(September 16, 2019 at 12:48 pm)Drich Wrote:(September 16, 2019 at 12:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I don't think it needs to be in chapter and verse. It's simply an alternative, prosaic explanation for one of the myths in the Gospel narrative.which is refuted in the whole narrative with the addition of the roman soldiers who's lives depended on Christ being in that tomb. That's what makes it a strawman. 1/3 of the original telling was omitted and this new one put in it's place which makes it easier to believe the 'natural explanation.'
Boru
Well, natural explanations are always to be preferred. In fact, Grandizer's scenario goes a long way towards understanding the myth of the Resurrection. If the body had been moved, Jesus' followers might have accepted that he was resurrected and went back to Heaven. All the fiddly bits about people seeing him later on could have been grafted onto that original belief.
Boru
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