example.  I'll look at possible contradictions that CAN be resolved using semantics and discuss whether these excuses - even when defensible - represent a likely reading of the text, as well as digging deeper into how the texts contradict each other in more obvious, unavoidable ways.  I'll also look at examples of how apologists try to reconcile these.