(October 22, 2012 at 4:22 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Claims or facts? If Jesus merely claimed he was the son of god, but provided no evidence for it, that would be different from if he had. I don't think miracles from other religions were recorded.OK, then we shouldn't expect such records for Christianity.
Quote:My point, currently, is focusing on one particular event in which the dead walked the streets.It could be very easy to miss. We're not given enough to say. Atheists tend to view this as a zombie invasion. Yes, skeletons and rotting bodies would be hard to miss. OTOH, if the people were raised in normal living bodies and clothing, it would be quite easy to miss, especially considering that the population of Jerusalem swelled four-fold during Passover.
Matthew 27:52-53 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
Kind of hard to miss, especially since it explicitly states that 'they appeared to many people.