(June 10, 2013 at 1:21 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(June 10, 2013 at 4:34 am)littleendian Wrote: No, the possibility of the resurrection has to be accepted, and I do accept that there is a number rapidly approaching but not equal to zero that represents the likelihood that a carpenter was raised from the dead 2000 years ago.
Still, that doesn't mean anything for my life, I would argue the possibility that a meteor hits me on the head as I type this is higher, and so far so good (*looks up*)
Well was he ever dead? what school did the doctor who pronounced him dead go to? was he having an off day?
If someone who you think is dead gets up. The chances are they weren't dead.
The Roman soldiers who crucified people were experts at their jobs, they would have never allowed Jesus off that cross if they did not know He was dead. It would have cost them their lives, it is told to us that when the spear was run through His side a mix of blood and water poured out, Jesus had bleed out and pouring out bodily fluids. Again the Romans were proficient at crucifying people, they would break the legs of those still alive after a certain amount of time so they would suffocate shortly after that. They did not do that to Jesus, as prophecy foretold, they knew He was dead.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.