We can be certain of NO resurrection - A Response

[Huggy Bear]

Randy's problem here:

1. 1. he was a wealthy man (cf. Mt 27:57)
   
2. 2. he was a member of the Jewish ruling council (Mk 15:43)
   
3. 3. he was a secret disciple of Jesus (cf. Mt 27:57, Jn 19:38)
   
4. 4. he asked Pilate for the body of Jesus (cf. Mt 27:58)
   
5. 5. he buried Jesus by wrapping Jesus’ body in a linen cloth, placing it in his own tomb (caved out of rock) and rolling a stone over the entrance. (Mt 27:59-60)
   

is that he gets his "facts" from one work of fiction.  I bet we could go through A Christmas Carol and come with five "facts" about Ebeneezer Scrooge, too.  Except they would not be "factual" they would simply be figments of the author's imagination.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arimathea

Arimathea (Ancient Greek: Ἁριμαθαία), according to the Gospel of Luke (xxiii. 51), was "a city of Judea". It was reportedly the home town of Joseph of Arimathea, who appears in all four Gospel accounts of the Passion for having donated his new tomb outside Jerusalem to receive the body of Jesus. Apart from the Bible, there is no record of a place called Arimathea existing.

IOW, the gospels are horseshit.

Wait, so what you're saying is that there is no record of a HEBREW city that goes by the Greek translation of "Arimathea"? Tell me it ain't so.......