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Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach
RE: Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach
(July 22, 2015 at 7:08 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: #2 is not a thinly veiled declaration of anything. It is a shout from the rooftops.

The disciples BELIEVED that Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to them.

Whether he did not not is still up for discussion, but there is no doubt about the fact that they believed that they saw him alive.
["according to the story" -- Jorm, emphasis added]

(July 22, 2015 at 7:08 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: Do you have any theories that explain this?

(July 15, 2015 at 3:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:
(June 24, 2015 at 9:25 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: 2. Jesus' disciples believed that He rose and appeared to them
That Jesus rose and appeared to his disciples is a legend which developed between his death and the writing of the gospels.  Maybe it was even started by the disciples; people don't always think through the consequences of their actions.  It's not even clear that what might start out as a lie could not have come to be seen as the truth by some disciples; it's well within the range of normal human behavior.
That the disciples were martyred for their beliefs are either mistakes of interpretation (dying for something other than belief), or were legends which were added after the gospels were written.
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RE: Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach - by Angrboda - July 23, 2015 at 10:38 pm

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