BLOGCAST, Ep. 37: Cognitive Dissonance and the Origin of Christianity, Part Two

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 second 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 one, https://rumble.com/v6queja-blogcast-ep.-36-cognitive-dissonance-and-the-origin-of-christianity-part-on.html)

Links::

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

Hartke's video:
https://youtu.be/_x8SB_gy8jg

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

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

Chapters::
00:00 Title card
00:46 All Part of the Plan
04:10 Chicken or the Egg
08:15 The Sign of Jonah
12:31 Poking it with a Stick
17:59 Literal Biblical Interpretation
23:01 Correlation/Causation Problems
29:54 That Old Question
33:18 Conclusion
35:00 Outro

My links:
www.linktr.ee/Triggerman1976