Easter Isn't pagan

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This talk was given at the @ApologeticsCanada Ontario Conference that took place in November of 2024. Find more of my content at: https://www.wesleyhuff.com/https://apologeticscanada.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wesley_huff/X/Twitter: https://x.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's commonly asserted that many of our modern Easter traditions — including the name of the celebration itself — have pagan origins. This idea, although popular on the internet and in popular shows, when actually dug into (much like the accusation around the pagan origins of Christmas) really start to fall apart."Why Christmas isn't pagan" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcaQlBbk6sTime stamps:0:00 - Intro0:29 - Origins of the name (Ishtar and Ostara)4:44 - The Easter bunny 7:09 - Easter eggs- Website - wesleyhuff.com- Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff- Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff- Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corrections:At 26:45 I mispronounce Ibn Ishaq. I should have said “Ibn Is-haq” but when reading the cover Anglicized the Arabic pronunciation with the “s” and “h” together. - Website - wesleyhuff.com- Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff- Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff- Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I sat down with Timothy Mitchell (aka the "Textual Mechanic"), a PhD student at the University of Birmingham in textual criticism, to discus a question I get a lot: given scribal errors in the history of the biblical text how does that then affect doctrines like inspiriation, inerrancy, and scriptural preservation?Timecodes:0:00 - Intro5:10 - What is "textual criticism"?6:57 - "Errors" in the biblical text9:37 - Theological "errors" vs. text critical "errors"11:30 - Has God's Word been preserved or inspired then?17:53 - Why didn't God do it better?22:52 - What about non-accidental scribal insertions like the longer ending of Mark?28:24 - Does the inclusion of non-original verse affect inspiration, inerrancy, or preservation?46:12 - Constantine and textual control49:33 - Why is any of this important for Christians? Tim's website: http://thetextualmechanic.blogspot.com________________________________________________________- Website - wesleyhuff.com- Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff- Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff- Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In May of 2022 archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling held a press conference announcing the "curse tablet", which he said is one of the most significant archaeological finds in recent times. How should we approach a discovery such as this, which could have implications for biblical reliability, but has not yet been peer-reviewed? Wes sat down with Dr. Mark Francois to discuss this recent find.Mark's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Ve2VAjrjgOpqtVR61i_mQMark's website: https://markfrancois.wordpress.comMt. Ebal curse tablet press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDD92qp_lfQWes talks with Mike Winger about the fake Dead Sea Scroll discoveries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2Qwj-MeEY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many scholars, researchers, skeptics, and lay people have pointed out that there are stories in the biblical Old Testament, like that of Noah’s flood, that are very similar to other Ancient Near Eastern stories of similar content. Some have even gone as far to say that these types of biblical stories were influenced, inspired by, or even outright plagiarized from documents like the Epic of Gilgamesh. Is there any credibility to these claims?- Website - wesleyhuff.com- Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff- Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff- Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find more of Dr. Boyce at:website: https://www.explorechristianity.netYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvxMPL8ByaFmqqwTLoxdgAInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorechristianity/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/explorechristianityseattleArticle "Were the Gospels Anonymous?" by Wes: https://www.wesleyhuff.com/blog/2020/10/16/where-the-gospels-anonamous-29jm2Book recommendations on the topic: - "Jesus and they Eyewitnesses" -- https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Eyewitnesses-Gospels-Eyewitness-Testimony/dp/0802831621- "The Case for Jesus" -- https://www.amazon.com/Case-Jesus-Biblical-Historical-Evidence/dp/0770435483/ref=sr_1_1?crid=GWHHQBR3ZOXK&keywords=The+case+for+jesus&qid=1655398057&s=books&sprefix=the+case+for+jesus%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C61&sr=1-1- "Hidden in Plain View" -- https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Plain-View-Undesigned-Coincidences/dp/1936341905/ref=sr_1_2?crid=LQCN4KRORBB&keywords=hidden+in+plain+view&qid=1655398099&s=books&sprefix=hidden+in+plain+view%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C50&sr=1-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The importance of the Greek translation of the Old Testament for the textual history of Scripture in both Hebrew and Greek and in both the Old and New Testament is invaluable! It encompassed a major part of the textual environment of second temple Judaism and early Christianity both in terms of number of copies and in the influence of those copies on other writers and scribes. Yet, thinking of the Septuagint as a single document or unit may actually be detrimental to how it operated and functioned within the ancient world.- Website - wesleyhuff.com- Facebook - facebook.com/WesLivingstoneHuff- Instagram - instagram.com/wesley_huff- Twitter - twitter.com/WesleyLHuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in November I had the privilege to appear on Melissa Dougherty's YouTube where she interviewed me on the council of Nicaea. Melissa's channel: youtube.com/c/MelissaDougherty/featured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices