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James Patrick Holding, commonly referred to as '''JP Holding''', is a Florida-based [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and president of Tekton Education and Apologetics Ministry which provides answers to questions which are often posed regarding the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith. Tekton Apologetics Ministries is one of the leading apologetics ministries on the Internet with over 17,000 articles.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref> JP Holding holds a Masters degree in Library Science.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970906307/</ref>  

James Patrick Holding, commonly referred to as '''JP Holding''', is a Florida-based [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] and president of Tekton Education and Apologetics Ministry which provides answers to questions which are often posed regarding the [[Christianity|Christian]] faith. Tekton Apologetics Ministries is one of the leading apologetics ministries on the Internet with over 17,000 articles.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref> JP Holding holds a Masters degree in Library Science.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970906307/</ref>  

JP Holding is the author of two books ''The Impossible Faith'' and ''Mormon Defenders''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970906307/</ref> Holding's book ''The Impossible Faith'' affirms that [[Christianity]] could not have succeeded without indisputable proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref>  Holding's book ''The Impossible Faith'' originally started out as an essay and can be found on his website.<ref>http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nowayjose.html</ref>  An [[Atheism|atheist]] paid $5,000 to have [[Richard Carrier]], a writer who contributes articles for [[Internet Infidels]], write a work which argued against Holding's essay ''The Impossible Faith''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref><ref>http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43795</ref>  JP Holding states in his essay ''The Impossible Faith'' that he:

JP Holding is the author of two books ''The Impossible Faith'' and ''Mormon Defenders''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref><ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970906307/</ref> Holding's book ''The Impossible Faith'' affirms that [[Christianity]] could not have succeeded without indisputable proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref>  Holding's book ''The Impossible Faith'' originally started out as an essay and can be found on his website.<ref>http://www.tektonics.org/lp/nowayjose.html</ref>  An [[Atheism|atheist]] paid $5,000 to have [[Richard Carrier]] write a work which argued against Holding's essay ''The Impossible Faith''.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Faith-James-Patrick-Holding/dp/1602660840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5806907-7615321</ref><ref>http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43795</ref>  JP Holding states in his essay ''The Impossible Faith'' that he:

{{cquote|...put together a comprehensive list of issues that we assert that critics must deal with in explaining why Christianity succeeded where it should have clearly failed or died out as did these others. Merely saying it was "lucky" where Sevi, et al. were not will not be an adequate answer -- and in fact, is the least likely answer of all as we shall see.

{{cquote|...put together a comprehensive list of issues that we assert that critics must deal with in explaining why Christianity succeeded where it should have clearly failed or died out as did these others. Merely saying it was "lucky" where Sevi, et al. were not will not be an adequate answer -- and in fact, is the least likely answer of all as we shall see.