EVALUATION OF OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE SWOON THEORY (DRAFT)

Here is a DRAFT of Chapter 1 of my book Thinking Critically about the Resurrection of Jesus.  In this book, I will critically examine the case for the resurrection of Jesus made by Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA).

Their case is based primarily on their attempts to refute four skeptical theories.  If they FAIL to refute one or more of those skeptical theories, then their case for the resurrection of Jesus FAILS.  I will argue that they FAIL to refute ANY of the four skeptical theories that they attack. 

I will also argue that refuting all four skeptical theories would NOT prove the Christian view to be correct, because there are MANY other possible skeptical theories besides the four they attempt to refute.  I will argue that their attempt to prove the resurrection of Jesus is a complete and utter failure from start to finish.

One of the skeptical theories they attempt to refute is the Swoon Theory.  In Chapter 1, I will critically evaluate each of the nine objections they raise against the Swoon Theory, and I will show that each of those objections FAILS.  If I am correct that they have FAILED to refute the Swoon Theory, then that is sufficient reason to conclude that their case for the resurrection FAILS.