(June 19, 2013 at 11:12 pm)BettyG Wrote: There were people who saw Him alive (1 Corinthians 15:3 "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.") It only takes one eye witness to convict a person of a crime.Your one 'eyewitness' is writing well after the fact, admits to having visions, and seems to be unaware of many important events in the gospel narrative. The rest is hearsay. If this were a courtroom, the accused would walk.
(June 19, 2013 at 11:12 pm)BettyG Wrote: It would be impossible for over five hundred people to have the same delusion.Weren't you just trying to prove that we can't rule out the possibility of supernatural phenomena?
(June 19, 2013 at 11:12 pm)BettyG Wrote: If one reads the things Jesus said, I don't see how anyone could say He was a lunatic. His teaching has survived two thousand years. It has changed the course of history. No one who ever lived has been as influential as Jesus. The rantings of a lunatic, however, would not have had that effect.A Muslim would say the same things about Muhammad, and it's equally irrelevant in either case.