Summary of J. Warner Wallace's Cold-Case Christianity

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#1 I was assigned to the Jeffries and Wallace case, a murder investigation. I was nervous because this was my first homicide scene, and I was worried that my movements would contaminate the scene.

#2 We all have presuppositions that can impact the way we see the world around us. We must be aware of them and try to maintain objectivity, the first principle of detective work.

#3 As an atheist, I had many presuppositions that influenced the way I investigated the claims of Christianity. I was raised in the Star Trek generation by an atheist father who was a police officer for nearly thirty years before I got hired as a police officer.

#4 The presuppositional belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the world. Philosophical naturalism rejects the existence of supernatural agents, powers, beings, or realities. It begins with the foundational premise that natural laws and forces alone can account for every phenomenon under examination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822525047

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was assigned to the Jeffries and Wallace case, a murder investigation. I was nervous because this was my first homicide scene, and I was worried that my movements would contaminate the scene.

#2

We all have presuppositions that can impact the way we see the world around us. We must be aware of them and try to maintain objectivity, the first principle of detective work.

#3

As an atheist, I had many presuppositions that influenced the way I investigated the claims of Christianity. I was raised in the Star Trek generation by an atheist father who was a police officer for nearly thirty years before I got hired as a police officer.

#4

The presuppositional belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the world. Philosophical naturalism rejects the existence of supernatural agents, powers, beings, or realities. It begins with the foundational premise that natural laws and forces alone can account for every phenomenon under examination.

#5

The truth is, Ehrman and other historians believe that there is no historical evidence for a miracle because it’s outside of our natural experience to explain what happened in the past.

#6

I began to understand the danger of philosophical presuppositions while working as a homicide detective. One of us already had an answer, and we simply needed to find the woman’s husband or lover.

#7

When we smuggle our conclusions into our investigation by beginning with them as an initial premise, we are likely to beg the question and end up with conclusions that match our presuppositions rather than reflect the truth of the matter.

#8

As a skeptic, I was initially resistant to the idea that miracles were possible. But after my experience with presuppositions at the crime scene, I decided that I needed to be fair with my naturalistic inclinations. I couldn’t begin with my conclusion and if the evidence pointed to the existence of God, this opened up the possibility of the miraculous.

#9

When I was an atheist, I allowed the presupposition of naturalism to unfairly taint the way I looked at the evidence for God’s existence. I failed to differentiate between science and scientism. I was 35 before I realized how unreasonable it was for me to reject the possibility of anything supernatural before I even began to investigate the supernatural claims of Christianity.

#10

The idea that we are all born with an equal potential to succeed is false. The reality is that some people are born with more intelligence, skill, and talent than others.

#11

The investigation into this death was suspicious, so I was called to assist. The baby appeared to have asphyxiated as he was lying in his father’s bed, just feet away from an unused crib. His parents had recently separated, and the baby’s father had a history of violence against his wife.

#12

Al came to understand that his greatest treasure was the baby. He carefully slept with the infant every night and was so concerned about sudden infant death syndrome that