In the 18th Century, when deists and atheists were quite popular among the elite, Lord Lyttleton and his friend Gilbert West (who were both convinced that Christianity was a farce) set out to disprove Christianity once and for all. West set out to unravel the case for the resurrection of Jesus and Lyttleton set out to show that Paul's conversion was for some reason other than having actually seen Jesus risen from the dead. When they met again, they had both come to the conclusion that Christianity was indeed true and published their findings in the works linked to below.
VIDEO SUMMARY OF LYTTLETON'S ARGUMENT
Here is a 30-minute video from my friend Erik Manning that summarizes Lyttleton's argument:
*"How Investigating Paul's Conversion Turned a Skeptic Into a Christian Apologist"
SUMMARY OF LORD LYTTLETON'S ARGUMENT FOR THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY FROM THE CONVERSION OF PAUL by Erik Manning
(about 7 pages published on his blog on September 19, 2019):
SUMMARY OF LORD LYTTLETON'S ARGUMENT FOR THE TRUTH OF CHRISTIANITY FROM THE CONVERSION OF PAUL by J.L. Campbell
originally published in 1910 in volume 5 of the 12-volume collection of articles entitled The Fundamentals and edited by R.A. Torrey:
*"Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of Paul" (13 pages in the original printing)
LORD LYTTLETON'S FULL ARGUMENT (126 pages):
*Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St. Paul : in a Letter to Gilbert West, Esq (1754) by George Lyttleton. FREE at Internet Archive.
*NOTE: Some day I would love to be able to find the time to update this argument (as solid as it is) because there is so much more that could be said.
THE CASE FOR THE RESURRECTION BY GILBERT WEST (Lyttleton's Friend referred to above)
*Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. FREE here.
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| Lord Lyttleton (1709-1773) Public Domain Image |
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