(October 22, 2012 at 4:16 pm)John V Wrote:(October 22, 2012 at 3:56 pm)Darkstar Wrote: If the government recorded it, it would have more credibility.Definitely - but the question is, should we expect to find government record of it? If so, then as tea noted, it's a valid argument from silence. If not, it's a garden-variety fallacious argument from silence.
Do we have a multitude of government records of such claims from religions in outlying areas from that time period? If not, why is such expectation re: Christian claims reasonable?
Claims or facts? If Jesus merely claimed he was the son of god, but provided no evidence for it, that would be different from if he had. I don't think miracles from other religions were recorded. My point, currently, is focusing on one particular event in which the dead walked the streets.
Matthew 27:52-53 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
Kind of hard to miss, especially since it explicitly states that 'they appeared to many people.
