Is There a Difference Between Trusting Scientists and Trusting Preachers?

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Why would you even begin to take such a story seriously in the first place? Out of all of the magical stories in all the books, this one?

There is that: even assuming we take resurrection accounts seriously- not based on the strength of the evidence, like science would, but based on the exceedingly weak "it's not impossible," standards that theists suddenly develop only when discussing their theistic beliefs- then that puts a whole bunch of religions back on the table, not just christianity. It even puts a series of alternative explanations for what happened to Jesus on that table too, many of them far more parsimonious than god magic, in that they don't rely on the supernatural.

So the truth is that moving from what we've established, even if we take the argument seriously, directly to confirmation of the new testament account, is simply the christian tipping their hand, not a cogent conclusion to be drawn from what's at our disposal. It's just "here's my presupposition, so..."