How to convert Christians to atheists in 30 seconds (ironically, using bible)

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I don't know why resurrection is considered such a big deal anyway. In the first book he created everything ever. Standing a dead Jew back up is hardly comparable.

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Here is why the resurrection is a big deal:

1) It is a testimony (not proof) that Jesus is who he said he is (i.e. God). He predicted that he would be killed and then rise on the third day, and that this is what the Father sent him to do. The resurrection is a confirmation of that prediction, and it lends credence to the other promises he makes.

2) His resurrection is meant for every person. If he rose from the dead, then everyone (atheist, theist, Jew, Christian, Muslim, Zoroastrian, etc.) will also rise from the dead. Death is not, therefore, the end. All things will be restored to an existence without corruption and death (i.e. eternal existence).

3) Our actions in this life determine our manner of eternal existence in the resurrected life. You will live in eternal reality inherent in your temporal actions. If you live in eternal life at the resurrection, you are living the eternal life which you created through your merciful actions in this temporal life.  If you are living an eternal torment at the resurrection, you are living the eternal torment which you created through your shitty actions in this temporal life. Your temporal life is the summation of your freedom. Did you choose love, justice and mercy? Or did you choose fear, self-seeking, and power? The resurrection will reveal to everyone what you've chosen through your life's actions.

It was bullshit in the first century, even more so now.