Ultimate Questions Podcast with Jon Topping

In order to discredit the resurrection appearances of Jesus, skeptics often try to say that they were group hallucinations. In order to argue this point, they need to show an example of this happening in human history. One major example they try to use is when people claim that the virgin Mary has appeared to them. Since this happens to many people, they argue these are cases of group hallucinations. In this episode we deal with this counter. For more from Jon Topping, check out www.jontopping.com for his blog, podcast, articles, and videos. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!), "Big Adventure" by Paul Yudin. Audio of the Ultimate Questions Podcast is found anywhere podcasts are available.

To argue the resurrection appearances of Jesus are merely hallucinations, the skeptic must provide examples of group hallucinations. In this episode we look at some of the best examples, and show they cannot work as examples of group hallucinations, and that they are incredibly dissimilar to the resurrection appearances. In other words, even the best examples from skeptics still fail. For more from Jon Topping, check out www.jontopping.com for his blog, podcast, articles, and videos. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!), "Big Adventure" by Paul Yudin. Audio of the Ultimate Questions Podcast is found anywhere podcasts are available.

One way skeptics argue against the resurrection is that they say the people during the time of Jesus didn't understand hallucinations, so they misunderstood their hallucinations as real-world experiences. In this episode we look at different sources to get a good understanding of how the ancients understood mental phenomena. For more from Jon Topping, check out www.jontopping.com for his blog, podcast, articles, and videos. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!), "Big Adventure" by Paul Yudin. Audio of the Ultimate Questions Podcast is found anywhere podcasts are available.

In order to thoroughly evaluate the possibility of the disciples hallucinating the risen Christ, we should begin by getting a good definition of what hallucinations are, and how exactly they work. In this episode we take a psychological approach to understanding the nature of hallucinations, so that in future episodes we can see whether this can be applied to the disciples experiencing the resurrection of Jesus. For more from Jon Topping, check out www.jontopping.com for his blog, podcast, articles, and videos. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!), "Big Adventure" by Paul Yudin. Audio of the Ultimate Questions Podcast is found anywhere podcasts are available.

One of the main counters against the resurrection of Jesus is the claim that the disciples were merely hallucinating the risen Christ. This explains why they claimed to have seen Jesus after His crucifixion, and it explains why they had such passion. In this episode, we'll go into the reasoning behind this argument, and we'll also look at its origins. This will be the first in a series of episodes dealing with the hallucination theory. For more from Jon Topping, check out www.jontopping.com for his blog, podcast, articles, and videos. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!), "Big Adventure" by Paul Yudin. Audio of the Ultimate Questions Podcast is found anywhere podcasts are available.