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In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation?
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RE: In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation?
(September 19, 2019 at 2:04 am)snowtracks Wrote:
(September 15, 2019 at 6:24 am)Grandizer Wrote: I think the belief in a risen Jesus is better explained by potential naturalistic explanations than by a potential supernatural one, and you don't even need to argue the Gospels are complete myths to come up with a naturalistic explanation that's more compelling than a miracle case. One example: Joseph of Arimathea ended up moving Jesus' body to a private place during the night, in the hope that it would make things easier for the Messiah to come back to life and fulfill the expectations that he was supposed to meet. When that didn't happen, Jesus' body nevertheless stayed there and was never moved back to the original tomb. Joseph also decided not to let anyone know about this, so when rumors spread that Jesus had risen, he chose not to say anything about it.

Or it may be he decided to lie to the other disciples and have them believe Jesus rose from the dead (he or one of his men could have been the "angel" in the empty tomb when the women came to visit Jesus' body). Perhaps to spark some strong faith-based rebellion against the Romans.

Too many necessary information withheld from us so that one cannot really make any confident case for what triggered the Christ faith, but the point is the case for the Resurrection is just damn weak.
God’s existence is known by every human being: 1. Creation 2. Christ Jesus - lived, died, resurrected 3. Humans have internal knowledge of God since made-in-image of God which is the spirit component that people have that gives them eternal existence. Plants have only body; Animals, body and exhibit ‘soulish’ behavior.

Apparently, we have knowledge of god through the CLAIMS of its followers...

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation? - by The Valkyrie - October 3, 2019 at 10:43 pm

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