No Doubt (8 of 8)
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 20:19-31
Back in 1694, a man named Voltaire was born in Paris France. Voltaire was a famous writer, philosopher and intellectual of the day, but he was best known for was his hatred of the church of his day. He devoted himself to attacking and ridiculing Christianity at every opportunity, and he was a vocal critic of Biblical miracles... including the Resurrection of Jesus. But ironically, at one point in his life, Voltaire declared that he believed in the resurrection of the dead. He believed it could happen, but he rejected the claims that Jesus had risen. Why would Voltaire believe that the dead could live again? Because a respected Italian scientist named Spallanzani reported to the Royal Society of London (prominent scientists of the day) that he'd done just that. And THEY believed his research - he'd raised the dead! Well... he didn't actually resurrect human bodies, or dogs or cats or anything like that. He did it with microbes. Microbes. What he'd done was take obviously dead microbes and sprinkled water (they weren't moving) and they lived again. They moved.
Now, to give Spallanzani credit, he wasn't satisfied with just a couple of experiments. He repeatedly experimented on the Microbes until he realized the microbes weren't actually dead. They were dormant... dehydrated. And when he'd sprinkled water on them, all he'd actually done was ''quench their thirst'' and made it so they revived. They were never actually dead.
But initially Voltaire - who rejected the resurrection of Jesus Christ - totally embraced Spallanzani's claim that he could raise the dead. Voltaire even said: ''When a man like him announces that he has brought the dead back to life, we have to believe him.'' And not only had Voltaire believed this scientist, so had a number of Europe's elite intellectuals. And they all believed him for the same reason: ''When a man like him announces that he has brought the de ...
Series: The Final Week - Part 2
Jeff Strite
John 20:19-31
Back in 1694, a man named Voltaire was born in Paris France. Voltaire was a famous writer, philosopher and intellectual of the day, but he was best known for was his hatred of the church of his day. He devoted himself to attacking and ridiculing Christianity at every opportunity, and he was a vocal critic of Biblical miracles... including the Resurrection of Jesus. But ironically, at one point in his life, Voltaire declared that he believed in the resurrection of the dead. He believed it could happen, but he rejected the claims that Jesus had risen. Why would Voltaire believe that the dead could live again? Because a respected Italian scientist named Spallanzani reported to the Royal Society of London (prominent scientists of the day) that he'd done just that. And THEY believed his research - he'd raised the dead! Well... he didn't actually resurrect human bodies, or dogs or cats or anything like that. He did it with microbes. Microbes. What he'd done was take obviously dead microbes and sprinkled water (they weren't moving) and they lived again. They moved.
Now, to give Spallanzani credit, he wasn't satisfied with just a couple of experiments. He repeatedly experimented on the Microbes until he realized the microbes weren't actually dead. They were dormant... dehydrated. And when he'd sprinkled water on them, all he'd actually done was ''quench their thirst'' and made it so they revived. They were never actually dead.
But initially Voltaire - who rejected the resurrection of Jesus Christ - totally embraced Spallanzani's claim that he could raise the dead. Voltaire even said: ''When a man like him announces that he has brought the dead back to life, we have to believe him.'' And not only had Voltaire believed this scientist, so had a number of Europe's elite intellectuals. And they all believed him for the same reason: ''When a man like him announces that he has brought the de ...
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