Being in locus is actually a pretty ridiculous requirement for determining whether something happened or happens. No human being in history has ever been inside a star, yet we can state without fear of serious contradiction what goes on.
Similarly, I don't need to have been present in 1st century Palestine to judge the Resurrection as non-historical. Given the number of other mythological resurrections we reject out of hand coupled with the fact that no human body that has started the decay process ('by this time he stinketh') has ever been observed to have returned to life, it is more reasonable to reject the bodily resurrection of Jesus than it is to accept it.
And it isn't much good invoking miracles - the divinity of Jesus depends largely on the miracle of the resurrection, and Jesus resurrected because he was divine. Circular arguments - by definition - get you nowhere.
Boru
Similarly, I don't need to have been present in 1st century Palestine to judge the Resurrection as non-historical. Given the number of other mythological resurrections we reject out of hand coupled with the fact that no human body that has started the decay process ('by this time he stinketh') has ever been observed to have returned to life, it is more reasonable to reject the bodily resurrection of Jesus than it is to accept it.
And it isn't much good invoking miracles - the divinity of Jesus depends largely on the miracle of the resurrection, and Jesus resurrected because he was divine. Circular arguments - by definition - get you nowhere.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
