Disproving The Resurrection By The Maximal Facts Approach

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

*emphasis mine*
I guess you missed the part in the bible where prophecy concerning the resurrection of the messiah explicitly state that his body would be raised up before it started to decay.

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." - Psalm 16:10

Then either Psalm 16:10 is wrong (and therefore not a prophecy) or Jesus was not the messiah, since (as SD pointed out) a body dead for three days is going to be at least partly decayed.

So, which way will you have it:  Is the Psalm wrong, or are the NT accounts in Mark and Matthew both wrong?

Boru