BLOGCAST, Ep. 36: Cognitive Dissonance and the Origin of Christianity, Part One

There have been many attempts made that attempt to explain the origins of Christianity that try to avoid the obvious facts, or try to do so naturalistically.

In this first part of a two-part episode of the BLOGCAST , we'll be looking at one such attempt that has been made by Matthew Hartke (‪@MatthewHartke‬ ) where he appeals to the theory of cognitive dissonance forwarded by social psychologist Leon Festinger in an attempt to explain the origins of those beliefs.

(Production Note: Due to upload problems, the video was split into two parts. For part two: https://rumble.com/v6qulia-blogcast-ep.-37-cognitive-dissonance-and-the-origin-of-christianity-part-tw.html)

Links::

Hartke's original article
https://mlhartke.wordpress.com/2022/1...

Hartke's video:
https://youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg?si=3vtx1FPjvFOrDcTR

The response:
https://triggermanblog.wordpress.com/...

My introduction to Hartke:
https://triggermanblog.wordpress.com/...

Chapters::
00:00 Intro & Title Card
01:20 Welcome
02:24 Background
03:02 Cognitive Dissonance Explained
06:49 Cutting the Eschatological Cake
10:41 Expectation vs Reality
18:27 The Christian Experience
24:36 Reinterpretation?
33:06 Outro

My links:
https://linktr.ee/Triggerman1976