RE: Naturalistic explanation for the resurrection of Jesus
February 21, 2011 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2011 at 7:02 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(February 14, 2011 at 7:41 am)ziggystardust Wrote: I do not want to have a debate on wither Jesus of Nazareth existed. My opinion along with biblical scholars (even sceptical ones such as Bart D Ehrman) that there was a historical Jesus of Nazareth.I realize you dont want to debate it, but I cant help to throw this out. For someone like Jesus to be SOOO opinionated, and the stories of him being trained by and even suprising the scholars, there has to be SOMETHING that Jesus himself wrote. The argument is usually for writings ABOUT Jesus during his time, but that is not the point. for someone who wanted the truth to be spread so badly, why did he not write anything? Only that OTHER people wrote ABOUT him and many of those books were burnt. To me this SCREAMS that he was invented, and not a historical figure.
Havent seen anything written by Hercules either.
Besides, I find it strange that you want to put forward a naturalistic explanation for Jesus, yet dont want to discuss wether he existed or not. Existence or not, to me, would fit the criteria of "natural explanation". Wouldnt you agree?
(February 14, 2011 at 10:16 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: How about something even simpler?
Assuming Jesus existed and he was crucified, it's still not improbable that stories of his resurrection surfaced among the faithful. How many Elvis fans in the 20th century believed that he was still alive? These people lived in a primitive and superstitious time, when people thought that demons caused illnesses.
As for the "witnesses" to those who saw him fly up into the sky, I give that every bit the credibility of the Elvis sightings.
Agreed!
(February 14, 2011 at 6:57 pm)Rayaan Wrote: If the resurrection is not true, then which is more likely:
(1) the witnesses were deceived, (2) the witnesses were lying, or (3) the witnesses are made up only.
#3 - the witnesses were fictional. People also witnessed the great feats of Hercules as well? Were they made up? Yup.
