About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
Last time I wrote a long discussion of what I think is the best evidence for and against Christianity. When it comes to the historical testimony to the Resurrection, I analyzed the data in terms of a set of minimal … Continue reading →
In this post I am going to outline what I consider the most relevant evidence for and against Christianity, in the form of a Bayesian probability analysis. Now, just to be clear in advance, I'm not even going to take … Continue reading →
My first pillar of Science is that it is based on repeatable observations. In order to see how Christianity measures up, we need to examine whether it is based on observations, and whether it is repeatable. Observations ultimately boil down … Continue reading →
It's a little bit strange liturgically to have Easter on Christmas Day, but that's how things worked out in this series. I'm going to quote a passage from the Gospel of St. John, which illustrates the Resurrection claim and connects … Continue reading →
So I'd like to get kicking soon on the project of actually presenting the positive evidence for Christianity. In my view the best evidence is the historical testimony of the apostles to Jesus' Resurrection (along with other ancient and modern … Continue reading →