(June 26, 2013 at 10:29 pm)BettyG Wrote: The miracle that matters most to me is that Jesus rose from the dead. How do you explain that a dead man came back to life and 500 eyewitnesses saw Him?
dbp Wrote:Happens more than you'd think.
Normally due to poor medical assessment.
Do you know the credentials of the Dr that declared Jesus dead?
I do, it was a Roman soldier who's life was on the line, if he got it wrong he would be put to death. The Romans were excellent at crucifixion, they did their jobs quite well, they knew when a person was dead, they had better it was their lives on the line.
dbp Wrote:If I see someone alive who I had thought was dead I would think they were never dead, not that there had been a miracle.
Jesus spent only a short time on the cross. A death that was supposed to take days.
Wrong, crucifixion could have taken some time, but it was not a long death, the Roman soldiers broke the legs of those being crucified, and they would smother within minutes. They made the death come quickly, they did not want to stay with people for days watching them die, they wanted to leave and have supper.
dbp Wrote:Since death does not follow immediately on crucifixion, survival after a short period of crucifixion is possible.
No miracle required..job done.
No one survived crucifixion, that was why they were crucified. You peers gave up on this argument long ago, you need to keep up.
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.